Before there was a TV show, and before there was a book, Patric Richardson loved laundry. When he was barely 3 years old, Santa brought him a toy washing machine, fueling a passion already inside him and presenting itself when he helped hang clothes on the clothesline or fold the sheets with his beloved Granny Dude.

As a child, he loved clothes, both wearing them and their care. Voted best dressed in 8th grade and in high school, the path was set. He studied Merchandising Apparel and Textiles at the University of Kentucky then left for an incredible career in luxury fashion at McAlpins, Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom. Time in these legendary stores taught him 2 major lessons, that incredible clothes are fun, and that all clothing, regardless of price can be cared for at home.

Opening his designer vintage store, Mona Williams, in 2013 Patric embarked on the next step in his journey. The store carried a small, but curated collection of fine laundry products, sparking the curiosity of the Minneapolis/St Paul community. This curiosity only grew when the Twin Cities newspaper, the Star Tribune, featured Patric and his love of laundering everything, from cashmere sweaters to tailored suits at home. This publicity completely changed his direction into the world of laundry and clothing care.

Patric started sharing his expertise at his much talked about, and often sold out, Laundry Camps, teaching people new and better ways to care for all of their apparel and home textiles. These camps sparked a revolution, prompting a book Laundry Love, now in its fourth printing and a television show, The Laundry Guy on HGTV and Discovery+. Patric has been featured in both local and national media including Live with Kelly and Ryan, the Washington Post, Good Morning LA, the Wall Street Journal, NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt, The New York Times, WGN, Twin Cities Live, the Pioneer Press, GMA3, The Tamron Hall Show, and internationally with the BBC, The Globe and Mail and Die Welt.

Patric continues his love of laundry and home in St Paul MN with his partner and a very well cared for Lime tree.

KARIN B. MILLER finds people's lives endlessly fascinating. No wonder then that she's made it her life's work to tell their stories—whether she's writing a book with the Laundry Evangelist or a Holocaust survivor, a magazine feature on a legendary musician or a second-year medical student, or a profile on a medical-marijuana visionary or a super-successful sporting goods CEO.

Karin is coauthor of Laundry Love (Flatiron Books/MacMillan March 30, 2021) and House Love (Harvest/HarperCollins, Dec. 26, 2023), two completely joyful books undertaken with Patric Richardson. She's also the creator and editor of The Cancer Poetry Project 1 & 2, award-winning national anthologies. She's won a Minnesota Book Award, a Midwest Book Award, and a Living Now Book Award, among others; she was also a finalist in the Indie Excellence Awards.

Karin lives in Minneapolis with her family.