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FROM: ellen micheletti <[removed]@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 12/14/04, 4:17 PM

Can any of you all give me some names of librarians
who are also
authors? I am having trouble finding names.

Thanks.

Ellen Micheletti
Educational Resources Center
Western Kentucky University


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FROM: "ROBIN BEERBOWER" <[removed]@cityofsalem.net>
REC'D: 12/14/04, 4:28 PM

Seems this has come up many times. Here is one link to a thread in the
archives:

http://www.webrary.org/MaillistF/msgcur/2003/8/Re.AuthorLibrarians.html

Also, Library Journal had an article on librarians as authors:

http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA379272?display=searchResults&stt=001&text=librarian+authors

Robin Beerbower
Salem (OR) Public Library

>>> [removed]@yahoo.com 12/14/04 02:12PM >>>
Can any of you all give me some names of librarians
who are also
authors? I am having trouble finding names.

Thanks.

Ellen Micheletti
Educational Resources Center
Western Kentucky University


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FROM: "Matt Pettit" <[removed]@mail.tscpl.org>
REC'D: 12/14/04, 4:51 PM

See the article "Shelf Life" in Library Journal, 02/15/2004 for several
librarian/authors and their recent works. We have one right here in
Topeka--Roy Bird.

Matthew Pettit
Topeka & Shawnee Co. Public Library

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[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org] On Behalf Of ellen micheletti
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 4:13 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Librarians as authors

Can any of you all give me some names of librarians who are also
authors? I am having trouble finding names.

Thanks.

Ellen Micheletti
Educational Resources Center
Western Kentucky University


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FROM: "Colcord, Lisa" <[removed]@GLENDALEAZ.com>
REC'D: 12/14/04, 5:34 PM

Michelle M. Welch, who is currently a librarian in Chandler, AZ, wrote
the books _Confidence Game_ and _The Bright and the Dark._

Lisa Colcord
Outreach Librarian
Glendale Public Library
Glendale, Az

Petulia liked animals, especially pigs, because they had wobbly noses.
Tiffany quite liked animals too, but no one except other animals liked
animals as much as Petulia.

Terry Pratchett
A Hat Full of Sky
page 102

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From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org] On Behalf Of ROBIN BEERBOWER
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 3:25 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: Librarians as authors

Seems this has come up many times. Here is one link to a thread in the
archives:

http://www.webrary.org/MaillistF/msgcur/2003/8/Re.AuthorLibrarians.html

Also, Library Journal had an article on librarians as authors:

http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA379272?display=searchResults&stt
=001&text=librarian+authors

Robin Beerbower
Salem (OR) Public Library

>>> [removed]@yahoo.com 12/14/04 02:12PM >>>
Can any of you all give me some names of librarians
who are also
authors? I am having trouble finding names.

Thanks.

Ellen Micheletti
Educational Resources Center
Western Kentucky University


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FROM: "Shirley Gidley" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 12/14/04, 9:03 PM

And there's our own Tulsa City-County Librarian, Will Thomas, of Broken
Arrow, OK, who wrote the mystery "Some Danger Involved--published in
hardback this past April, and with a new book coming out this spring. He
says he learned to do his research at the Library! We are really proud of
him, and Some Danger Involved is an excellent read--well-drawn characters
and lively wit, along with an unusual plot in Victorian England.

Shirley Gidley
Tulsa-City County Library
Tulsa, OK

>From: "Colcord, Lisa" <[removed]@GLENDALEAZ.com>
>Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>To: Fiction_L <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>Subject: RE: Librarians as authors
>Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 16:26:03 -0700
>
>Michelle M. Welch, who is currently a librarian in Chandler, AZ, wrote
>the books _Confidence Game_ and _The Bright and the Dark._
>
>Lisa Colcord
>Outreach Librarian
>Glendale Public Library
>Glendale, Az
>
>Petulia liked animals, especially pigs, because they had wobbly noses.
>Tiffany quite liked animals too, but no one except other animals liked
>animals as much as Petulia.
>
>Terry Pratchett
>A Hat Full of Sky
>page 102
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
>[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org] On Behalf Of ROBIN BEERBOWER
>Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 3:25 PM
>To: Fiction_L
>Subject: Re: Librarians as authors
>
>
>Seems this has come up many times. Here is one link to a thread in the
>archives:
>
>http://www.webrary.org/MaillistF/msgcur/2003/8/Re.AuthorLibrarians.html
>
>Also, Library Journal had an article on librarians as authors:
>
>http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA379272?display=searchResults&stt
>=001&text=librarian+authors
>
>Robin Beerbower
>Salem (OR) Public Library
>
> >>> [removed]@yahoo.com 12/14/04 02:12PM >>>
>Can any of you all give me some names of librarians
>who are also
>authors? I am having trouble finding names.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Ellen Micheletti
>Educational Resources Center
>Western Kentucky University
>
>
>
>
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FROM: [removed]@aol.com
REC'D: 12/14/04, 11:07 PM

