Melissa Anelli is a freelance writer living in New York City who is smitten by all things Harry Potter. A Georgetown University grad, her work has also appeared on the cable channel NY1 and in the newsmagazine U.S. News & World Report. She joined TLC in September 2001 and has enjoyed the many early mornings and late nights she’s spent keeping it up to date. In Melissa’s free (ha!) time she works on more projects than she can handle, sees more theater than she can afford and consumes more coffee than is healthy for anyone.

These days Melissa spends even more of her free time writing a book chronicling the Harry Potter fan phenomeon.

Favourite Authors: J.K. Rowling, Terry Pratchett, Robin Hobb
Likes: Computering, spending time with friends, Google
Dislikes: Bad design, Global warming, Microsoft
Admits to: Being a geek!

Working on: Lots of top secret Leaky projects!

B.K. DeLong is a 20-something Web developer living in Salem, Massachussetts (the Witch City) with his wife, Kirky, and son, William. He joined TLC, (which started out as a Geocities-based Weblog from Kevin C. Murphy) in November 2000, eventually taking control of the site in May 2002; these days he spends a lot of time with his son, and volunteering for the Red Cross.

Age and birth-day: Older then Yesterday

Gender: Female
Past Profession: Occupational Therapist (still am at heart)
Location: New York, Capital District

Favorite Films: LOTR, The Birdcage, Its a Wonderful Life, many of the PIXAR and Disney films, too many to mention…...

Favorite TV Shows: Medium, Prison Break, House, David E Kelly creations, MASH reruns…..

Favorite Books: The Song of Ice and Fire Series, The Sevenwaters Trilogy, Ender’s Game, The Time Traveler’s Wife, too many to mention…....
Favorite Music: Josh Groban, Peter Gabriel; James Taylor, Michael Jerling, Bach, Rutter, Brooke Fraser…..

Likes: reading spending time with the dogs; going to dog shows, people with a good sense of humour, travel, singing choral music and filks!

Dislikes: Rigid people, brussel sprouts, heat and humidity, crowds….
HP stuff: I’m a Ravenpuff, I love canon discussions, especially about character analysis, and love the discussions that we have in the Corner Booth.

My commute is made much more bearable by a continual replaying of the HP books on tape. I really like Jim Dale’s readings,and now getting to know Stephen Fry’s take on it.

Position: Quiz Master and PotterCast forum mod.

Age: 18

Location: England
Occupation: Student
Favorite HP Book: Three way tie between Goblet of Fire, Half-Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows.

Favorite Films: Lord of the Rings, X-Men, Spider-Man, Pirates of the Carribean, Shrek, Pixar movies, Serenity.

Likes: Skyping, podcasting, PotterCast, movies, cycling, Lost, podcasts in general, The Simpsons, Leaky, Spongebob, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Doctor Who, Wii games, the internet, gadgets, technology in general and meeting up with other Leaky Staffers!
Dislikes: Boredom, “Teen” TV shows, big headed-ness, arrogance, British weather.
Admits to: Spending too much time searching Leaky, the Lounge and various LOST fan-sites. Collecting as many different editions of Harry Potter as humanly possible. As well as being a Facebook, MySpace and LiveJournal addict.

HP Stuff: Gryffindor and proud! Also my favorite character is Ron and I love to look fan art that is based on canon.

Name: Susan
Position: Scribbulus Coordinator

Bio: Susan Faust is on her third career, having been an architect, a commodities price risk manager, and now a stay-at-home mom. She fell in love with the Harry Potter books in 1999 and has been an active member of the online fandom since 2002, participating in discussions at Harry Potter for Grownups, FictionAlley, the Sugar Quill, CoS Forums, Live Journal, and, of course, the Leaky Cauldron. When not on her computer, Susan enjoys reading, swimming, and spending time with her husband and two teenaged children. She lives in Houston, Texas and is an age that begins with “fo.”

Age: 30

Occupation: radio newshound and mom to Sam the Boy Wonder
Location: The Intermountain West
Favourite Film: It’s a Wonderful Life, The Princess Bride, anything with the Muppets

Favourite Literary Character: Anne Shirley

Favourite books: HP of course, but also Anne of Green Gables, anything by Terry Pratchett, The Thorn Birds, and All the President’s Men
Favourite TV: Torchwood and Doctor Who (is there anything else even on?)
Favourite Music: Hey, I like it all… I used to be a music major before I switched sides

Likes : reading, writing, looking up obscure facts and tidbits that relate HP to other areas, my beagle

Admits to owning: All of the Muppet Movies and all of the Pink Panther movies

Potter stuff: I think Horace Slughorn was my U.S. history teacher in the 11th grade. Siriusly.

Positon: Creator, Moderator and Administrator of The Chamber of Chat.

Name: Chris Dotson

Age: 34
Occupation: By day, Manager of Digital Media at JTV, by night a director and producer.
Favorite Books: Harry Potter, The Chronicles of Narnia, Zombie Survival Guide, World War Z, and comic books
Favorite TV Shows: Smallville (hush it), Doctor Who, Torchwood, Battlestar Galactica, The 4400, Dirty Jobs, Mythbusters

Favorite Movies: Scarface, Batman (the first two and Batman Begins), 300, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Evil Dead (all 3), Transformers, The Lost Boys
Favorite Music: Anything by Danny Elfman, They Might Be Giants, Linkin Park, Weird Al
Likes: Collecting movie props, my dogs, traveling, sports cars, gadgets
Dislikes: Peas

Admits to: Nothing. You all know too much as it is.

Name: Hope
Position: Reading Group Manager

Age: Old enough to be your Mom but young enough to know how to have fun!
Location: Now residing in Seattle but a Texas girl at heart with a New York attitude!

Favorite Films: Prisoner of Azkaban, When Harry Met Sally and anything by Pixar. I’m a sucker for romantic comedies!
Favorite Books: Harry Potter (or why else would I be here), The World According to Garp (or any of John Irving’s other novels )
Favorite Foods: Coffee, popcorn, chocolate and Queso! Healthy diet, no?!

Likes: Smiling, traveling, the theater, shopping, surfing the web for great deals, being with my kids and hanging out with friends and crafting.

Dislikes: Waiting, rude people, exercise (but it’s growing on me)!
Admits To: Having a bit of a crush on Daniel Radcliffe
HP Stuff: I’m a major Gryffindor, with a nice touch of Slytherin.
Current Profession: Super Mom (although the pay is really bad)

Dream Profession: Becoming a famous fashion photo journalist and touring the world taking pictures of fashion trends

Name: Josée (that’s pronounced Jo-Zay) Leblanc
Position: Crafts Manager
Age: I will be turning 23 at Lumos!!
Occupation: Translator and student (M.A. in Translation)

Dream job: Translate the Harry Potter novels into Canadian French, while still having enough time to craft!
Nationality: Quebecer
Location: Gatineau, Québec, Canada
Favourite Film: I really like LoTR and Star Wars… but I’ll watch anything that sounds good.
Favourite TV shows: I don’t listen to TV enough to have a favourite show

Favourite Books: Harry Potter, LoTR, Chronicles of Narnia and some French books you probably don’t want to hear about.
Favourite Music: I’ve been listening to my Harry Potter audiobooks one after the other for the past 5 years… When I don’t have those in my ears, I listen to whatever is on the radio.
Likes: Crafts (which includes knitting, cross-stitching, scrabooking, woodworking and other crafts!), reading, internet, translation, etc.
Dislikes: Complainers (for no reason), hypocrites, narrow-minded and dishonest people

House: Ravenclaw

Admits to: Not having actually crafted anything with twig and jam ever in my life. Someday perhaps!
HP Stuff: I started reading the HP series because students I was teaching to were reading it. Before that I had refused to read the books when my brother recommended them to me. I now have about 50 Harry Potter books in my bookshelf, in various languages… including a few I can’t even read, much less speak or understand.

