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| Kathy Burnette | |
Kathy Burnette, owner of Brain Lair Books, South Bend, Ind., which she founded in 2018, has been appointed to the board of the American Booksellers Association, Bookselling This Week reported. She replaces Melanie Knight of Books, Inc., San Francisco, Calif., who has left the book industry.
Burnette is also the president of Our Stories, Our Future, Inc., a local literacy-focused nonprofit. Before opening Brain Lair Books, Burnette was a school librarian and teacher for 16 years.
Burnette is a board member of the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association and a former member of ABA Booksellers Advisory Council, the ABC Children's Advisory Council, and the ABA nominating committee. She has also helped develop several education sessions.
In addition, Burnette has served on the 2018 ALA Michael L. Printz Committee, the 2014 YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults committee, the ILF YHBA for Middle Grades, the ILF Eliot Rosewater Awards, and the Indies Introduce Kids Committee. Most recently, she chaired the 2023 Summer/Fall Indies Introduce Kids committee.