Janice Shay, owner of the book-packaging company Pinafore Press, is an award-winning book designer who has produced cookbooks and art, garden, gift, and children's books. For her efforts in design, Shay received the Comstock Award and the Jane Addams Peace Price for Children's Literature. She previously served as an art director for magazines such as Rodale's Scuba Diving and Atlanta. Shay lives in Savannah, Georgia.
Nesbit teaches cooking classes at Armstrong Atlantic State University and writes a monthly food feature for Savannah Magazine.