Sylvia TompkinsA salt and pepper collector since the mid-1970s, Sylvia Tompkins has co-authored seven previous books on shakers. She lives in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Irene Thornburg began collecting salt and pepper shakers in 1949 and currently has 17,000 sets houed in their own shaker barn. The author of two books on salt and pepper shaker series, this is her second venture as co-author. She lives in Battle Creek, Michigan. Read More Read Less