Ann Turner Cook's face may be as familiar to you as that of your own children.  A charcoal sketch of five-month old Ann has been the trademark of Gerber Baby Food since 1928, adorning uncounted millions of jars of strained peas and every other baby product produced by Gerber.  Her cherubic face has been described as the most recognized trademark in the world.

Pleased as she is to be associated with babies, Ann Cook long ago established her own professional credentials.  She graduated from the College of Education in 1969 with a Master's in English Education.   For the last 23 years of her teaching career, she taught at Hillsborough High School and was Head of the English Department for the last 15 years.  During that time she was elected President of the Hillborough Teachers of English and published several articles in the Florida English Journal.

After a 26-year career teaching literature and writing to high school students, she has become an author herself.  Her novels weave her interest in Florida history into the intricate plotting of murder mystery.

Trace Their Shadows is the first of Ann Cook's Brandy O'Bannon series. The sequel is Shadow over Cedar Key. Her latest book is Micanopy in Shadow.