Michael Gorman

male, 68 years old
Michael Gorman (b. 1941), grew up in London, England and gained an interest in libraries in part through his experiences at the Hendon library run...
Walter Dean Myers

Walter Dean Myers

male, 72 years old
Walter Dean Myers (born Walter Myers August 12, 1937, Martinsburg, West Virginia, raised in Harlem) is an African American author of young adult...
Melvil Dewey

Melvil Dewey

male, deceased (1931)
Melvil Dewey (December 10, 1851-December 26, 1931) was the inventor of the Dewey Decimal Classification system for library classification. Dewey...

John Green

male, 32 years old
John Green (b. 1977 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is a young adult novelist. His first novel, "Looking for Alaska", won the 2006 Michael L. Printz...
Jessamyn West

Jessamyn West

female, 41 years old
Jessamyn Charity West (born September 5, 1968) is a librarian and a former member of the American Library Association Council. Her father is Tom...
Keith Michael Fiels

Keith Michael Fiels

male, 60 years old (Chicago, Illinois, United States)
Keith Michael Fiels (born 1949) is an American librarian. He was appointed Executive Director of the American Library Association in July 2002....

Alvin Schwartz

male, deceased (1992)
Alvin Schwartz (born April 25 1927, in Brooklyn, New York; died March 14, 1992) was the author of books dedicated to and dealing with topics such...
Scott Westerfeld

Scott Westerfeld

male
Scott Westerfeld (born May 5 1963) is a New York Times bestselling author of science fiction and young adult literature. He was born in the U.S....
Nancy Garden

Nancy Garden

female, 71 years old
Nancy Garden (born May 15, 1938 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American author best known for "Annie on My Mind", which was critically acclaimed...