Bay Breeze Publishing Group

Raised in a 150-year-old farmhouse in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, Jayne honed her story-telling skills at a tender age, convincing herself and others her home was haunted. She wove epic sagas of buried treasure guarded by spirits of slain pirates, and of the soul of a crazed ant locked in the attic, pacing the floorboards for all eternity. Urged by her parents to forge a career in something that would enable her to be independent, Jayne dutifully went off and earned a B.S. in Accountancy from Miami University. She began her professional career as a CIA (not the sexy spy-thing, but a Certified Internal Auditor.) But Jayne’s parents did not foresee her marriage to a naval officer. Nineteen moves in conjunction with her husband’s military career did not offer Jayne the stability she needed to climb the ladder to success, and when the box filled with her pinstripe suits was lost in one of those many moves, it seemed like an omen that it was time to make a career switch. So Jayne sat down and thought about what kind of job could be packed up and schlepped across the country at a moment’s notice. Aha, she thought. I can fulfill my lifelong dream of being a writer! Jayne’s husband retired from the Navy and they are now ＂at anchor,＂ in a cottage on the Chesapeake Bay, where she sells real estate by day and pens cozies by night. Learn more about Jayne Ormerod (like why she writes under a nom de plume) at www.JayneOrmerod.com