Position: PotterCast Elf Manager

Name: Claudette

Age: 21
Location: Florida

Favorite Films: Bridget Jones’ Diary, Little Miss Sunshine, Forrest Gump, Star Wars, Young Frankenstein, and all Jane Austen.
Favorite Music: Queen, Temptations, Relient K, Coldplay, and CCR.

Favorite Books: Harry Potters (obviously), Pride and Prejudice, Charlie Bones, Artemis Fowls, Series of Unfortunate Events, and Anne of Green Gables series.
Likes: Getting mail, blankets, sleeping, my dogs Lucy and Scruffy, eating, best friends, and old I Love Lucy reruns.

Dislikes: Cats, traffic, okra, waking up before 9, bad teachers, and being broke.
Admits to: Being evile.

Current Profession: First grade intern.

Dream Profession: Elementary school teacher with a six figure salary.

Location:Boston, MA

Favorite Books Other Than HP: Anything Chick-lity (But I will not admit to this)
Favorite Movie: Almost Famous (Come to Cleveland)
Profession: Software Engineer (If anyone can figure out what this means please tell me… cause I don’t yet)

Dream Job: Video game designer/programmer or personal shopper
Likes:Shopping, spoiling my nephews, shoes, giving gifts at Christmas, Chocolate, spending time with my family and the Boy, GalleryCast, The Office & The Office Alliance, Disneyworld, Leaky’s Galleries, Pottercast, Hufflepuffs, Fangirling, Fan Art and reading.

Dislikes: Colds, Glasses, Working, leftovers
Admits to: Being way to obsessed with Disney

Name: Bethany
Location: Monterey, CA
Age: 21

Occupation: College student, book seller at Borders, and student assistant with the National Ocean Economics Project
Potter stuff: Thanks to my recent psychoanalysis, I have been dubbed a Hufflepuff with a huge dose of Ravenclaw and a bit of Slytherin. If you follow the on-line tests, I’m about equal parts Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff with Gryffindor strongly present and Slytherin the least of them all. Take your pick.

Favorite authors: Tamora Pierce, Lauraine Snelling, Robin Jones Gunn, Sharon Shinn, Juliet Marillier, Sherwood Smith, Jasper Fforde, L.A. Meyer, Carl Hiaasen, Lian Hearn, and many others (I LOVE to read)
Favorite music: Anything and everything (including some rap)

Likes: Horses (in gen), marine animals, the ocean, learning, computers, chatting on-line, Harry Potter, horse racing (no betting), beading (intricate things), reading, and other stuff
Dislikes: Exams, waking up early, and other things
Dream Profession: To work in ocean policy where I have a degree in policy/law and marine science/biology so I can be a bridge between scientists and lawmakers to help preserve the ocean.

Location: Northern California
Favorite Authors (other than JK Rowling): Jane Austen, Nigella Lawson, LM Montgomery, Philip Pullman, William Shakespeare, Shel Silverstein, and JRR Tolkien
Favorite Movies (other than Harry Potter): Lord of the Rings, Love Actually, The Matrix, The Sound of Music, Spaceballs, Star Wars, and Titanic
Favorite Foods: Italian, sushi, and dessert

Likes: Dogs and puppies, musicals, reading, shopping, spending time with family and friends, and traveling

Dislikes: Beets, humidity, incorrect grammar, prejudice, and spiders
Past Profession: Attorney
Current Profession: SAT tutor and dog behavior and training volunteer

Dream Job: Philanthropist

LL Name: true_texan
CoC Name: joyce

Position: Chamber of Chat Head Mod

Age: The happy 40’s

Location: My beloved state of Texas
Favourite Films: Anything funny

Favourite Books: The HP series, John Grisham novels
Favourite TV Shows: Food Network (love it all), Seinfeld

Favourite Music: All kinds (but no rap!!)
Favourite Food: Coffee, Cheetos, Chocolate

Dislikes: People refusing to accept responsibility for their actions; cleaning the bathrooms
Admits to: Owning over 80 cookbooks – most I’ve never used, but I love ‘em all!

House choice: Gryffindor by nature, Hufflepuff by choice

Favourite HP Characters: Severus Snape, Ron Weasley, Albus Dumbledore

Occupation: Wife, mom, chef

Location: Oberageri, near Zug, Switzerland (but I am English).

Current Profession: Ninth grade student, as of August 21st, anyway.
Favorite HP Book: Hmmm, this is tricky. It was OotP, until DH came out, but I think I need to re-read to make sure. So, OotP OR DH
Favorite Non-HP Books/Authors: Oooh. Most things from Richard and Judy’s book club. Anything by Philippa Gregory, or Philip Pullman, or about World Wars I or II. The ‘Tales of the Otori’ trilogy. I don’t read many other fantasy/magic books, because I’m always disappointed by their inferiority to HP.

Favorite TV: Friends

Favorite Films: HP 1-5, Love Actually, The Notebook, Poseidon, Finding Nemo, all the old Disney films…this list would be so long…anything that makes me laugh, cry, and especially think.
Favorite Music: Well, 14-year-olds do not generally have a very sophisticated taste in music. I’d say anything with a good beat, and good lyrics are very important. Obviously, Wizard Rock.
Likes: The view from our apartment balcony, sports, singing, school (more the atmosphere and the people rather than the work, although that can sometimes be OK), being an Elf, because Elves, especially my Big Elf, Kim, are so great. Fanfiction (reading and writing), food, especially chocolate, jewellery…etc etc etc

Dislikes: Brussel Sprouts (do you have those in America? I hope you don’t, they’re awful) and when my internet breaks down. When clothes don’t fit me. The last book of Series of Unfortunate Events, because no questions were answered. There are thirteen of those books, each one is £7, so I spent £91 – NINETY ONE POUNDS – on unanswered questions. Pssshhhh.
Admits to: Eating too much, only doing six hours of exercise a week. Liking pens a bit too much. Forgetting to draw the blinds at night.

Name: Joshua
Age: 23

Location: Austin, TX
Interests: The stage and the written word. Proud owner of a BA in English and Theatre (trying to prove it’s not as useless as it sounds). Actor, Playwright, Transcriber, Adventurer, and Bringer of Things.
Favorite Films: Mixed Nuts, Clue, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Best in Show, Waiting for Guffman, Chicago, Emperor’s New Groove, Mary Poppins, American Beauty, Memento, Finding Neverland, Closer, Love Actually, Muriel’s Wedding, Strictly Ballroom, The Prestige

Favorite Music: Alanis, Madonna, Billie Holiday, Ray Charles, Etta James, Rufus Wainwright, Rilo Kiley, Ben Folds, Fleming and John, Cher, Sherie Rene Scott, Pink, Jason Robert Brown, Dixie Chicks, Scissor Sisters

Favorite Books: Harry Potters (obviously), Harry Potter, The Eyer Affair; Over Easy: A Nursery Crime; Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West; Mirror Mirror; Eats, Shoots, & Leaves; Lemony Snicket; Perks of Being a Wallflower; Shakespeare; The God of Small Things; The Blind Assassin
Likes: Rainy days + good books, my pets (Dog- Obee, Cat- Fernando), good theatre, Family Guy, a good joke, board games, random acts of absurdity, the weather in Austin

Dislikes: Bad grammar, persistent and unwanted phone calls, uncomfortable shoes, green beans, evidence of my pets’ misdeeds, living on the 3rd floor

Admits to: Screaming like a girl, giving bear hugs, listening without speaking, and being a little too sensitive.
Current Profession: HAhahaha…uhm…I mean…I’m between jobs. Somewhere floating hazily between The Gap and The Zach Scott Theatre
Dream Profession: Skilled and successful playwright/actor

Age: 40’s

Location: computer chair—duh! Oh, the chair is in SC.
Favourite Films: ooooold ones, like The Philadelphia Story
Favourite Books: Ones that I can’t stop thinking about years later.

