Colleen Mullaney

Colleen Mullaney is a well-known lifestyle expert, designer, and best-selling author of how-to books covering a range of topics on entertaining, cocktails, floral design, and weddings. Her most recent, Gin Austen, 50 Cocktails Celebrating the Novels of Jane Austen, (Sterling Publishing, 2019) won the International Gourmand Drink Culture Award in 2020.

Her other sought-after drink titles include It’s Five O’clock Somewhere: The Global Guide to Cocktails, Punch and The Stylish Girls Guide to Fabulous Cocktails.Over 30,000 copies of Colleen's books have been sold in outlets such as William Sonoma and Anthropologie.

A former magazine editor in chief, Colleen has gone on to create interiors for residential, commercial and hotel spaces, and has designed floral arrangements and cottage gardens for her many clients. She’s been a regular contributor to Huffington Post and iVillage (now today.com), featured on HGTV's Insider's Garden and in InStyle, The New York Daily News and Woman's Day, among others. Colleen was a guest on Martha Stewart Radio, and is a keynote speaker, most recently at the Chicago Flower Show.

Colleen developed and was the on-air talent for a made-for-television pilot “Party Perfect”with the Marro Media Company, and was the brand ambassador for Daily’s Cocktail Mixer’s Summerology program touring the U.S., making television and radio appearances, including a series of YouTube videos.

Colleen lives with her husband and three children in Westchester, NY and is available for interviews, appearances and lifestyle content creation. Visit her @lifemadestylish where's she's always sharing design trends and whipping up fun in the form of a craft, floral arrangement, or cocktail.