Naphtali Faris is the Assistant Director for the Jannes Library at the Kansas City Art Institute. She is currently finishing her PhD in Information Studies from Dominican University in River Forest, IL, and has worked for Mid-Continent Public Library, Kansas City Public Library, Missouri State Library, and St. Louis Public Library. Naphtali speaks regularly about folk and fairy tales, youth readers’ advisory, youth services, and early literacy strategies. She has presented at WorldCon, Planet Comicon, and the Public Library Association Conference. Naphtali served on the Printz, Newbery, and Caldecott Award committees.
