We're happy to welcome back Jackie Parker as category organizer for YA Fiction. In honor of her upcoming nuptials, we present her bio as seen through the eyes...well, pen...well, keyboard...of her fiancé Kyle Robinson. Read on to find out more:
Jackie Parker blogs regularly on her YA book review website, interactivereader.blogspot.com. The name, Interactive Reader, comes from the physical and audible responses she emits when reading an engaging book. This includes sudden cries of "NO!" when a good character does something stupid and hitting her fiancé in the shoulder with happiness when an evil character gets his or her comeuppance. Her fiancé has since learned to sit a safe distance away at all times.
Jackie is also a poster girl for readergirlz.com where she recommends books, and as a teen librarian in the Seattle area, Jackie engages with actual teens in the wild by putting on several programs a month for local young adults. Recently, she served her teens baby octopus and preserved duck eggs among other things as part of a library fear factor, and no one threw up! Jackie is excited to be taking part in her 4th year in Cybils and her third year as the YA category organizer.
YAY Jackie! =)
Posted by: Miss Erin | September 16, 2009 at 10:27 AM
*awww*
Posted by: tanita | September 16, 2009 at 11:19 AM
Yay Jackie! And this is completely off-topic but can I just say that your engagement photos are fabbity fab? Congrats, dear!
Posted by: Abby | September 16, 2009 at 05:09 PM
How fun! Nice to hear a little more about you, Jackie.
Posted by: Angie | September 17, 2009 at 09:47 PM
Thanks!
Posted by: Jackie Parker | September 17, 2009 at 09:55 PM
Such a cute picture! I enjoyed reading your bio here, Jackie.
Posted by: Susan (Chicken Spaghetti) | September 20, 2009 at 09:52 AM
Love that photo! Go, Jackie!
Posted by: twitter.com/melissacwalker | September 29, 2009 at 10:36 AM
Love the pic, and the bio. Best wishes to both of you!!
Posted by: Lisa Schroeder | September 29, 2009 at 11:38 AM
Go Jackie go! Very nicely put, Kyle. :)
Posted by: Little Willow | September 29, 2009 at 03:32 PM
Thanks, everyone!
Posted by: Jackie Parker | October 01, 2009 at 03:09 PM