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Making Toast (03/03/10) Rating: 
Heresy (03/03/10) Rating: 
The Wives of Henry Oades (02/17/10) Rating: 

Kim Kovacs is an avid reader in the Pacific Northwest. All those rainy days give her the opportunity to enjoy a wide variety of books that span many genres.
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The Postmistress (03/03/10) Rating: 
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Judy has been an avid reader since the age of six. She works part time as a bookseller at her local independent bookstore, participates in five reading groups and is at work on a memoir of her life in reading. You can visit her blog at keepthewisdom.blogspot.com.
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The Swan Thieves (02/17/10) Rating: 
36 Arguments for the Existence of God (02/17/10) Rating: 
The Geometry of God (01/13/10) Rating: 

Cindy Anderson holds a Ph.D. in English, specializing in 15th – 17th C. British Literature. In addition to working independently as an editor of academic essays, and a writer of online informational articles, she currently teaches in the Mays Business School at Texas A&M University. She is a self-confessed “geek” who loves reading and attending book conventions.
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Nothing (03/17/10) Rating: 
Village of the Ghost Bears (02/03/10) Rating: 
Eating Animals (01/13/10) Rating: 

Marnie Colton holds an M.F.A. in creative writing from Emerson College and is in the process of submitting her poems for publication. She has recently participated in local writing workshops at the Baltimore Museum of Art and the Writers' Center in Bethesda, MD. She currently works as an editorial assistant at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institute in Baltimore.
Recent Reviews
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (03/03/10) Rating: 
Too Much Happiness (11/19/09) Rating: 
Love and Summer (10/07/09) Rating: 

Beverly believes that a day without reading is like a day without sunshine. She holds a B.A. in English, with an eye to acquiring a Ph.D. in Literary Theory. She also spent a year at Alaska magazine & The MILEPOST, proofing and writing the occasional article. She babbles about all of the books she reads at www.bevyofbooks.com.
Recent Reviews
The Solitude of Prime Numbers (03/17/10) Rating: 
Map of the Invisible World (01/13/10) Rating: 
Half the Sky (11/19/09) Rating: 

Jo Perry wrote a children's book club column for the Los Angeles Times and writes about children's books for KidsLA Magazine. She has a Ph.D. in English, has taught literature and writing, has produced and written episodic television, and is working on a book about enjoying books with children.
Recent Reviews
The Spirit Level (02/03/10) Rating: 
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (11/19/09) Rating: 
Al Capone Shines My Shoes (10/21/09) Rating: 

True to her last name, Amy Reading makes a living reading, freelance editing, and writing. She has recently completed a Ph.D. in American Studies from Yale University and is working on a book that grows out of her dissertation, a history of American con artistry.
Recent Reviews
The Changeling (03/17/10) Rating: 
Union Atlantic (03/03/10) Rating: 
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In addition to being a key reviewer for BookBrowse, and our content editor, Lucia Silva is the book buyer for Portrait of a Bookstore in Studio City, CA, and manager of The Book Works in Del Mar, CA. She can also be heard recommending books on NPR's Morning Edition with Susan Stamberg, and on KPBS in San Diego.
Recent Reviews
Tunneling to the Center of the Earth (12/09/09) Rating: 
A Gate at the Stairs (10/21/09) Rating: 
The Pattern in the Carpet (10/07/09) Rating: 

Tamara Ellis Smith received an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults in 2007 from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Recipient of an Honorable Mention in the 2008 PEN New England Discovery Awards and a runner up for the 2008 SCBWI Works-In-Progress grant, she writes middle grade novels and picture books. She is represented by Erin Murphy Literary Agency.
Recent Reviews
The Death-Defying Pepper Roux (03/03/10) Rating: 
Raven Summer (02/03/10) Rating: 
How To Say Goodbye In Robot (11/19/09) Rating: 

Donna Chavez, a member of the National Book Critics Circle, also reviews books for Publishers Weekly and the American Library Association's Booklist. She is also a freelance writer with numerous publishing credits, including the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun Times, and is a writing coach. Visit her website http://www.thewritecoach.com.
Recent Reviews
The Bad Book Affair (03/03/10) Rating: 
Chronic City (10/21/09) Rating: 
This Is Where I Leave You (10/07/09) Rating: 

Karen Rigby received an MFA in Creative Writing in 2004 from the University of Minnesota. Recipient of a 2007 National Endowment for the Arts literature fellowship, she has published numerous poems. Her website is karenrigby.com. Karen has been reviewing at BookBrowse since 2008.
Recent Reviews
Ruby's Spoon (02/17/10) Rating: 
Nocturnes (11/05/09) Rating: 
The Invisible Mountain (09/23/09) Rating: 

