Mallory O'Meara

Mallory O’Meara is a Los Angeles-based author and historian whose books center on women’s history in film and alcohol. Her works include *The Lady from the Black Lagoon*, which won the 2019 SCIBA Award for Biography and the 2019 Rondo Award for Book of the Year, and *Girly Drinks*, which won a 2022 James Beard Award; she also co-hosts the podcasts *Reading Glasses* and *Reading Smut*.