{"bio": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "Food writer and cookbook author Melissa Clark was born and raised in New York. She earned her MFA from Columbia, worked as a professional chef and caterer, and is now a columnist for The New York Times. She has written 32 cookbooks, and has collaborated on books with chefs like Daniel Boulud and White House pastry chef Bill Yosses."}, "personal_name": "Melissa Clark", "photos": [7397856], "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2016-02-28T14:18:44.407619"}, "latest_revision": 5, "key": "/authors/OL181985A", "name": "Melissa Clark", "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-04-01T03:28:50.625462"}, "birth_date": "1949", "type": {"key": "/type/author"}, "revision": 5}