Author Biography
Jillian Rudes is the school librarian at a 6th-12th grade, public school in Queens, New York City. She is the Japanese Culture & Manga librarian for the New York City Department of Education, as well as the founder and host of the international webinar series Manga in Libraries. She currently serves as the President of the New York City School Librarians’ Association. She also serves as a Committee Associate for the American Library Association’s Annual Conference Committee. She also volunteers for the American Library Association’s Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table. She was awarded the American Association of School Librarians’ Collaborative School Library Award in 2020. She just received the American Library Association’s Scholastic Library Publishing Award in 2022. She has presented on manga at New York Comic Con, San Diego Comic Con, the American Library Association’s Annual Conference, the International Association of School Librarianship’s Annual Conference, and more.