Favourite TV Shows: I love all of those tense cooking contests, like Hell’s Kitchen. By the way, I can’t cook.

Favourite Music: Anything that makes my neighbor’s baby dance.
Favourite Food: Bread. And wine. Oh, and chocolate. Well, I eat a lot of pizza, too.
Dislikes: Pizza with too much cheese, no budget for art supplies, people who see the ‘big picture’ but don’t act.

Admits to: Seeing the ‘big picture’ but not acting (I’m working on it), fabulous typos.
House choice: I’m all for unification!

Favourite HP Characters: Still, and even more so now that he has been revealed as a human: DD. AND Snape.
Occupation: Artlady: art teacher for elementary kids

Name: Jenn

Age: Old enough to know better, still too young to care! (i.e., 33)

Location: Sod, WV
Occupation: Domestic Goddess, Mom, Wife

Favourite Films: HP, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and a ton of other British comedies

Favourite Books: Other than HP, anything I can get my hands on!
Favourite TV Shows: I don’t watch much, but when I do I watch BBC-America

Favourite Music: Anything from Aretha to kOrn, depends on my mood.

Likes: Gardening, coffee, crochet, coffee, knitting, coffee, my family, coffee, just to name a few.

Dislikes: Mean people.
House: It’s a tie between Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw. I claim Hufflepuff!
Admits to: Still wanting a cigarette, even though I quit almost 3 years ago!

HP Stuff: Reading the first 6 books an average of 10 times each, a total Lucius obsession sighs, trying to use my son’s wand to get my potatoes to peel themselves.

Name: Hilde
Age: 25
Location: Germany

Occupation: Music Setter, Flute Teacher & Flautist

Favorite Authors: J. K. Rowling (naturally), William Shakespeare, Edgar Alan Poe, Lewis Carroll, Oscar Wilde,...
TV Shows: Doctor Who, Torchwood, QI
Favorite Movies: Finding Neverland, Victor Victoria, films by Hitchcock and Scorsese, a long list of musicals…

Likes: Music of all genres and styles; crafting; laughing

Dislikes: Quarrels over details which lead no where but to bad moods

Admits to: Being Editor and Headfilkstress of GalleryCast; Being abnormal – well what is normal anyway?

Age: 44

Location: Coxsackie, NY
Favorite Series: The Wonder Years, STNG
Favorite Authors: T Costain, I Asimov, J L Tolkien and, naturally, J K Rowling

Favorite Foods: Stuffed Peppers. Also big on almost all seafood
Likes: Camping, Fishing, Boating, the kids, the crazy spouse

Dislikes: stepping on small toys at 3 am, stale beer
Admits to: owning a large Carpenters record collection

Past Profession: IBM Engineer
Present Profession: College Professor

Dream Profession: Professional boating bum

HP Stuff: Has read all books to various family members and is a moderator for CoC

Name: Katie
Age: 30
Occupation: Full-time mom of 2, gave up nursing when I had kids, work part-time in theatre

Location: USA

Favorite Films: Sense & Sensibility, Star Wars III, Pirates of the Carribean, Phantom of the Opera, HP films

Favorite Books: HP always, anything Jane Austen, Shakespeare or Charles Dickens
Favorite Literary Characters: Elizabeth Bennet, Harry!, Sirius, Lady Macbeth, Miss Havisham

Likes: Hp, sewing, theatre, scrapbooking, music/singing, reading, spending time with my family, cooking/baking, travel

Dislikes: Driving in the snow, shoveling snow, yardwork, not being able to travel anymore, people who have to be right
Skills: sewing, theatrical makeup, acting, cooking

Admits to: having a serious obsession with period clothing styles(I own a corset), and being equally obsessed with my Irish heritage (Erin Go Bragh!), and talking HP endlessly with my husband who has not even read the books (poor guy)

Name: Lisa

Age: 25
Location: On a Campground in deep dark Northern Ontario.
Favorite Books: HP of course! Jennifer Wiener, Kathy Riechs,oh I could go forever!! Anything really that has a good storyline, in fact just make that anything!!
Favorite Shows: Nip/Tuck, Grey Anatomy, Close to Home, Ghost Whisperer (I only have two channels so my list is restricted!!)

Favorite Movies: I am a sucker for Rom Coms and Chick Flicks you know Bridget Jones, While you were sleeping, Take the lead etc Oh yeah and anything by Disney too!
Favorite Music: Everything from the Sixties to Trance, to Rock to Pop (I’m easily pleased!)
Favorite Foods: Spag Bol, Kraft Dinner and Grilled cheese Sandwichs.
Likes: Being outside, hiking, swimming, cross-stitch, anything crafty, drawing, painting, reading.

Dislikes: Spiders, people who insult books they’ve never read, rain when you have to work outside.

Past Profession: Trading Standards Enforcement Officer, Accountant
Current Profession: Campground Owner (and general dogsbody!)
Dream Job: Lawyer

Admits to: Spending far, far too much time on anything HP related!

Position: Transcription Elf
Name: Kayla

Location: Connecticut
Age:15

Favorites movies: Harry Potter, Garden State, Love Actually, Never Been Kissed.

Favorite Books: Harry Potter(Of course), The Time Traveler’s Wife, The Pact, The Rule of Four.
Favorite Music: U2, Tears for Fears, Depeche Mode, Weezer, Yellowcard.

Favorite TV shows: The Sopranos and Lost.

Likes: Coffee, summer, photography.

Dislikes: Being cold.

Name: Kris
Age: 18
Occupation: Student, School mascot, Staff member at WRHU Radio Hofstra University

Location: New York City, USA

Favourite Film: Fight club, HP movies, Saw Series, chick flicks(to get the ladies,lol)
Favourite Literary Character: Captain Hook
Favourite books: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, MAUS, NARUTO.

Favourite TV: Greys Anatomy, House MD, South Park, Star Trek

Favourite Music: The Fray, All American rejects, Muse, John Legend, Harry and the Potters.
Likes: Radio, News, Computers, Music, Movies, Art, Video Games, Ladies, Harry Potter Stuff.
Dislikes: Drama, Veggies

Admits to owning: A DvD copy of the Notebook.
Potter stuff: Proud Member of the Chamber Of Chat Staff.

Dream Job: Radio Program Producer

Postion: Gallery Keyworder

Name: Carli

Age: 24
Location: Kentucky

Occupation: House Wife
Favorite Books/Authors: all HP Books/ J.K. Rowling, love Romance Novels but the names escape me.

TV Shows: Reba, Making the Band, UFC. (don’t normally have time to watch the t.v.)
Favorite Movies: Pirates of the Carribean 1-2-3, Harry Potter 1-5, a lot of Disney Movies and to many to name.

