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Brad Hooper

Brad Hooper is the Adult Books Editor at Booklist magazine, the review journal for public and school libraries published by the American Library Association. Historical fiction is a particular interest and specialty of his. Brad holds the MSLS degree and worked as a reference librarian in the History Department of Cleveland Public Library. In his capacity Adult Books Editor, he is a frequent panelist and speaker at library and publisher meetings and has given many book-review-writing workshops to public librarians across the country. He is the author of The Fiction of Ellen Gilchrist: An Appreciation and The Short Story Readers' Advisory: A Guide to the Best.