The Reverend Dr. Shirley Ann Ranck is an ordained Unitarian Universalist minister and the author of the popular feminist thealogy curriculum, Cakes for the Queen of Heaven, newly revised and updated, and the book of the same title. She has served as minister in several Unitarian Universalist congregations including Cincinnati Ohio, Mobile Alabama, San Rafael California, Kennebunk Maine, Olympia Washington, and West Vancouver British Columbia. An Accredited Interim Minister (AIM), she is currently serving as Interim Minister at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Flint, Michigan. Before becoming a minister Dr. Ranck was a licensed psychologist who worked in hospitals, clinics and a county jail for women as well as in private practice. She holds a Master's degree in religious education from Drew University, an M.A. in clinical psychology from City College of New York, a Ph.D. in urban school psychology from Fordham University, and a Master of Divinity from Starr King School for the Ministry in Berkeley, California. She is the mother of two sons and two daughters, and has five grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.