Ann Turner Cook is a renowned artist and writer, best known for being the model for the Gerber Baby logo. Born in New York in 1926, she went on to write the Brandy O'Bannon series of mystery novels, including Shadow Over Cedar Key and Trace Their Shadows. Cook has become a beloved figure in the literary world, and her work continues to be enjoyed by readers around the world.
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Age, Biography and Wiki
💰 Net worth: $2 MILLION (2024)
Some Ann Turner Cook images
About
Perhaps best remembered as the infant model for the Gerber Baby logo, this artist's daughter grew up to have a career as a Writer, penning the Brandy O'Bannon series of mystery novels. Her individual O'Bannon books include Shadow Over Cedar Key and Trace Their Shadows.
Before Fame
After graduating from the University of South Florida, she taught at elementary and junior high schools before accepting a creative writing and English teaching position at Hillsborough High School in Tampa, Florida.
Trivia
In the early 1990s, she was a contestant on the game show To Tell The Truth.
Family Life
Though he did not create the charcoal image that was immortalized on Gerber Baby products (an Artist neighbor, Dorothy Hope Smith, was responsible for that), Cook's father, Leslie Turner, became famous as the Cartoonist of the popular Captain Easy comic strip.
Associated With
She and Wendy Thomas (the daughter of Wendy's restaurant founder Dave Thomas) both had their childhood images immortalized in the logos of food companies.