Jacqueline Ogburn

Jacqueline K. Ogburn, in spite of a lifelong fondness for
cake, has never
worked in a bake shop or on a cruise ship. She has worked
in a cigarette
factory, a fish camp, a publishing house, a state agency,
and a university
library.

A North Carolina native, Ms. Ogburn received a bachelor's
degrees in
English and Philosophy at the University of North Carolina
at Charlotte. After a
brief stint working in a nursing home, she moved to New
York City. For ten
years, she worked in book publishing, primarily as a
children's book
editor.

She is the author of eight picture books. Her previous
book, The Magic
Nesting Doll, received a starred review from "Publishers'
Weekly" and has
been translated into Greek and Korean. Her writing career
has outlasted
three day jobs and counting.


The Bake Shop Ghost combines her passion for stories and
dessert. Her
family's favorite recipe for birthday cake is the one
included in the book. Ms.
Ogburn, her husband and two daughters live in Durham, North
Carolina, in an 80-year-old bungalow with too many books
and a deaf cat.