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Since 2002, KT has been the Director of the Cooperative Children's Book Center of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She also served as a children’s librarian at Madison Public Library for nine years. She is the author of From Cover to Cover: Evaluating and Reviewing Children’s Books (HarperCollins, 1997). She was named the 2010 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecturer for the American Library Association/ Association of Library Service to Children.

Click here for more information on KT's distinguished list of career accomplishments.

Link to July 1 School Library Journal post, "KT the Magnificent: An Interview with Kathleen T. Horning".

KT answers these and other questions.

As an undergrad, you majored in linguistics. How did you wind up becoming a librarian?

You’ve also been a public librarian. What did you learn from that experience?

There’s a new edition of From Cover to Cover coming out next spring. What inspired you to write the book in the first place?

If you possessed superpowers and could have any job in the world, what would it be?