Sarah Sacha Dollacker is a writer in Atlanta, Georgia. She can also be found at redroomlibrary.com
Recent Reviews
The Coral Thief (01/13/10) Rating: 
Broken Jewel (11/19/09) Rating: 

Micah Gell-Redman is a graduate student in the Department of Political Science at the University of California San Diego where he studies the politics of immigration. He holds a B.A. in Comparative Literature from UCLA and a Master's in Public Policy from Cornell. When he's not writing book reviews, he loves to play the guitar and sing with his wife.
Recent Reviews
Summertime (02/03/10) Rating: 
Justice (10/21/09) Rating: 

A writer, bookseller and artist, BJ Nathan Hegedus is a lover, foremost, of good tales. Her essays and short stories have been anthologized and also included in local publications. She is currently at work on a memoir collection about the wonders of growing up in Manhattan.
Recent Reviews
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand (03/03/10) Rating: 
Abigail Adams (11/19/09) Rating: 

Freelance writer Megan Shaffer has both her Bachelor and Master degrees in Education. She currently works in the schools of Birmingham, Michigan where she shares her love of literature. When Megan is not in the classroom, she is actively involved in the local literary scene and maintains a blog, Night Light Revue, about new books and authors.
Recent Reviews
The Irresistible Henry House (03/17/10) Rating: 
Half Broke Horses (10/21/09) Rating: 

Elena Spagnolie received her Master’s degree in creative writing and Magical Realist studies from New York University, focusing specifically on the relationship between culture and authorial voice, and the Jungian interpretation of archetypal symbols found in Magical Realist works. Outside of academia, she has worked at Prentice Hall Publishing, contributed numerous articles to Travelhost Magazine and currently writes short stories and poetry.
Recent Reviews
The House of Tomorrow (03/17/10) Rating: 
The Farmer's Daughter (02/03/10) Rating: 

Julie Wan received her MFA in creative nonfiction writing from the University of Pittsburgh. She is currently a freelance writer and editor in Washington, DC, and is a member of the National Book Critics Circle.
Recent Reviews
The Possessed (03/17/10) Rating: 
Manhood for Amateurs (10/21/09) Rating: 

Pam Watts is an avid reader and glorious generalist. She is currently studying writing for children and young adults at Vermont College of Fine Arts, where she writes everything from poetry to YA fantasy. She also has a BA from Wellesley College in Physics and studied the classics at St. John's College.
Recent Reviews
Burning Bright (03/17/10) Rating: 
Once Was Lost (01/13/10) Rating: 

Elizabeth Whitmore Funk is a writer, editor, critic, and professor based in Washington, DC. As a former editor in New York City and London, she currently serves on the English faculty of Marymount University. Her website is www.elizabethwhitmore.com.
Recent Reviews
Bloodroot (02/03/10) Rating: 
The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein (11/19/09) Rating: 

Casey N. Cep is a writer from the Eastern Shore of Maryland. She studied literature and theology at Harvard and Magdalen College, Oxford. She has worked for The New Republic, Harvard Magazine, and the San Francisco Chronicle.
Recent Reviews
Apparition & Late Fictions (02/17/10) Rating: 

Writing about books is Joanne's second career; she previously worked in accounting and administrative jobs, but was saved from a lifetime of this by breaking her hip. She's written a weekly local writers' Q&A and book review for the DC Examiner and reviewed books for the Chicago Sun-Times, the Washington Post, BookPage, and other publications. Joanne died of breast cancer in December 2009.
Recent Reviews
Arctic Chill (10/07/09) Rating: 

Norah Piehl is a former bookseller who has also worked for several publishing companies. Currently a freelance writer and permissions editor, Norah reviews books for a number of print and online publications. She also teaches an adult education course, "Intro to Book Reviewing."
Recent Reviews
The Unnamed (02/17/10) Rating: 

Stacey Brownlie is a reference librarian at the Lititz Public Library (Pennsylvania). She has a B.A. in English and a Master's degree in Library Science. She also reviews books for Library Journal and is a freelance writer and proofreader.
Recent Reviews
Nothing to Envy (01/13/10) Rating: 

Natasha Vargas-Cooper is a weekly film-critic based in Los Angeles. When she's not sitting in cave-like darkness in the moviehouses of LA she adores consuming good fiction. She has read every word ever published by Graham Greene. She holds a BA from UCLA in American History.
Recent Reviews
Homer & Langley (09/23/09) Rating: 

Jennifer G. Wilder is a freelance writer based in upstate New York. She holds an M.A. in Slavic Languages and Literatures from Berkeley and a B.A. from Yale. Her current project is a novel about turning thirty in suburbia.
Recent Reviews
Remarkable Creatures (02/03/10) Rating: 


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