Staff Picks

Michelle

The Book House founder and owner since 1986, mother of three, rare book specialist and appraiser. Need a book? She can find it!

“Books unite us. Sharing stories important to us means sharing a part of ourselves. Books reach across boundaries and build connections between readers. Censorship, on the other hand, divides us and creates barriers.”

Theo

Political science major and junior at Harris Stowe State University. Seeker of knowledge and enlightenment overall and within all things where knowledge may be found.

Janelle

Our full-time journalist works here three days a week, and sometimes more, if Mapleweird has a cool event going on. She loves reading pretty much any memoir, or books by other journalists, and is trying to read lots of the classic literary works she missed out on earlier in life. She's a cat person, to put it lightly.

Willie

Almost as tall as Dave; likes giving treats to dogs.

Robby

Arrived in St. Louis in 2015; loves it all except for that weird stuff you call cheese. Will read almost anything, especially if it has nice typesetting.

Dave

Our British ex-patriate, unreasonably and willfully tall. Lives and breathes Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Magical Realism. And cat fur.