Michael Cart
Former Director of the Beverly Hills Public Library, Michael Cart is a nationally recognized authority in young adult services and literature, which he teaches at UCLA. A Past President of the Young Adult Library Services Association, he is the 2000 recipient of the Grolier Foundation Award.
The author or editor of eleven books, including From Romance to Realism: 50 Years of Growth and Change in Young Adult Literature, Michael Cart is also a monthly columnist for Booklist magazine and is the Founding Editor of Rush Hour, a new literary journal for young adults that will be published by Random House beginning in April 2004.
Michael has taught 16 classes from 2004 through 2008.
