I’m Julianna Eisenberg von Noir, the Young Adult Librarian at the Shipsfeather Public Library.
I love selecting books and planning programs for teens. Everyone
thinks I’m successful bringing teens into the library because of my looks. I
think that silly. The come for the programs and their love of books.
Everyone does want to know about my looks. I look a lot more
like my father Ivan van Noir than my Swedish mother Hildegarde Eisenberg. Mom
was an Eastern European bibliographer in Paris and Dad was doing genealogical research
into his Transylvanian family tree. Their marriage didn’t last long and Mom
brought me to the US and got a job with the Pittsburgh Historical Society.
Until I started college I spent summers in Europe with Dad.
He was a good father, but a little old-fashioned. When I was young a nanny took
me places during the day and Dad showed me the sights of the Old World at
night. When I was older I explored the great cities of the Continent by
myself.
I think I want to
help teenagers have fun in groups because I spent so much time with adults or
alone.
My kids love the popcorn machine, pizza and movie nights,
gaming days, and all the bookclubs. Yes, the Vampires & Werewolves Bookclub
is popular. I’m not team Edward or Jacob. I don’t really care for either. After the
curse is broken, a few of the werewolf kids sneak in the library. I promise not
to tell their book-burning parents. What happens in the library stays in the
library.
I’m certainly not immortal and love the sunshine, though I
don’t tan. I faint at the sight of
blood. The Goth girls say I’m cool
because I wear a lot of black, but it’s just a color than flatters my complexion.
Besides the great staff here at SPL and the good kids in
town, the best thing about this job is the dental insurance. After the dentist
replaced my canines with normal implants. I felt like a new woman. I even was
able to smile at red-haired Taxi McCasson. The head of circulation is sooo cute
and so smart. He’s a classical languages scholar. In Book One I’m too
self-conscious to talk to him, but in Book Two we begin a friendship. Beyond
that, you’ll have to ask Amber. She seems to like us both, so we’re hoping we’ll
have more time together in Book 3.
Oh, and I’m an ebook fanatic. Always reading on one of my devices. I
want to start a blog and review books for teens.
Favorite books: I love most kinds of fantasy (except vampire
and werewolf genres). Fantasy is so important for everyone. Teens (and adults)
are able to safely explore feelings that might be too intense for the real
world. I especially like time travel and fantasy with historical settings. The Outlander series is one of my favs.
(Maybe that’s why I love the library celebrations when Taxi wears his kilt. As
I said, he is so cute.)
The Shapeshifters' Library Series
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