NAME: Melanie Burgess
OCCUPATION: Costume designer
ON CAREER PATHS: “Sometimes I think I was trying to find acting and costume design found me.”
FAVORITE GIG SO FAR: Jesus Christ Superstar at the Village Theatre
By: Jana Moseley
By: Cayla Lambier
NAME: Kim Beckett
OCCUPATION: Seattle Gaels camogie team manager
DAY JOBS: Works with retirees, both human and greyhound
By: Grace Geiger
NAME: Becky Selengut
OCCUPATION: Private chef, cooking teacher, author
ON BEING ALLERGIC TO GARLIC: “I love garlic…it just hates me!”
By: Jennifer Lee
NAME: Pete Smith
OCCUPATION: Footwear sales specialist at REI
By: Anna Samuels
Occupation: Children’s lit specialist and Newbery Medal committee member
Book reviewing process: “It’s a physical system; I make piles.”
By: Eran Afner
NAME: Nancy Pearl
OCCUPATION: Author; National Public Radio commentator
TV PRESENCE: Book Lust with Nancy Pearl, a monthly show on the Seattle Channel