Likes: reading, drawing, creating Icons, making friends, chatting, anything HP, movies, music, animals, chocolate, interior design, doing hair and make-up.
Dislikes: spiders, washing dishes, back-stabbers

Admits to: collecting anything that is HP and PotC. i have a crush on Dan and Rupert ( even though they are way to young for me.) And I also have a thing for Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom

Postion: Galleries Moderator

Name: Mary Rose

Age: 27
Location: North Carolina
Occupation: Kindergarten teacher

Favorite HP Book: Deathly Hallows and Half-Blood Prince share the top spot
Favorite HP Movie: Sorcerer’s Stone – they’re just so darn cute!
Favorite Books/Authors: Too many to choose… I love to read!

Favorite Movies: Fried Green Tomatoes, The Princess Bride, Almost Famous, most Disney movies…the list could go on and on.
Favorite Music: I’ll listen to just about anything that comes on any radio station, but I have a particular fondness for classic rock.

Likes: shopping, traveling, birdwatching, reading, writing, racing, baking, hiking, and most of all – spending time with friends
Dislikes: stupid people (the root of most of life’s problems), dishonesty, paperwork, junk mail, and bad drivers

Admits to: being a car performer – I’m the weirdo rocking out in the car next to you at traffic lights.
Weaknesses: the clearance rack, chocolate, and redheaded men with freckles
Hogwarts House: With the loyalty of a Hufflepuff, the Ravenclaw desire for life-long learning, the quiet courage of a Gryffindor, and a bit of Slytherin cunning thrown in for good measure, I am a true Hogwarts mutt. The Sorting Hat would have a tough time with me, but I believe I’d end up wearing crimson and gold.

Occupation: Mooooommmy! Mommy mommy mommy…. (imagine me running to the computer for relief) I also teach aerobics and I used to be an environmental engineer and researcher.
Dream job: Sci. Fi. Author

Location: Shhhh…. the armpit of America.
Favourite Film: A Few Good Men
Favourite TV shows: The Closer, Psyche, Avatar, Charmed

Favourite Books: Almost anything by Anne McCaffrey, Kushiel’s Series by Carey, but nothing beats Harry Potter!

Favourite Music: Yanni at the Acropolis, Duncan Sheik, Sarah Brightman
Likes: Making Unique Cake Creations, Pilates, Spending time with family (especially at the pool or beach), Playing the board game Balderdash
Dislikes: Pointless Rules, Cilantro, When my kids argue

House: Ravenclaw

Admits to: Letting my kids beat me at Tickle Monster and having my own favorites list on itunes that includes several children’s cartoon theme songs.

Location: Livonia, MI, USA

Favorite Films: Forrest Gump, Dead Poets Society, Shawshank Redemption, and on and on…

Favorite Books: Harry Potter, Lord Of the Rings (and The Hobbit), Click Clack Moo, and the Junie B Jones series
Likes: Being a father, movies, computers, singing, and whenever possible "...sucking the marrow out of life"

Dislikes: Laziness, arrogance, and mandarin oranges

Current Profession: Tech Support

Dream Profession: Elementary School Teacher

Position: Transcription Elf

Real name: Joan Vignocchi
Age: Now, really! 27, since you must know

Hometown: Santa Barbara, California (yeah, yeah, it’s sunny all the time, I know!)

Occupation(s): Elementary school librarian, beginning real estate agent, and until I get to move into my condo (hopefully this summer) that we’ve been waiting for for almost a year, Trader Joe’s employee.

Fave TV shows: Rachael Ray, PBS documentaries, What Not to Wear, BBC shows, NHL games, and the only shows I’m religious about watching every night from 11-12 – The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and the Colbert Report. HGTV/Food Network when I’m home. (When is that? Not often!)
Fave books: Hmmm, where do I start? I love mysteries, cookbooks, Anne of Green Gables, Bridget Jones Diaries, and anything funny.
Fave films: Anything funny, happy, or funny-romantic, or food-related.

Can’t wait to: MOVE to my new condo, go to Italy, go back to China, travel anywhere – I’m not picky! Meet my fellow elves

Random: Speak Mandarin, love ice cream, play women’s roller hockey, and would like to be able to run for an hour every day. Starting tomorrow.

Favorite Books: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, The Giver, The Mysteries of Harris Burdick, Would You Still Love Me If I Wet the Bed, Ender/Shadow series

Favorite Films: surreal romantic comedies like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Sliding Doors, and Big Fish
Likes: stage acting, the smell of basements, hot chocolate, my Magic Bullet Blender, dreams that have elaborate plots, coming up with concepts for good fanfictions but never writing them

Occupation: Design Student

Admits to: shaving my toes

HP stuff: My car… I made it look like a snitch got stuck in my car’s back window by painting a golf-ball shatter decoration and fashioning wings with jewelry wire. My license plate is BLUDGER.

Position Reading Group Facilitator
Age: oh…erm…well, younger than McGonagall and older than Tonks!
Occupation: formerly high school teacher; currently elder-caregiver (two great jobs!)

Dream Job: Butterfly in the Lily and Stag
TimeZone/Global Location: Great Lakes, U.S.; Eastern time, U.S.

Favourite Things: Chocolate!...reading/talking…travel…little kids…Chocolate…our elderly citizens…Chocolate! (whoops, better stop there)
Admits to: having the occasional chocolate fingerprint on my books’ pages; counting ice cream as a dairy calcium and pie as a serving of fruit (rationalization is my talent!!); hoping Snape is truly Dumbledore’s man…

HP stuff: I’m sorted Ravenclaw – I guess because I’m a compulsive reader!
Favourite characters: (besides the trio!) Hagrid, Dobby, McGonagall & Tonks

Favourite Hogwarts subject: Transformations
Favourite spell: Accio!...now, if I could just get this wand to work shakes it…

Position:Editorial Assistant, PotterCast Witchy Helper
Age: 17

Hometown: Southern Ohio

Current Professions: Student
Dream Job: Veterinarian or Journalist
Past Professions: Eh, Nada
Fave HP Book: Pirsoner of Azkaban

Fave Non-HP Books/Authors: Twilight by Stephanie Meyer, The Realm of Possibility by David Levithan, Looking for Alaska by John Green
Favorite Films: Pirates of the Caribbean, The Little Mermaid, The English Patient, RENT, anything from Pixar.

Likes: hugs, dancing, late night Skype chats, daydreams in math class, wizard rock.
Dislikes: Snape, grouchy people, Mondays
Admits to: singing along with the radio in the car.

Name: Dawn
Age: Not telling

Position: Scribbulus Essay Editor

Location: Nashville, TN
Age: 32

Occupation: Administrative Assistant

Favorite movies: Silence of the Lambs, Network, The Philadelphia Story, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Kill Bill [and several more there’s not enough room to mention ]

Favorite tv shows: House, Saturday Night Live
Favorite books/authors: besides HP … Dostoevsky, Henry Fielding (esp. Tom Jones), Jane Austen, Shakespeare, Lois Bujold, Connie Willis
Favorite music: Lots of stuff from pretty much every genre

Likes: Movies (good and bad, but not mediocre), books, music, theater, computers, sleeping

Dislikes: boredom, pretention, and willful ignorance
Admits to: Being a gadget-coveter and being all but physically attached to my computer, particularly the internet
Dream Profession: Full-time writing, acting

Position: Reading Group Facilitator
Name: Anne
Location: California
Occupation: Full time mom of 3
Favourite Books: almost anything fantasy, Anne of Green Gables
Favourite TV Shows: Antiques Roadshow
Favourite Music: Rock
Likes: chocolate, family, outdoors, singing, writing
Dislikes: cold
House: Ravenclaw

Location: Between Arizona and Mexico
Occupation: Citi Bank Customer Service
Books (other than the obvious!): The Princess diaries, The divine secrets of the Ya-ya sisterhood, The little Prince, Calvin and Hobbes comic strips, Wicked, amongst others
Likes: movies, PotterCast, dogs, chocolate, music, books, traveling, Orange Julius

Films: Harry Potter, The brave little toaster, Airplane!, Young Frankenstein, The Princess diaries, Sleeping Beauty, Lilo and Stitch, Narnia, The Princess Bride, Hot Shots, etc.

