Michele Elizabeth Gorman

Michele Elizabeth Gorman is the Teen Services Coordinator for the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County (PLCMC) in North Carolina. She oversees teen services for PLCMC, a system comprised of 24 locations serving a population of approximately 900,000 people, and she also manages PLCMC's teen-only library, the Loft at ImaginOn. In addition to working full time, Michele is a freelance writer and renowned national speaker, certified by the Young Adult Library Services Association as a "Serving the Underserved" Trainer. In 2007 Michele was elected to the YALSA Board of Directors for a three-year term. Michele's books include Getting Graphic! Comics for Kids (Linworth, 2008); the third edition of Connecting Young Adults and Libraries (Neal-Schuman, 2004), which she coauthored with Patrick Jones and Tricia Suellentrop; and Getting Graphic! Using Graphic Novels to Promote Literacy with Preteens and Teens (Linworth, 2003). She has been a contributing columnist for "Teenage Riot" in School Library Journal and the graphic novels columnist for Teacher Librarian. She is currently the "Getting Graphic" columnist for Library Media Connection.

Connecting Young Adults and Libraries: A How-To-Do-It Manual, Fourth Edition