Lena (right) has lived in O’Fallon, IL since 2002. She was a Marching Panther at OTHS and still plays French Horn. In her spare time, she does all the granny hobbies: quilting, crocheting, cross-stitch, and embroidery. She has had a love of reading all of her life. She walked her middle school halls with her nose in a book and often got in trouble with teachers for reading too much. She still doesn’t know what “reading too much” means. She loves fantasy and fiction books. Anne Bishop is her “bucket list” author to meet. In the above photo, she is meeting author Erin Craig (right) at the Novel Neighbor.

Tracy left the area after high school but has just moved back to O’Fallon to take up the role of manager at TBR Books. Does that sound like a Hallmark movie? Yeah, we thought so too. She comes with Pixie, our Sales and Smiles Manager. Pixie can’t help you find the perfect read or carry your books for you, but she is still confident in her ability to make employee of the month every month.

Tracy enjoys a variety of genres but especially history and the classics. In her spare time, she writes poetry, crochets, and scrapbooks. She once stalled out her car on a California hill while on her way to see Peter S. Beagle, the author of The Last Unicorn.