Dislikes: Sweeping, swearing, cold weather
Admits to: having a big fan crush on a pretty well known Leaky guy.

Favorite Films: Star Wars (V, VI, IV, I, III, II, in that order), Lord of the Rings, Star Trek: First Contact, The Last Starfighter, Black Hawk Down, The Princess Bride, Batman Begins, Garden State, random others

Favorite TV Shows: CSI:NY and LV, Criminal Minds, Heroes, One Tree Hill, Numb3rs, Shark, absolutely no reality tv… Non-current shows: ST: TNG, ST:DS9, Sports Night, Everwood, Futurama

Favorite Music: A Perfect Circle, Chevelle, Disturbed, The Offspring, Linkin Park, Tool, DC Talk, Newsboys, Nobuo Uematsu

Likes: Pro and College Basketball/Football/Baseball, Games of all kinds, Being thoughtful, Immersive universes, RPGs, Exhibiting a good trait or possessing a skill others around me don’t, People who say something uncommonly intelligent/perceptive

Dislikes: Confrontational people, Vegetables, Work of any kind, People who don’t keep their word, Ignorance
HP Stuff: Only been a “true” fan for a little over a year, and just from my nature since everyone else here is obsessed with it I’m very much not (as above, I like to be what everyone else is not, plus too many other hobbies), though I can hardly stop myself from speaking up around “non-believers”.

House: Hufflepuff on some days, Ravenclaw on others

Position: Crafty Witch/Crafts Gallery Tagger, PotterCast Transcription Elf

Name: Mary
Age: Fifty-two

Favorite Movies: LOTR, Harry Potter, Interview With the Vampire, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Dragonheart, Dracula 2000, Mists of Avalon, Merlin, Underworld, Underworld Evolution, Ice Age, The Breed (2001), Van Helsing, Twitches, Halloweentown series

Favorite Books: LOTR, Mists of Avalon, Dragonriders of Pern Series, Harry Potter of course, Anne Rice, Arthurian Legends, various manga.

Favorite TV: Charmed
Favorite Music: Metallica, E Nomine, Ozzy Osbourne/Black Sabbath, Gackt, Franz Ferdinand, Royal Crown Revue, Borodin’s Prince Igor, Celtic, Die Arzte, Rammstein, Muse, Harry & the Potters, Draco & the Malfoys, JRock, Stevie Nicks, Fleetwood Mac, GunsNRoses, Enya, Bagpipes, Celtic Instrumentals

Likes: Gothic styles, Samhain, Christmas, Dragons, bats, Renaissance Faires, Celtic festivals, anything celtic, scottish or medieval, baking, crafts, rpg, chinese food, sushi, Pontiac Grand Prix, Wolves, Owls, Harry Potter, coffee, crochet, knitting, crafting, reading, LOTR, music, New Orleans, Medieval period, Ren Faires.

Family: Between us 5 adult children, 2 daughters in love and 6 grandsons with grandson #7 due in December. 2 furbabies: A german shepherd that thinks she’s a norfolk terrier and a norfolk terrier that thinks she’s a german shepherd.

Position: Transcription Elf
Name: Shawna
Location: West Richland, WA USA
Age: 19
Occupation: Part-Time Child Care Provider and Part-Time College Student
Favourite HP Book: Deathly Hallows (used to be Half-Blood Prince)
Favourite HP Movie: Order of the Phoenix (used to be Prisoner of Azkaban)
Favourite movies: Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings trilogies, Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Interview With a Vampire, the Bourne Trilogy, and anything with Johnny Depp, Viggo Mortenson, Alan Rickman, Gary Oldman, and Jason Isaacs.
Favourite TV shows: Lost, Everybody Loves Raymond, Will and Grace, Mythbusters, Man vs Wild (not to be confused with Survivor Man), How It’s Made, The Crocodile Hunter (long live Steve!), Dr. 90210 (Dr. Rey and Dr. Li are the best!), Deadliest Catch, and Dirty Jobs.
Favourite books: Fantasy, mystery, and suspense.
Favourite music: Wizard Rock and movie Soundtracks. Anything but Rap, Pop, and Country.
Likes: Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings (Books and Movies), PotterCast, reading, art (Acrylic paint, Charcoal, and Colored pencil), cats (I have six), chocolate, Bellatrix, Monty Python, singing, writing filks, Dragons, the beach, New Zealand, Australia, England, Scotland, Ireland, car window paint, vacuuming, sweeping, thunder and lightening storms, seeing people reading Harry Potter books and dressed up in Harry Potter costumes, crazy dreams, snow, camping, hiking, cutting my hair for Locks of Love, all animals great and small, last but not least eating/sleeping/breathing/reading/talking about Harry Potter.
Dislikes: Spiders, Dentist’s, cold winter nights, animal and people abusers, not finding shoes in my size that I want, and not being able to afford Harry Potter related things.
Admits to: Traveling on my own for the first time to Toronto, Canada for a Harry Potter symposium called Prophecy, vacationing in Australia for two months when I was 12, walking around town in a Harry Potter costume just for fun, and being a fan of Bellatrix.
Dream Profession: After much thought, becoming a teacher for Elementary students.

Leaky Job: News Editor
Location: Chicago, IL
Occupation: Student and Writer
Favorite Films: The Station Agent, Harry Potter, Get Real, Finding Neverland, Pirates of the Caribbean.

Favorite Books: Harry Potter, Animal Farm, And So It Goes, Twilight, New Moon, Angels and Demons.

Likes: Writing, cooking, eating, Eddie Izzard, architecture, Farmers Markets, traveling, high tech anything.
Dislikes: Cleaning, being lectured, feeling ignored, hate, mornings, political pundits.
Admits to: Being obstinate, lazy, bouncy, garish, reserved and a daydreamer all at the same time.

Dream Job: Writer, with a high royalty rate.

Name: Kelli

Age: 18
Location: Tacoma, Washington (near Seattle)

Current Profession: I work 2 part time jobs and I’m a university student.
Dream Profession: Broadway star, then wife and mother.

Favorite HP Book: It changes all the time.
Favorite Non-HP Books/Authors: The Bible, C.S. Lewis, Jane Austen, Victor Hugo (particularly Les Miserables), Dickens, lots of classics and fantasy stuff. I read far too much to list everything.

Likes: Reading, music, theatre, musical theatre, studying French, swing and blues dancing, historical reenactments, sewing, correcting horrid spelling, singing too loudly and annoying my parents
Dislikes: Bad spelling and grammar, arrogant people, and many little things that have absolutely no significance and are easily overlooked.
Admits to: Not reading HP until June 2005, not reading HBP until two weeks after its release and having a little bit of a crush on Johnny Depp.

Staff position: CoC Mod

Age: Younger then Jo!
Location: Sweden, Europe
Have studied: Computer science among other things.

Favourite Films: HP!, Top Gun, Robin Hood Prince of Thieves, Dances with Wolves, Notting Hill, LOTR and quite a few others.
Favourite Books: HP!, Watership Down, any novel by Maeve Binchy, any novel by Marianne Fredriksson, the Arn series by Jan Guillou, ...

Favourite TV Shows: Umm…. TV? What’s that? wink.gif
Favourite Music: Enya

Likes to: Read, discuss, solve puzzles, create puzzles, program, surf the webb, embroidery, photography, ...
Dislikes: Netslang in discussion forums, people who create havoc for the fun of it, spoilers, cheating, red wine.
House: Gryffindor (because I have moral courage) or possibly Hufflepuff (because justice is important to me).