In a message dated 12/14/2004 5:13:38 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[removed]@yahoo.com writes:
Can any of you all give me some names of librarians
who are also
authors? I am having trouble finding names.

Thanks.

Ellen Micheletti
Educational Resources Center
Western Kentucky University
Cathie Linz, who also lurks this list. And moi. I've written 3 Harlequin
Temptations as Binnie Syril, and 49 short stories as Binnie Syril Braunstein.]

Binnie Syril Braunstein
Romance novelist/former librarian

FROM: "Brown, Carole Campbell" <[removed]@ci.greensboro.nc.us>
REC'D: 12/15/04, 9:41 AM

I believe Beverly Cleary of Henry Huggins and Ramona fame was formerly a children's librarian

Carole Campbell Brown
Readers Advisory Assistant/Teen Event Coordinator
Voice Mail (336) 433- 7260 & Reader's Advisory phone (336) 412-6271
E-Mail : [removed]@greensboro-nc.gov
Central Library
219 N. Church St.
Greensboro, NC 27402

-----Original Message-----
From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org [[removed]@maillist.webrary.org] On Behalf Of Shirley Gidley
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 9:53 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: RE: Librarians as authors

And there's our own Tulsa City-County Librarian, Will Thomas, of Broken
Arrow, OK, who wrote the mystery "Some Danger Involved--published in
hardback this past April, and with a new book coming out this spring. He
says he learned to do his research at the Library! We are really proud of
him, and Some Danger Involved is an excellent read--well-drawn characters
and lively wit, along with an unusual plot in Victorian England.

Shirley Gidley
Tulsa-City County Library
Tulsa, OK

>From: "Colcord, Lisa" <[removed]@GLENDALEAZ.com>
>Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>To: Fiction_L <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>Subject: RE: Librarians as authors
>Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 16:26:03 -0700
>
>Michelle M. Welch, who is currently a librarian in Chandler, AZ, wrote
>the books _Confidence Game_ and _The Bright and the Dark._
>
>Lisa Colcord
>Outreach Librarian
>Glendale Public Library
>Glendale, Az
>
>Petulia liked animals, especially pigs, because they had wobbly noses.
>Tiffany quite liked animals too, but no one except other animals liked
>animals as much as Petulia.
>
>Terry Pratchett
>A Hat Full of Sky
>page 102
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
>[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org] On Behalf Of ROBIN BEERBOWER
>Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 3:25 PM
>To: Fiction_L
>Subject: Re: Librarians as authors
>
>
>Seems this has come up many times. Here is one link to a thread in the
>archives:
>
>http://www.webrary.org/MaillistF/msgcur/2003/8/Re.AuthorLibrarians.html
>
>Also, Library Journal had an article on librarians as authors:
>
>http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA379272?display=searchResults&stt
>=001&text=librarian+authors
>
>Robin Beerbower
>Salem (OR) Public Library
>
> >>> [removed]@yahoo.com 12/14/04 02:12PM >>>
>Can any of you all give me some names of librarians
>who are also
>authors? I am having trouble finding names.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Ellen Micheletti
>Educational Resources Center
>Western Kentucky University
>
>
>
>
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FROM: "Brown, Carole Campbell" <[removed]@ci.greensboro.nc.us>
REC'D: 12/15/04, 10:43 AM

http://ravenstonepress.com/libwritr.html Authors Among Us Home Page
Librarians Who Are Authors of Children's & Young Adult Literature Links to Information About Them and their Questionnaire Answers
A project brought to you by Ravenstone Press -Stories of Kansas and the Great Plains

