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 herself in a fourth-grade classroom in Bronx,, NY and loved teaching that age, which is when she also fell in love with middle grade fiction. In her virtual life, Alex blogs at The Children’s War and Randomly Reading, and tweets at @randomlyreading. In her non-virtual life, she has been on the Bank Street Children’s Book Committee for a number of years.