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Ann Turner Cook (born Ann Leslie Turner; November 20, 1926 – June 3, 2022) was an American educator and mystery novelist who was best known as the model for the familiar Gerber Baby artwork, seen on baby food packages of the Gerber Products Company. Early life and Gerber Baby history Born in Westport, Connecticut, she was the daughter of Bethel (Burson) and syndicated cartoonist Leslie Turner, who drew the comic strip Captain Easy for decades. The family's neighbor was the artist Dorothy Hope Smith, who did a charcoal drawing of Ann when she was a baby. In 1928, when Gerber announced it was looking for baby images for its upcoming line of baby food, Smith's drawing was submitted and subsequently chosen. It was trademarked in 1931. The drawing of Ann Turner Cook has since been used on virtually all Gerber baby food packaging. Cook's identity was a secret until 1978. In 1990, Cook appeared as a guest on To Tell the Truth in a one-on-one segment. Her family moved to Orlando, Florida, later in her childhood. She received a bachelor's degree in English from Southern Methodist University and a master's degree in English education from the University of South Florida. She was a sister in the sorority Pi Beta Phi. Career Cook taught at Oak Hill elementary school in Florida, and then at Madison Junior High School, in Tampa, Florida. In 1966, she joined the English Department of Tampa's Hillsborough High School, where she eventually rose to being the school's department chairwoman. Students there dedicated the 1972 Hilsborean school yearbook to Cook, who sponsored the book. In it, students described her as "a teacher who really communicates with the students" and who, "without any complaints ... has stayed late, worked nights, and with quiet efficiency supported her staff in their monumental task". After retiring from teaching, Cook became a novelist. A member of the Mystery Writers of America, she was the author of the Brandy O'Bannon series of mystery novels set on Florida's Gulf Coast. The adventures of Florida reporter and amateur sleuth O'Bannon are detailed in Trace Their Shadows (2001) and Shadow over Cedar Key (2003). The latter title received a negative review from Publishers Weekly, which stated the book had “An overly busy plot ... [and] is weighed down with limp prose and repetition.” Personal life and death She was married to James Cook, a criminologist with the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, until his death in 2004. They had four children. Cook died at her home in St. Petersburg, Florida, on June 3, 2022, at the age of 95. References External links USF 50th Anniversary—College of Education Philanthropic Activities (with a photo of Ann Turner Cook) http://annturnercook.info/ Find A Grave. Discover the Ann Turner popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Ann Turner books.
Best Seller Ann Turner Books of 2024
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The Winter Guest
W. C. RyanSHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGER AWARD A haunting, atmospheric mystery set against a country divided, by the author of A House of Ghosts. January 1921. Though the Great War...
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Out of the Ice
Ann Turner'A cinematic pageturner' Weekend Australian By the bestselling author of The Lost Swimmer, a tense, eerie thriller set in the icy reaches of Antarctica When environmental scientist...
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Truth or Dare
M. J. ArlidgeEVERY CRIME IS CONNECTED.BUT WHO IS PULLING THE STRINGS?THE CHILLING THRILLER FROM THE MIND OF MILLIONCOPY BESTSELLER M. J. ARLIDGEA crimewave sweeps through the city and noone is ...
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The Secrets She Keeps
Michael Robotham“Two terrific female characters, both with secrets. Add Michael Robotham’s clean prose and whipcrack pacing. The result? A book you won’t be able to put down, although you may occa...
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The Girls Inside
NJ MackayA gripping, compelling psychological thriller about a cult, a fire, and the dark secrets that four young girls have carried with them but can no longer keep buried...Blue grew up i...
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Shadow Hunter
Geoffrey ArcherOne renegade captain threatens disasterHMS Truculent is a nuclearpowered, hunterkiller submarine, and one of the most deadly weapon systems in the world. Phil Hitchens is its disti...
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Unexpected Journey
Lee Ann TurnerElrica Jane Davis is embarking on a daunting solitary journey from Caddo Gap through the mountains that make up the wilderness that is western Arkansas in 1858. This will be ...
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I Am the Warrior
Holly KnightHolly Knight’s singular music career included crafting a good part of the soundtrack to the MTV eighties with megahits for Tina Turner (“The Best”), Pat Benatar (“Love Is A Battlef...
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Scorpion Trail
Geoffrey ArcherAlex Crawford has been out of MI5 and the combat zone for twenty years, but now fate has thrust him back into the front line.Though he is an aid worker, the secret service minders ...
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The Art of Bob Mackie
Frank Vlastnik & Laura RossThe firstever, comprehensive and authorized showcase of legendary fashion designer Bob Mackie’s fabulous life and work, featuring hundreds of photos and dozens of neverbeforeseen s...