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About Linda Johns

Linda Johns is a writer reader and librarian. The order changes depending on the day. She works at the Seattle Public Librarys downtown Central Library a gorgeous eleven-story building with a million books inside. She grew up in Cheney Washington and graduated from Washington State University with a degree in journalism. She has a masters degree in library and information science from the University of Washington. Her first job at age fifteen involved a lot of stapling. Subsequent jobs (after college) included reporter editor and bookseller. Linda lives in Seattle with her husband son and a basset hound named Owen Henderson. Nancy Pearl is a librarian and lifelong reader. She regularly comments on books on National Public Radios Morning Edition. Her books include 2003s Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood Moment and Reason; 2005s More Book Lust: 1000 New Reading Recommendations for Every Mood Moment and Reason; 2007s Book Crush: For Kids and Teens; Recommended Reading for Every Mood Moment and Interest; and 2010s Book Lust To Go: Recommended Reading for Travelers Vagabonds and Dreamers. Among her many awards and honors are the 2011 Librarian of the Year Award from Library Journal the 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association the 2010 Margaret E. Monroe Award from the Reference and User Services Association of the American Library Association and the 2004 Womens National Book Association Award.