Autor/-in: Aaron Sigmond

Aaron “Sig” Sigmond is a New York City-based author of more than twenty nonfiction books, five on the subject of cigars. He is the founding editor of SMOKE magazine and The Cigar Report, as well as the former contributing cigar editor for Playboy magazine. Ian Spanier is a Los Angeles-based award-winning photographer and lecturer. He began taking photographs at 6 years old with his first point-and-shoot camera and never stopped. Spanier was the photographer of Playboy: The Book of Cigars, Arturo Fuente: Since 1912 and Arturo Fuente: From Dream to Dynasty—making Cigars: A Biography his fourth collaboration with Sigmond. Liliana Guia is an IBPA gold medal-winning creative director and book designer. Her groundbreaking books run the gamut from luxury coffee-table tomes to travel guides, cookbooks, and more, including the double-volume book sets Champagne: Les Bulles et Les Icônes and Palmaz Vineyards: At the Table & Around the Fire, as well as NBC and 30 Rock: A View from Inside.