Try this site for children's authors

Carole Campbell Brown
Readers Advisory Assistant/Teen Event Coordinator
Voice Mail (336) 433- 7260 & Reader's Advisory phone (336) 412-6271
E-Mail : [removed]@greensboro-nc.gov
Central Library
219 N. Church St.
Greensboro, NC 27402

-----Original Message-----
From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org [[removed]@maillist.webrary.org] On Behalf Of ROBIN BEERBOWER
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 5:25 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: Librarians as authors

Seems this has come up many times. Here is one link to a thread in the
archives:

http://www.webrary.org/MaillistF/msgcur/2003/8/Re.AuthorLibrarians.html

Also, Library Journal had an article on librarians as authors:

http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA379272?display=searchResults&stt=001&text=librarian+authors

Robin Beerbower
Salem (OR) Public Library

>>> [removed]@yahoo.com 12/14/04 02:12PM >>>
Can any of you all give me some names of librarians
who are also
authors? I am having trouble finding names.

Thanks.

Ellen Micheletti
Educational Resources Center
Western Kentucky University


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FROM: "Kay Kelly" <[removed]@mplonline.org>
REC'D: 12/15/04, 11:22 AM

Jayne Ann Krentz has a Masters in Library Science and worked in corporate and
academic libraries before becoming an author.

On Tue, December 14, 2004 4:12 pm, you wrote:
> Can any of you all give me some names of librarians
> who are also
> authors? I am having trouble finding names.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Ellen Micheletti
> Educational Resources Center
> Western Kentucky University
>
>
>
>
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Kay Kelly
Reference,West Regional Branch
Mobile Public Library
5555 Grelot Road
Mobile, Al 36609
(251)340-8555

FROM: "Frances May" <[removed]@library.unt.edu>
REC'D: 12/15/04, 11:45 AM

Jayne Ann Krentz is a former librarian. She says it's like being a
marine--you're never an ex marine, and you're never an ex-librarian.

Frances A. May
Adjunct Professor
SLIS 5410: Adult Materials and Reading Interests
University of North Texas
Denton, TX

FROM: "Michelle Sampson" <[removed]@minlib.net>
REC'D: 12/15/04, 12:48 PM

There's also Elizabeth McCracken--formerly a librarian at Somerville
Public Library in MA. Her first novel, THE GIANT'S HOUSE, is about a
librarian and her friendship with a very tall young boy. Then she wrote
NIAGARA FALLS ALL OVER AGAIN. I think she has some earlier short story
publications as well.

Michelle R. Sampson
Assistant Director

Dover Town Library
P.O. Box 669
56 Dedham Street
Dover, MA 02030-0669
(P)508-785-8113
(F)508-785-0138

"There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows
what they are." -- Somerset Maugham

FROM: "Nora Armstrong" <[removed]@cumberland.lib.nc.us>
REC'D: 12/15/04, 4:11 PM

I heard Debbie Macomber give a lovely talk about the importance of the
children's librarian in her childhood town, who would let young Debbie climb
up into her lap while she (the librarian) read aloud. And yes, the librarian
was Beverly Cleary.

Nora Armstrong, Information & Referral Manager
Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center
300 Maiden Lane
Fayetteville, NC 28301-5000
Phone (910) 483-7727, x204 / Fax (910) 486-6661
[removed]@cumberland.lib.nc.us

-----Original Message-----
From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org [[removed]@maillist.webrary.org]
On Behalf Of Brown, Carole Campbell
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 10:29 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: RE: Librarians as authors

I believe Beverly Cleary of Henry Huggins and Ramona fame was formerly a
children's librarian

Carole Campbell Brown
Readers Advisory Assistant/Teen Event Coordinator
Voice Mail (336) 433- 7260 & Reader's Advisory phone (336) 412-6271
E-Mail : [removed]@greensboro-nc.gov
Central Library
219 N. Church St.
Greensboro, NC 27402

FROM: Dennis Lien <[removed]@tc.umn.edu>
REC'D: 12/16/04, 12:33 PM

At 02:12 PM 12/14/2004, you wrote:
>Can any of you all give me some names of librarians
>who are also
>authors? I am having trouble finding names.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Ellen Micheletti
>Educational Resources Center
>Western Kentucky University

