Rebecca Vnuk
Rebecca is the Editor for Reference and Collection Management at Booklist. She is the author of 2 Reader’s Advisory nonfiction titles for Libraries Unlimited: Read On…Women’s Fiction, and Women’s Fiction Authors: A Research Guide – with a 3rd on the way, due out Fall 2013.  A long time reviewer and collection development article writer for Library Journal, she was named their “Fiction Reviewer of the Year” in 2008.  In 2010, Rebecca was named both a Library Journal Mover and Shaker as well as the recipient of PLA’s Allie Beth Martin Award.  She blogs (very) occasionally on her pet project, http://womensfic.blogspot.com.  An online portfolio of work can be found at http://shelfrenewal.com/about/rv/portfolio/.

 

Karen KlecknerKaren Kleckner Keefe
Karen is the Director of the Hinsdale (IL) Public Library.  Formerly Head of Readers’ Services and Public Relations Coordinator at Deerfield (IL) Public Library, she had happily recommended books for over ten years. Karen reviews fiction for Library Journal and Booklist, and was named a Library Journal 2009 Movers & Shaker. She was recognized, in part, for her leadership in the community-wide reading program  “One Book, One Zip Code” and the Adult Reading Round Table’s “Genre Boot Camp” program. Karen was also a previous chair of the Adult Reading Round Table.

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