William’s path was set when he asked his third-grade teacher if he could move his desk by the window in order to continue reading during a power outage. A first-round panelist in this category consistently in the recent past, William teaches a ninth-grade reading class based entirely on student choice, a college composition class, a media literacy class, and a …

Pam’s been an avid reader all of her life. In fact, she was probably in line for a book when they handed out map skills. Growing up she loved the classics but now that she’s a grown up she has learned to love all genres of books, especially books for kids and teens. Her passion is helping kids find books …

Jennie is returning to the CYBILS for the 8th time in her beloved Nonfiction category. She’s been a panelist and a judge and an organizer. A former youth services librarian  and branch manager, she’s now a collection development librarian specializing in early literacy and readers advisory. On years when she hasn’t been doing CYBILS, she’s been on the YALSA Award …

Alysa Stewart accidentally forgot how to read for pleasure during college. After rediscovering the joy of children’s literature during a glorious Christmas break, she vowed to never again neglect her favorite hobby. (It must have been an Unbreakable Vow.) Alysa is the stay-at-home-librarian to her four young kids, and enjoys keeping a book blog called Everead. She has participated in …

Charlotte Taylor has been fan of fantasy all her life, and spent her childhood rejecting her sisters’ importunings to come play in favor of peaceful reading. She still spends as much time as possible reading (mostly middle grade speculative fiction, but other genres too, because she wants to read All the Things), but she is hampered her day job as …

The very first book Alex remembers really loving was Anne of Green Gables, which was then followed by countless others. She has been a Middle Grade Fiction second round judge for the past five years and always forward to participating in the Cybils. She is also a technology geek and originally began teaching Information Technology in school. Eventually, she found …

Jennifer has been involved with Cybils since 2009 and is excited to be chairing the Elementary/Middle Grade Nonfiction category for another year.When not obsessively reading and blogging at one of her many blogs, including Jean Little Library, she is the head of the youth services department for the Matheson Memorial Library in Elkhorn, WI. She has reorganized much of the …

Returning to the Cybils to chair the Easy Readers and Early Chapter Books category, Pam Coughlan writes the blog MotherReader – you know, when she gets the chance. A long-time Cybils contributor as judge and chair, she has previously written for PBS Booklights blog, administered KidLitosphere Central, and organized KidLitCon in Washington, DC. Two daughters and fifteen years in the …

Books are Deb Nance’s world. She has worked as a teacher and a librarian near Houston, Texas since 1977. She’s been blogging at Readerbuzz for over ten years. She was an onsite correspondent for BookExpo and she served as a moderator at TweenReads. She won a grant and built five Little Free Libraries in her town. She’s been an author …