Jill Patterson has been in the library field for over thirty years and has worked in the private sector as well as in public, special, and school libraries. She has been a judge for the OC Chapter of the Romance Writers of America Book Buyer’s Best contest and for the American Christian Fiction Writers’ Carol Awards. She was the 2011 committee chair for the California Library Association’s John and Patricia Beatty Award for children’s literature. She has spoken annually at San Diego’s ComicCon on the subject of graphic novels in libraries. She is an unapologetic fan of genre fiction of all kinds and is a member of two book discussion groups that ensure she reads widely in all areas.