A couple more locals --

Hilary Moon Murphy, who has sold several sf/f stories, is or was a librarian at
Minneapolis Public.

http://www.sff.net/people/hmm/bio.html

My spouse, Terry Garey, is the author of THE JOY OF HOME WINEMAKING (Avon),
editor of three poetry anthologies, and has sold poetry to professional
markets and poetry and a few short stories to semi-professional markets:

http://www.joyofwine.net/

I'm assuming you're looking for authors of fiction and other related fields--
certainly lots of librarians have published nonfiction books (reference etc.).
If editing fiction counts, Fred Shapiro (a law librarian at Yale) is co-editor
of TRIAL AND ERROR: AN OXFORD ANTHOLOGY OF LEGAL STORIES.

Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // [removed]@tc.umn.edu

FROM: [removed]@aol.com
REC'D: 12/16/04, 5:47 PM

Sandra Kitt

Cynthia Parker
Silver Spring Treasurebooks

FROM: "Lynn S. Smith-Roberts" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 12/17/04, 7:26 PM

I believe Charles A. Goodrum was at the Library of Congress when he wrote
Dewey Decimated and other bibliomysteries.

Lynn S. Smith-Roberts
Librarian II

Carmichael Regional Library
Sacramento Public Library
5605 Marconi Avenue
Carmichael, CA 95608

[removed]@saclibrary.org
[removed]@hotmail.com

Subject: Re: Librarians as authors
From: "Dennis Lien" <[removed]@tc.umn.edu>
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 11:43:22 -0600

At 02:12 PM 12/14/2004, you wrote:
>Can any of you all give me some names of librarians
>who are also
>authors? I am having trouble finding names.
>
>Thanks.

FROM: "Susan Williams" <[removed]@dekalblibrary.org>
REC'D: 12/21/04, 12:36 PM

just checked this out:

When Washington was in vogue: a love story [a lost novel of the Harlem
Renaissance], by Edward Christopher Williams,

who, on the back cover, is shown as a graduate of the New York State
Library School, and is documented as the first African American to
graduate from library school.

*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*
Susan Williams
Reference Librarian
Toco Hill-Avis G Williams Library
Decatur, GA 30033

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From: "Lynn S. Smith-Roberts" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
To: Fiction_L <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 01:18:43 +0000
Subject:

> I believe Charles A. Goodrum was at the Library of Congress when he
> wrote
> Dewey Decimated and other bibliomysteries.
>
> Lynn S. Smith-Roberts
> Librarian II
>
> Carmichael Regional Library
> Sacramento Public Library
> 5605 Marconi Avenue
> Carmichael, CA 95608
>
> [removed]@saclibrary.org
> [removed]@hotmail.com
>
> Subject: Re: Librarians as authors
> From: "Dennis Lien" <[removed]@tc.umn.edu>
> Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 11:43:22 -0600
>
> At 02:12 PM 12/14/2004, you wrote:
> >Can any of you all give me some names of librarians
> >who are also
> >authors? I am having trouble finding names.
> >
> >Thanks.
>
>
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FROM: D Herald <[removed]@mac.com>
REC'D: 12/21/04, 4:38 PM

Best Books from Late 2003 and 2004
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In alphabetical order:

Balogh, Mary. Slightly Dangerous. (Regency-era Romance)
Brandon, Jay. Grudge Match. (Legal Thrller)
Lackey, Mercedes. The Fairy Godmother. (Fairytale romantic fantasy)
Moore, John. Heroics for Beginners. (Humorous Fantasy)
Robinson, Kim Stanley. Forty Signs of Rain. (Science Fiction)

I had really gotten it down to my top 7 so I arbitrarily kicked two off my list.

Diana Tixier Herald, author of TEEN GENREFLECTING 2nd edition
ISBN: 1563089963
http://www.genrefluent.com [removed]@sff.net
Rosenberg's first law of reading:"Never apologize for your reading tastes."

FROM: [removed]@aol.com
REC'D: 12/23/04, 9:32 PM

I didn't see this name mentioned.
Annie Kimberlin

Cynthia Parker
Silver Spring Treasurebooks

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