Admits to: Being seriously tempted to buy the new OOTP game despite not being much for computer games… Still, the mere thought of wandering around inside Hogwarts… wink.gif

Favourite HP Characters: Harry and Hermione, in that order.
Favourite HP book: The ongoing story in all seven.

My position on Snape: Read the Scribby essay if it makes it in.

Age: 16

Occupation: Strange people throw information at me all day, every day… So I guess that makes me a High School Student!

Favourite books/authors: T.A. Barron, Tamora Pierce, Christopher Paolini, Phillip Pullman, Libba Brey, Those two guys with the initials – J.R.R. Tolkein and C.S. Lewis Lisa DeGroodt (Woot! Lisa!)... oh, and those Harry Potter books you might have heard of. Of course, there’s more but that’s the top few.
Favourite TV: Lost, Heroes, Grey’s Anatomy, 24… And a few that aren’t on anymore: Friends, Will & Grace, Gilmore Girls, Charmed
Favourite movies:Pirates of the Caribbean make the top of the list, but the rest of the list is quite long
Favourite HP books: Oh, I hate to choose – Probably SS, cause that’s where it started, GoF, cause that’s where it got really interesting, and DH – cause, well, it’s DH

Favourite HP characters: Hermione, Ginny, Tonks, McGonagall (Girl Power!), Sirius, Hagrid… Oh, wait, I can’t just list them all?

Favourite HP movies: POA, GoF

House: Griffenclawpufferin

Call me: Kelly or Kel
Team: Corner Booth Text Chat Moderator & Leaky Lounge Moderator
I currently moderate: Not yet assigned
I’ve been staff since: October 20, 2006

Who am I
Age and birth-day: 24; June 28, 1982
Gender: Female

Nationality: American
Skills and more

Profession: Teacher
Education: B.A. in Elementary/Special Education
What I do on a daily basis: 6th Grade Teacher (yes, I do bring up Harry Potter everyday!)

Computer skills: all the basics – of course and recently have been playing around with audacity

Languages I speak: English and conversational Spanish
Other skills: Playing sports – especially basketball

Age: 25

Location: Small Town East Texas

Current Profession: Graduate Student (studying History)
Favorite HP Book: Half-Blood Prince

Favorite Non-HP Books/Authors: My Name is Asher Lev and anything else by Chaim Potok, DaVinci Code, and anything by Stephen King
Favorite TV: One Tree Hill

Favorite Films: A League of Their Own, Bend It Like Beckham, Green Street Hooligans, Driving Lessons, Love Actually, Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, and Saved
Favorite Music: Queen, Alanis Morissette, the Beatles, Fall Out Boy, Aerosmith, Jewell, the Fratellis, Third Eye Blind, the Smashing Pumpkins, Barenaked Ladies, Draco and the Malfoys, Harry and the Potters, and the Whomping Willows

Likes: Learning new things, the Dallas Stars, and football
Dislikes: boiled carrots (yuck) and dial-up internet
Admits to: being slightly obessed with Theodore Roosevelt and extremely obessed with my Mac computer

Age: Let’s just say somewhere between Tonks and Molly…..

Location:literally on an island off the coast of Florida

Favourite books/authors: OMG, how to shortlist? Carol Shields, Kazuo Ishiguro, PD James and Elizabeth George, the Inspector Rebus series, Kevin Brockmeier, any classic young adult lit, LOTR, Jane Austen….in short, anything I can get my hands on!
Favourite TV:Total “The Office” fan!
Favourite movies:Love Mira Nair, hate Quentin Tarantino, will take anything Masterpiece Theatre can produce
Favourite things:the ones I love, lots of books piled on my bedside table waiting, twilight, escaping to an afternoon movie, planning what I’m going to write next!
Favourite HP book:DH

Favourite HP characters: Dead heat between Albus and Severus…two flawed heroes who inspire!

Favourite HP movies:OOTP

House:Hufflepuff all the way (because hard work and loyalty really will get you anywhere you wanna be)

Position: PotterCast Witchy Helper, Tekkie, and Coder

Name: Kimberly (Kimmers)

Age: 34
Location: Biloxi, Mississippi
Current Profession: Programmer Analyst

Dream Job: Professor of Instructional Technology

Leaky Stuff: Transcription Elf

Past Professions: Network Administrator, Database Administrator, Taco Bell Queen
Favorite HP Book: Prisoner of Azkaban

Favorite Non-HP Books/Authors: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, His Dark Materials Series by Philip Pullman, 1984 by George Orwell

Favorite Films: The Usual Suspects, Love Actually, The Outsiders, The Breakfast Club, Gone with the Wind, An Affair to Remember (1957), There’s Something About Mary
Likes: reading, my Xbox 360, running for the car in the rain

Dislikes: mean people, traffic

Admits to: loving disco and dancing the Electric Slide

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Position: Contest Staff
Name: Kelly
Age: 49
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio

Occupation: Quilt Designer
Potter Stuff: Being slightly obsessed with Fred…and George
Favorite non-JKR Books/Authors: Anything by Jane Austen, also historical fiction, Horatio Hornblower series by C.S. Forester, Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Favorite Music: Currently enjoying Travis, Evanescence, Nickelback

Favorite TV Shows/Movies: NCIS, House, Friday Night Lights, Pride & Prejudice, Horatio Hornblower series, Gettysburg

Likes: Quilting, sitting on the beach while reading a good book, friends, dogs, sarcasm
Dislikes: Alarm clocks, authors who kill off my favorite characters…
Admits to: Still being in the first stage of denial with Fred and Lupin’s deaths

Name: Candace

Age: 18

Favorite Movies: Harry Potter, Narnia
Favorite TV Shows: Blood Ties, Charmed, Mythbusters

Favorite Books: Harry Potter, anything written by Tamora Pierce, Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse (by Stephenie Meyer)

Favorite Music: Country Music
Favorite Music Artist: Taylor Swift

Likes: Horses!!!, Harry Potter, candy, music, singing, cooking, reading, sparkly things, nail polish, books…on and on.

Dislikes: Mushrooms, olives, tomatoes but not tomato soup, bell peppers, sea food, rap, hip hop

Admits to: Being a complete wuss when it comes to scary things like ghost stories and movies.

Real Name: Mary Jane
Call me: MJ

Team: I’m the Jane of All Trades

I’ve been staff since: August 12, 2006

Favorite Character: Neville, Ron, Hermione
Least favorite character: Albus Dumbledore, Delores Umbridge

My position on Snape: Fell in love with Snape after Deathly Hallows…complete 180 from my original position on the man.

Age: 29
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio (recently transplanted from Kentucky – it’s pronounced Looavul)

Occupation: looking for one since being a starving artist doesn’t suit my love of food, barista (are you having a two shot or three shot kind of day?)
Favourite Books: Harry Potter (duh), anything penned by Jane Austen and C.S. Lewis

Favourite Music: classical (especially Beethoven), latin, rock ‘n roll, jazz, bluegrass . . . it’s a long list.
Likes:blackberries, green tea, coffee, traveling, dark chocolate, my animagus cat (Gandalf), glassblowing, playing with art supplies, hot tubs, wine, dark chocolate, kites, logic puzzles, receiving backrubs, dark chocolate, spoons (the game), Mr. Doolittle (Eliza’s dad, not the Dr.), trivia, pretty much any plant (even some weeds), Asian artwork, dancing, studying cultures, laughing, and oh yeah, dark chocolate

Admits to:instigating food fights and playing pranks whenever possible (you’d be amazed at how annoying feathers can be)
Leaky Job: Reading Group Leader at the Lily and Stag

House:Gryffinroar!
Quidditch Team: Holyhead Harpies and the Sumbawanga Sunrays

Favourite Creature: hmm . . . I wonder. I also like dragons and phoenixes
Favourite Character: Dumbledore (Albus, not Aberforth, I mean siriusly – goats?!)

