Nancy Pearl

Nancy Pearl is a popular librarian, literary critic, and bestselling author from The United States, who likes to write fiction and nonfiction novels. She is particularly known for her series Book Lust and Now Read This, as well as several standalone novels. Until 2004, author Pearl used to work at the Seattle Public Library as its Executive Director. The prolific knowledge of author Pearl about literature and books and her interests in reading made her famous at the local level in Seattle, Washington. She makes regular appearances on public radio in Seattle and recommends books to the listeners. Pearl received a wider acclaim with her 2003 book called Book Lust. In 2011, the Library Journal named her as Librarian of the Year. Author Pearl was born and brought up in Detroit, Michigan, United States. While growing up, she used to spend a lot of her time reading books at the public library. It was when she was 10 years old that she decided to become a librarian. This decision was inspired by the children’s librarian at the library. Author Pearl often credits librarians and books with helping her in the times of her difficult childhood. She even goes on to say that reading saved her life. Pearl earned her master’s degree from the Michigan University in the subject of Library Science in 1967. Initially, she began her career by working as a children’s librarian in the library system of her hometown and then went on to work in several other libraries. When she was a young, Pearl used to write poetry, seeing it as one of her hobbies. She even released a story in the Redbook magazine in 1980, called The Ride to School. Pearl married a man named Joe Pearl, who worked as a professor at the time of their marriage. The two moved to Oklahoma from Detroit. Later, she became the mother of two daughters named Katie and Eily Raman. While raising them, author Pearl completed one more master’s degree in history.