About

I started off my career as a graphic designer while working in a library. I have also volunteered and interned at a museum, and worked at an educational non-profit for many years. Then while transitioning into a career change the pandemic happened. I started a bookish business (sold in 18 states!) and started a Little Free Library in my community which threw me into career options I never thought of ... but should have known! It seems that everything I have done has always led me back to books and libraries.

Hobbies

When I'm not at school (physically and online) I love crafting (crochet, knitting, sewing ... basically anything I can make with my hands). I also love reading (duh) where I lean toward fantasy (I recently discovered "romantasy" and I'm smitten) but also love a good historical fiction, literary fiction, horror, and everything in between. I prefer physical books, but I love listening to audiobooks as well. 

With my husband we love exploring and going on ghost tours, especially if the ghost tour focuses on local history. We've done tours in Reykjavik, Iceland; Savannah, GA; Salem, MA; Concord, MA; Newport, RI; and Portland, ME. We also enjoy watching movies and are currently on a Nicholas Cage marathon where we are watching every movie he's ever made ... in order! We're getting close to finishing! My movie watching is like my book reading: I love everything.

Favorite Books

• North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

• Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen

• Watership Down by Richard Adams

• Lord of the Rings (the whole thing!) by J.R.R. Tolkien

Favourite Authors

• Jane Austen (I've read all of her books)

• Paula Brackston (I read everything but she's still writing!)

• Michael Crichton (I've read all of his books)

Fun Book-to-Movie-Related Travel Facts

• I've been to Hobbiton in New Zealand and it was a dream.

• I've looked out at Mount Doom while sipping tea.

• I've been to the "entry gate" for Jurassic Park in Hawaii.

• I've seen the Mercer House from Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil in Georgia.

Fun Book-Related Facts

• I MIGHT have seen Stephen King at a gas station in Maine—this is unconfirmed—yet I still believe it COULD have been him.

• I met the illustrator for all the Goosebumps books, Tim Jacobus. I might have geeked out.

• I once had an independent author sing "Happy Birthday" to me in Italian opera in the middle of a store. It was great.