Ellen Roehl is a retired librarian with a master of arts in Italian and a master of Library Science from the University of California at Berkeley. Having worked in libraries in California, Washington, DC, and London, her experience includes university research libraries, a municipal library and school libraries. Born in Missoula, Mont., she lived in London, England, for 12 years, where her four sons attended the American School in London; she was a member of the London Library and belonged to four book discussion groups. She now lives in the historic district in Frederick, Md., home of an excellent public library.