Jayne Ormerod

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 aunt 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 then began her professional career as a CIA (not the “secret agent” thing, but a Certified Internal Auditor).

But Jayne's parents didn't’t foresee her marriage to a naval officer. Nineteen movees in conjunction with his career did not offer Jayne the stability she needed to be a successful CIA, and when the box filled with her pinstripe suits was lost in a move it seemed like a sign that it was time to make a career switch. So Jayne started thinking about what kind of job could be packed up and schlepped across the country at a moment’s notice and somehow combine her passion for reading (and secretly writing) mysteries.

Jayne , her husband (now retired from the military) and their two rescue dogs Tiller and Scout have settled in a cottage by the Chesapeake Bay. Based on the advice of "write what you know", she now pens cozy mysteries with beach settings.