Sarah Stevenson–a freelance writer, artist, graphic designer, and YA author–has been a part of the Cybils since its inaugural year in 2006, and was blog editor for the 2008, 2009, and 2010 Cybils. She's also helped out behind the scenes with various items like the Cybils logo and flyers. Last year she stepped aside from her duties as Cybils blog …
Meet Anne Levy, Cybils Overlord in Absentia
Our lovely Cybils Overlord and co-founder Anne Levy is known by many names: Cybils Sherpa, Cybils Editor, O Mighty One. Normally you can see her blog posts right here on the Cybils blog, but this year she's on a bit of a hiatus as her superhuman organizational skills are bent to the task of molding young minds as a 6th …
Meet Jen Robinson, Literacy Evangelist
Jen Robinson is always on the lookout for great books. Throughout studying engineering in college and graduate school, she could often be found browsing the children's section of libraries and bookstores. She now works in the semiconductor industry, and reads and reviews children's and young adult books in her spare time. Said spare time is in short supply these days, …
Meet Jone MacCulloch, Poetry Chair
Jone is a regular contributor in the Poetry Friday community. Her blog Check It Out features the work of her students, poetry books for children, and poet interviews. Her school's "Poetry Postcard Project" for National Poetry Month is in its fourth year with postcards traveling the world. Jone begins her 39th year of teaching this year. She shares her poetry …
Meet Sheila Ruth, Fantasy & Science Fiction Chair
Sheila Ruth is happy to have found her tribe in the Cybils. Where else can she geek out about books with other people who get it? She has been with the Cybils since the beginning, and has worn several different hats over the years: Category Chair, Publisher Liaison, and creator/developer of the Cybils database, but her favorite part is reading …
Meet Jackie Parker, Young Adult Fiction Chair and Temporary Overlord
Jackie fully believes that her ability to consume great quantities of literature in short periods of time was first fostered by the elementary school program “Book It” which promised a button and free Pizza Hut to those who read enough. It served her well in college, and then again, in 2006 during the inaugural year of the Cybils. Since then, …
Meet Mary Ann Scheuer, Book Apps Chair
Multi-tasking Mary Ann is how she's introduced herself lately – but perhaps that's apt as we delve into the world of Book Apps that seem to do so many things at once. Mary Ann is a school librarian, mom to three, grad student and blogger. Each day she spreads a love of reading with 300 elementary students in Berkeley, CA …
Meet Gina Ruiz, Nonfiction MG/YA Chair
Gina Ruiz has Cybils hard-coded into her DNA or at least she thinks so because she's been with the Cybils from the beginning. When she is not living and breathing the Cybils, she is writing; working in a law office and glaring at a certain senior partner about his sentence structure; hanging with her grandkids; eagerly awaiting the arrival of …
Meet Terry Doherty, Easy Readers and Short Chapter Books Chair
I don't remember the first book I read "all by myself" and I don't know the name of every book I've ever read, but I will talk 'til I'm blue in the face about how much I love to read. And I will share that gift with everyone who is willing to listen to me read aloud. One of the …
Meet Jennifer Wharton, Our New Nonfiction Picture Books Chair
Jennifer is excited to be a first-time category chair for Nonfiction Picture Books. She has been on Cybils panels for three years and is looking forward to being in control. Mwa-ha-ha! When not obsessively reading and reviewing for one of her two blogs, Jean Little Library and Flying Off My Bookshelf she is the youth services librarian for the mid-sized public library …