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My father was a Norwegian tenor and my mother a New York Irish librarian.

My mum was a children's librarian, so I spent a lot of time in the library. My reading life, because of my mum's work, was evenly split between American, Canadian, Australian and British authors.

For some 25 years, I worked as a librarian, first at the New York Public Library, then at Trenton State College in New Jersey. My life has always been with, around, and for books.

My mother was a teacher.

My father is a retired army captain and banking software salesman, and my mother is an English teacher.

My father worked for governments all his life as an engineer and public works director.

My mother was a teacher, my father was a community organizer. I come from a working class background.

My dad, he was a construction worker. He was a butcher. He was a deep sea fisherman.