Ellen Brody recently completed her Master's degree with a thesis concerning media and fiction. She joined the committee shortly after Readercon 7, was the program chair and co-chair of Readercons 9 and 10, and has worked on many aspects of the convention ever since. This year she is the co-editor of the Souvenir Book. She has also directed, acted, produced, designed, and everything else in theater. Her favorite previous roles include: Viola in Twelfth Night, Launcelot Gobbo in The Merchant of Venice, Mrs. X in The Stronger, Joan in Saint Joan, Harriet Stanley in The Man Who Came to Dinner, and Ruth in Blithe Spirit. At an audition, a director once handed her the first three pages of an Agatha Christie novel and said "read." She got the part. This is the fourteenth consecutive Readercon at which she has read a selection by the Memorial Guest of Honor.