Mary Devine, Teen Room, Central Library at Copley Square
mdevine @ bpl.org

Favorite book: Croak by Gina Damico

Wasting time on the internet: Play games and chat with my friends on Facebook

Fun fact: I do cross-stitching and other needlework.

 

 

Anna Draves, Teen Room, Central Library at Copley Square
adraves @ bpl.org

Favorite book: Mossflower by Brian Jacques.

Wasting time on the internet: Goodreads.

Fun fact: When I’m not working or reading a book I’m usually writing.
 

 

 

Akunna Eneh, Teen Librarian Dudley Branch
aeneh @ bpl.org

Favorite book: It’s a toss up between Detroit, I Do Mind Dying by Dan Georgakas and Marvin Surkin and Born Confused by Tanuja Desai Hidier

Wasting time on the internet: I waste a bunch of time on AwfulLibraryBooks.net and on YouTube looking for my favorite 90s music videos.

Fun fact: I’ve had gray hair since i was 10 years old

 

John Kenney, Hyde Park Branch
jkenney @ bpl.org

Favorite Book: Umberto Eco’s Baudolino

Wasting time on the internet: News sites, flight sim forums, Formula 1 and American Le Mans, Crunchyroll and other Anime

Fun fact: I drive a little two seat convertible

 

 

Laura Koenig, Grove Hall
lkoenig @ bpl.org

Favorite book: I hate this question it’s way too hard! Gonna go with Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock, but this answer is subject to change.

Wasting time on the internet: GOOD helps me remember that the world is awesome & The Mary Sue caters to all my girl-geek needs!

Fun Fact: I have spent New Year’s Eve on four different continents and plan to do all seven before I die.

 

Angela Veizaga, Mattapan Branch
aveizaga @ bpl.org

Favorite book: 1. One Hundred Years of Solitude 2. Their Eyes Were Watching God 3. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 4. The Giver 5. American Gods

Wasting time on the internet: 1. Pinterest 2. Refinery29 3. Tumblr 4. Twitter 5. Pitchfork

Fun fact: 1. I was born in Bolivia 2. I own a harmonica 3. I love my morning jacket 4. I speak Spanish 5. I like making top 5 lists.

 

Jessi Snow, Youth Services Coordinator for BPL
jsnow @ bpl.org

Favorite Book: The Dirt by Motley Crue

Wasting time on the internet: Suri’s Burn Book

Fun fact: I grew up raising chickens

 

 

 

About the Artist

Sarah Winifred Searle was born in Portland, Maine on Antonio Banderas’ 27th birthday, and from a very early age she was in a polyamorous relationship with her two greatest loves: visual storytelling and history.

Currently, Sarah is taking evening classes from Harvard University Extension School in Humanities and Visual Arts to turn her Associates into a Bachelors and earn an academic balance to her professional degree. She spends her days in a little office at the Boston Public Library as Children’s Writer-in-Residence, where she is in the middle of writing and illustrating a graphic novel about family history and ghost lore from her hometown. She spends her nights in a suburban apartment with a cat known as Kitty, a chinchilla called Creepus, and a human named Joe.

And she loves her life. She truly does.