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Gender	Female
Industry	Education
Occupation	Principal
Location	Buffalo, NY
Introduction	I am an elementary school principal looking forward to retirement sometime in the next few years so that I can have much more time to read. Previously, I was a teacher and encouraged my students to love reading. There's nothing quite as fulfilling as seeing a child wrapped up in a good book and transformed to another world/time/galaxy. My favorite genre is historical fiction, especially Andrea Barrett, Andrea Levy, Isabel Allende, Geraldine Brooks, William Boyd and Marianne Wiggins. Other favorite authors include Richard Russo, Khaled Husseini, Amy Bloom, Ian McEwan, Louise Erdrich, Marilynne Robinson, David Sedaris, Wayne Johnston, Elizabeth Strout and Benjamin Black and Kate Grenville. Now reading - The Earth Hums in B Flat by Mari Strachan
Interests	Books, gardening, antiques
Favorite books	Favorite books of 2009 1. A Thread of Grace - Mary Doria Russell 2. The Colony of Unrequited Dreams - Wayne Johnston 3. The Help - Kathryn Stockett 4. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo - Steig Larsson 5. Elegance of the Hedgehog - Muriel Barbery 6. The Plague of Doves - Louise Erdrich 7. Small Island - Andrea Levy 8. Shadow Country - Peter Matthiessen 9. The Idea of Perfection - Kate Grenville 10. The Girl Who Played With Fire - Stieg Larsson 11.The Deptford Trilogy - Robertson Davies