Stanley Ginsberg author of The Rye Baker (W.W.Norton & Co., 9/27/16), grew up in post World War Two Brooklyn, where he learned to bake from his grandmothers. He pursued bread baking as a hobby during the 1960s and has continued to expand his baking horizons and refine his skills ever since. His first book, Inside the Jewish Bakery: Recipes and Memories from the Golden Age of Jewish Baking (Camino Books 2011), won the IACP's 2012 Jane Grigson Award for "distinguished scholarship in the quality of its research and presentation."

In addition to writing, Stanley owns and operates The New York Bakers (nybakers.com), an e-business that sells a wide variety of ingredients, supplies and equipment to home bakers all over the world.

Stanley and his wife, Sylvia, a Philadelphia native, have three adult children, three beautiful granddaughters and one lovable standard poodle. They make their home in San Diego, California.