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Jenn Hooker Author Archive


Email: jennthelibrarienne@gmail.com   Twitter: @ifferfish

Jennifer Hooker was born in California’s Bay Area and grew up in the area’s many libraries. She is currently a Library Science graduate student at SJSU. She lives with her girlfriend and two dogs in Santa Cruz, CA. Jennifer is currently reading Essex County by Jeff Lemire.


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The Puzzling Prize for Loyal Librarians

At the end of January, during the American Library Association’s Midwinter Conference, it was announced that popular children’s novelist Lemony Snicket (aka Daniel Handler) started his own prize to honor “librarians who have faced adversity.” Librarians must be nominated before May 1st and winners will be announced at ALA Annual in June.