Sarah Stimson has been employed as a children’s librarian with OC Public Libraries for the last six years at the Irvine University Park Branch. Previously, she held positions at the AIDS Administration Library in Baltimore and as a school librarian in Northern California.

Sarah studied for a year in Lyon, France at the Université de Lyon II and graduated from UC Berkeley with a B.A. in French literature. She interned at the Smithsonian’s Freer and Sackler Art Gallery Archives and received her master’s degree in library science from the University of Maryland.

In her free time, Sarah reads books from many different genres. But as a dedicated art enthusiast who has studied fine art and ceramics, there is also a special place in her heart for the art of book illustration.