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Amy Cochran


Amy Cochran is the Public Services Coordinator at the Grand Rapids Public Library, where she has worked since 1998. Her other roles at GRPL have included branch manager and business reference librarian. She holds a master's degree in Library and Information Science from Wayne State University.  


Festival Years: 2012
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Krista Tippett
  • Journalism, Podcast, Theology
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Nikki Grimes
  • Art, Children, Fiction, Illustration, Music, Photography, Poetry, Spirituality, Stage, Young Adult
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Mitali Perkins
  • Children, Fiction, Young Adult
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Min Jin Lee
  • Fiction
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Katherine Paterson
  • Children, Young Adult
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Gary D. Schmidt
  • Children, Fiction, Young Adult
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Kevin Young
  • Poetry
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Jarrett J. Krosoczka
  • Children, Graphic Novel, Illustration, Memoir, Young Adult
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Kate DiCamillo
  • Children, Young Adult
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Luci Shaw
  • Poetry, Publishing, Spirituality
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Anthony Doerr
  • Fiction
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