Maureen Millea Smith is a librarian at the Hennepin County Edina Library. Her duties there include reference and readers' advisory services, liaison with the Friends of the Edina Library, co-chair of the Edina Reads Committee, planning Great Decisions programs, and other things as assigned. She is a member of the Edina Morningside Rotary Club. She received her Master of Arts in Library and Information Science from the University of Iowa and an MFA in Creative Writing from Hamline University. Her undergraduate degree is from the University of Wyoming in English Literature. Her novel, When Charlotte Comes Home won the 2007 Minnesota Book Award for Novel & Short Story. In 2015, her collection of linked short stories, The Enigma of Iris Murphy won the Tartt First Fiction Award and was published in 2016 by the Livingston Press of the University of West Alabama. She serves on the board of Coffee House Press. Her work with her colleagues on the Autism Team has been wonderful. It has broadened and enlightened every aspect of her work and family life and expanded her respect for the unique nature of every person's brain