Position: Scribbulus Essay Editor
Age: 28

Location: phoenix, arizona
Occupation: grant writer / graduate student

Dream Job: muppeteer
Favourite Films: Almost Famous, The Goonies, The Sword in the Stone.
Favourite T.V. shows: Gilmore Girls, Who’s Line, Scrubs, Ace of Cakes, anything on HGTV, No Reservations with Anthony Bourdain (but don’t tell my husband or he’ll tease me!)

Favourite music: Radiohead, The Aquabats!, Sleater-Kinney, The Shins, Arcade Fire, Bright Eyes, Hot Hot Heat, Broken Social Scene, Band of Horses, Oasis, etc, etc, etc…

Favourite books: To Kill A Mockingbird, A Prayer for Owen Meany (best BEST best book of ALL time), Harry Potter, LOTR.
Likes: my daughter, my husband, my dog, gardening (or my feeble attempt at it), reading, going to shows/theater/dinner/hiking/being outside pretty much anywhere there are trees and grass, Scribby (and the Scribby team – I heart those gals!), playing drums, making puppets, encouraging people to live a sustainable and animal-friendly lifestyle, sleeping.
Dislikes: people who mistreat animals and/or children, scorpions, snakes, spiders, plastic bags, waldemart.
House: Gryffinclaw (probably more claw than gryffin)

Admits to: using egregious amounts of work time for Leaky purposes… and being a fanatical comic book reader
HP Stuff: Must read the books over (in order) a minimum of once every six months. In between readings, I listen to them on my ipod (I prefer Fry to Dale).

Age: 68 and proud of this opportunity to enjoy my second childhood on Leaky. I love all seven books equally because they belong together. Favorite characters are McGonagall, Dumbledore, and the Trio.

Favourite things:grandchildren, nature, the arts, and other people’s pets.

Favourite books and movies: Numerous—my taste is eclectic
Favourite TV:TV hasn’t been good since they took all of my favorites off the air a few years ago. I loved West Wing and Judging Amy among others.

Position: Gallery Moderator
Age: Old enough to know not to say

Location: Los Angeles area—sunny SoCal

Occupation: Purchasing Mgr. at bike shop

Favorite Books/Authors: HP (duh), classic fantasy lit. (esp. Lewis Carroll), Rita Mae Brown, Stephen King, Mark Twain, E.L. Doctrow, THE HOBBIT—but I loathe LOTR
TV Shows: “I don’t own a television machine”, although I have occasionally been caught up in E.R.

Favorite Movies: I am a rabid fan of the HP movies—love ‘em all! Otherwise, the FIRST 3 STAR WARS, anything by Steven Spielberg, almost any movie from the UK or Ireland, THE WIZARD OF OZ, CASABLANCA, and the classic Hollywood musicals
Likes: Classical music, (whisper the word) 80’s Disco and Techno, the beach, mountain biking, cats

Dislikes: Ironing, dusting and general housework, autocratic bosses, stupidity and laziness
Admits to: Playing the viola (badly) and violin (even worse)—but I LOVE to play, anyway

Position: Crafty Witch/Forum Coder
Name: Catherine Magraith
Age: 30 something
Occupation: Civil/Traffic Engineer
Dream job: running a little combined tea house/craft shop
Nationality: Australian
Location: South Australia
Favourite Film: HP3 – Prizoner of Azkaban, Agatha Christie Poirot movies
Favourite TV shows: Time Team, Spicks & Specks
Favourite Books: Agatha Christie, HP1-7, Anne McCaffrey Dragon series
Favourite Music: 80s Aussie rock!
Likes: crafty activities, gardening, cooking, furniture restoration, spending time with my pets, feeding the chickens
Dislikes: missing the connecting bus into work
House: Gryffindor with a little Ravenclaw
Admits to: Buying craft supplies on the sly why my hubby isn’t looking HP Stuff: I’m a big fan of Sirius, but would like to be a Weasley

Age: Well when one gets past a certain age, one doesn’t reveal that they are 58
Occupation: Physical Therapist for children
Location: MickeyMouseTown, Florida

HP Fav Book: OotP

HP Fav Character: Harry (see avatar) Fav books: Anything that I am reading at the moment although I think all time would be HP series followed by Jane Eyre
Fav Music: I really do love classical music, especially Bach. Oh and elevator music for which I can sing most of the lyrics….. dobeedobeedoo
Admits to: Being on the computer too much. Loving little white dogs specifically two, Belle and Barbet

Potter Stuff: Reading Group Leader

Name: Luisa

Position: Scribbulus Essay Editor
Age: 46
Location (physically): Los Angeles/North Hollywood

Location (spiritually): The Cotswalds

Profession: Film historian

Books/Authors: Austen, Hardy, Daphne DuMaurier, first editions of books turned into classic films
Films: Well…gee, all the 1930s/40s… GWTW, Philadelphia Story, Stage Door, Since You Went Away, A Stolen Life, Test Pilot, Matter of Life and Death…on and on, Heavenly Creatures, Divided We Fall, Entre Nous, The Nasty Girl…endless.

Music: Baroque (Bach is god, Vivaldi his attendant), Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Billy Holiday, early Peggy Lee, June Tabor, Celtic, Fleetwood Mac (yes, eclectic is the word)

Likes: Dogs, animals, fine dining with fine wine and fine debate, shiny sports cars, tennis (watching), cooking, Italian shoes
HP character: Guess

Age: 28

Location: Peoria IL (home of Caterpillar)
Occupation: library gopher, hooker (jeez, I mean the crochet type), smartalec, recovering former student
Favourite Films: HP, LOTR, romantic comedies, fairy tales
Favourite Books: HP and whatever strikes my fancy

Favourite TV Shows: CSI (Las Vegas) ...not much else
Favourite Music: Currently Wizard Rock, but like a LOT of things
Likes: family, friends, shopping, crochet, crafty time, talking, listening, and sporks
Dislikes: rude idiots (harmless idiots are fine though), fish, owies

House: Like chips, I can’t have just one. I can be loyal, smart, brave, and arrogant all at once. It’s a talent. (I can also be stupid, cowardly, timid, and a slacker at once—it goes both ways)

Admits to: Mocking Harry Potter fans until I became one (now 7 years ago, I’ve made up for it in obsession)
HP Stuff: I run a local book club at my library that focuses solely on HP. My mom and I go to conferences when we can. If you’ve been to Lumos or PR, and went to the art gallery, I made the Chudley Cannons blanket. I like to crochet HP blankets for fun. What else did you want to know?

