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| Jean Westcott on the Jeopardy! set with guest host Dr. Mehmet Oz. | |
Congratulations to Jean Westcott, who is appearing on Jeopardy! next Tuesday, March 30, after what she says are years of "applying, taking the tests and auditioning since, as a bookstore colleague reminded me, the time of Beanie Baby mania in our bookstore."
In her career, she has worked at B. Dalton, Olsson's Books & Records, IPM and, most recently, at Stylus Publishing, where she was sales and marketing manager until early this year when the company instituted several layoffs because of the pandemic. That same week she got "the call" from Jeopardy!
She chose the title "book publishing professional" even though she's also an author, explaining that she is "proud of that, but in my heart [book publishing professional] what I am. I have been consulting and looking for the next opportunity. Keeping an eye on the Shelf Awareness jobs list and looking to the future."
She called the Jeopardy! experience "fascinating," which included "Zoom audition this time, Covid tests before leaving, Covid tests at the studio the day before, no wandering around L.A., masked up and socially distanced on the set, being guided by the makeup artist who gave us our own poufs to powder away the shine, following the directions of the Covid coordinator, quarantining after getting home--all totally worth it for getting a chance at my Jeopardy dream."
Again, see Jean Wescott on Jeopardy! on Tuesday night.