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Nancy Pearl\u2014she\u2019s been called \u201cone of the 10 coolest librarians alive.\u201d She\u2019s the bestselling author of \u201cBook
\nLust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment and Reason,\u201d and a regular commentator about books on NPR\u2019s Morning Edition. She\u2019s the creator of the much loved and imitated If All Seattle Read The Same Book project, encouraging everyone in the city to read the same book at the same time. And then, of course, there\u2019s the Nancy Pearl Librarian Action Figure with amazing push-button shushing action.

A brilliant and entertaining storyteller, Nancy reveals how she became the \u201cfive-inch tall, plastic, non biodegradable librarian action figure with amazing push button shushing action.\u201d She talks about her childhood library in Detroit\u2014how it changed her life and provided refuge from her dysfunctional family. She gives tips on how to select books for people, and explains her Rule of 50 about when to give up on reading a book. She also talks about how \u201cour leaders should be readers.\u201d

Raised in Detroit, Michigan, Nancy earned her master\u2019s in library science at the University of Michigan and became a children\u2019s librarian at her hometown library. She moved to Oklahoma with her husband, professor Joe Pearl, and raised two daughters while earning a masters degree in history. In Tulsa she worked in an independent book store and the Tulsa City-County Library System. In 1993 she was recruited to join the Seattle Library where she later became executive director of the the library system\u2019s Washington Center for the Book.

In addition to Book Lust, Nancy is the author of several other books including: Now Read This: A Guide to Mainstream Fiction 1978\u20131998 (and Now Read This II 1990-2001); Book Crush: For Kids and Teens; Book Lust To Go, Recommended Reading for Travelers, Vagabonds, and Dreamers; and her novel, George and Lizzie.

Among her many awards, including the Library Journal\u2019s 2011 Librarian of the Year Award, Nancy Pearl is the recipient of the coveted Kitchen Sisters\u2019 Keeper of the Day Award (and trophy) presented at the American Library Association\u2019s Conference in January 2019, at a special party sponsored by EveryLibrary, the national political action committee dedicated to the future of libraries, and bibliotheca, which connects libraries and their communities in new and effective ways.

Nancy Pearl Librarian Action Figure is part of The Kitchen Sisters\u2019 series, The Keepers, about activist archivists, rogue librarians, historians, collectors, curators \u2014keepers of the truth and the free flow of information. Heard on NPR\u2019s Morning Edition, on The Kitchen Sisters Present podcast, and at kitchensisters.org.

The Kitchen Sisters Present is part of PRX\u2019s Radiotopia, a collective of some of the best podcasts and audio storytellers on earth.