LL Name: huebbe
Staff position: Reading Group Staff
Age: 30’s
Location: sitting in a teacher’s chair
Favourite Films: All time favorite…Somewhere In Time
Favourite Books: Always will be, Where the Red Fern Grows….*sniff
Favourite TV Shows: Ooop, I don’t watch TV!
Favourite Music: Anything other than Rap or Jazz (avoids things being thrown)
Favourite Food: Ummmm, all of it?
Dislikes: Eww, liver and onions or lima beans
Admits to: Not understanding some books I’ve read!
House choice: I’m a Gryffie..
Favourite HP Characters: hagrid and Snape
Occupation: a teacher of English

Team: Leaky Lounge Moderator

Occupation: Resident Care Worker at a facility for abused and mentally ill kids

Favorite Movies: Signs, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Favorite Books: Aside from Harry Potter, I love the Alex Cross series that James Patterson writes, His Dark Materials
Favorite Music: I listen to Classic Rock like Chicago, The Police, Queen, old school Bon Jovi and Aerosmith, Nirvana, Guns & Roses, Billy Idol (Isn’t it always a nice day for a white wedding??) If I could go back in time and see one concert it would have been with David Bowie and Queen on their collaboration of “Under Pressure” and my favorite songs of all time are November Rain by Guns & Roses and Bohemian Rhapsody
Favorite TV Shows: I’m really addicted to reality tv and I know it is a horrible habit to have. American Idol, The Real World, The Hills, Ramsey’s Kitchen Nightmare, Project Runway, Ghost Hunters, Most Haunted, the British Version of Cash in the Attic, and Jeopardy…I also don’t go a day without watching Days of Our Lives

Likes: Hanging out with friends, crosswords, playing the Sims2
Dislikes: cleaning, cooking, and strollers in malls

Admits To: Liking High School Musical

House: Always Gryffindor

Favorite HP Book: Prisoner of Azkaban
Favorite HP Characters: First and always, Professor Severus Snape. I always believed and defended him. My second is Neville Longbottom, I see myself being a lot like him especially when I was in school.

Team: Leaky Lounge Moderator

I’ve been staff since: 04-24-07
And a little bit of the casual stuff as well…
Favorite Character: Remus Lupin

Least favorite character: Dolores Umbridge

Ship: sea-going or what?

My position on Snape: I distrust double-agents.
Anything else you’d like to share? I’m hopelessly addicted to collecting cooking recipes. (And try them out!)

Favourite Film: The “older” Disneys, most musicals, Harry Potter films, Oliver! and more

Favourite Literary Character: Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot biggrin.gif

Favourite books: All the Harry Potter books (the first one and the fifth one are my favourites I think!), Agatha Christie books (particually And Then There Were None) and more
Favourite TV: Only Fools and Horses (comedy programme) Poirot (with David Suchet) and more

Favourite Music: I enjoy listening to my Musical Cds – Cats, Oliver!. Les Mis etc. Not really into popular music

Likes : Spending time with family, theatre trips, chocolate, the Leaky Lounge (obviously!)
Admits to owning: A lot of audio cassettes and CDs. I listen more than read oops.gif

Potter stuff: On Leaky, I help moderate the Chair and Unfogging. I have all the books in Adult hardbark and all the audio tapes. Can’t wait to add the seventh book and audio tape to my collection excited.gif I hope I would be a Gryffindor. A massive fan of Neville – even more than Harry wizard.gif

Position: Chamber of Chat Moderator
Name: Jess
Age: 21
Occupation: Student
HP House: Hufflepuff
Fav HP Characters: McGonagal, Dumbledore, Luna, Neville, Ron, Hermione, Fred/George, Sirius, Trelawney
Fav HP Book: Deathly Hallows
Fav HP Movie: Order of the Phoenix
Favourite movies: Monty Python, Rainman, Mr. Holland’s Opus, Sound of Music, My Fair Lady, Mary Poppins, Nany McPhee, Pride & Prejudice, Bridget Jones, A Beautiful Mind, Amelie, Finding Neverland, Pirates 1-3, Down with Love, Chicago, Ever After, Shakespeare in Love, Much Ado About Nothing, Moulin Rouge, Truman Show, DeLovely, Pan’s Labyrinth, Proof
Favourite TV shows: I Love Lucy, Reba, Sex and the City, Grey’s Anatomy, Keeping up Appearances, Flying Circus, Charmed, Bewitched, Green Acres, Get Smart
Favourite books/authors: JK Rowling, Phillip Pullman, Lemony Snicket, Mitch Albom, Shakespeare, Madeline L’Engle, Gregory MacGuire
Favourite music: everything—classical, christian (contemporary/traditional/crossover), show tunes, some country, some “pop”, most rock, most classic rock…yep…really most everything…very little rap…but some…
Likes: traveling!, working with kids, skiing, reading, photography, relaxing, down time, helping others, signing, acting, directing, stage managing, playing flute, listening to music, watching movies, analyzing things, politics…most of the time…grammar, grading papers, judging speech contest, being at camp—on staff or as a camper, having control
Dislikes: writing papers, mexican food, purposeful improper spelling or grammar on the internet (aka “netspeak”), although I’m getting used to a few of the very common ones, i.e. “brb”
Admits to: singing loudly in the car, being a workaholic, being a horrible procrastinator when it comes to writing papers
Dream Profession: Professional Photographer for National Geographic with a home base in Germany

Age: 17

Location: Pennsylvania
Occupation: Overworked school student and web designer

Favourite Movies: Too many to name. I enjoy action and comedy movies (such as Adam Sandler movies), Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Breach, and several Disney movies that I won’t bother naming.

Favourite Books: I read a lot of Young Adult novels, so aside from Harry Potter, I enjoy books written by John Green, Robert Cormier (The Chocolate War and Beyond the Chocolate War), Alex Flinn, and Chris Crutcher.
Likes: Web site design, other ‘tekkie stuff’, writing, reading, running, and hanging out with my friends.

Dislikes: Hmm… waking up early in the morning.

Admits to: Spending way too much time on the internet.

HP Stuff: I started reading the books after the third or fourth one was published, way back in elementary school. I’ve been hooked and have now read the series many times over. When I was 12, I created my first web site (coincidentally, a Harry Potter site), and have been experimenting with web design ever since.

Location: Mount Laurel, NJ

Favorite Books: Of course Harry Potter, Davinci Code, Angels and Demons, Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants and a selection of inspirational books by Iyanla Vanzant.
Favorite Movies (other than Harry Potter): I love movies – anything Disney, The Departed, the Star Wars series, LOTR, My Best Friend’s Wedding, Pulp Fiction, The Transporter, The Mummy, Batman Begins, Superman II and almost anything with Sam Jackson.
Favorite TV Shows: 24, Prison Break, The Shield, ER, Grey’s Anatomy, Smallville, CSI, Criminal Minds, and yes, I admit – America’s Next Top Model.
Favorite Foods: Pizza, pasta and buffalo wings.

Likes: I just love spending time with my family and friends.
Dislikes: Lima beans, peas and bugs.
Previous Profession: Shoe salesman (It’s my fall back career)
Current Profession: Public Relations Manager

Dream Job: Furniture Designer and my own HGTV program

Admits to: Trying to import Sam Jackson movie lines into regular conversation, which doesn’t really fly at work.

Real Name: Karen

Location: Virginia, near Richmond
Age: mid 30’s
Favorite TV shows: Numbers, 30 Minute Meals, ER, Desperate Housewives, LOST and The Closer.
Favorite Movies: Harry Potter 1 & 2, The Replacements, Bringing Down the House, Sweet Home Alabama, Blast from the Past, All Disney Cartoons, and anything with Tom Hanks.

Favorite Music: Alabama, Joss Stone and anything from the 80’s.
Favorite Books: (besides the HP series) anything by Jan Brett, cookbooks, and the Laura Ingalls Wilder series.
Favorite Food: Mexican, Brownie Sundaes and my mom’s home cooking.
Likes: being with my family, going to movies, cooking, reading and traveling.

Dislikes: Paperwork, housework, bossy people, seafood, and bad breath.

Current Prof: Elementary school teacher, wife and mother of two children.
Dream Professions: Stay at home mom or profes