director of the library which is across the street and thank you to our friends at first con for lending as have this event here we re very grateful for both of you for being here and congratulate shine s debut as a number one. the bestseller lists want to share that with you fabulous. so the open book open mind, we re really glad to have everyone here. we re really happy for the people who were able to bring the libraries into home so we could do both ways. and first, i d like to start by having my colleague jared here talk about the foundation, the montclair public library foundation. thank you, janet. so we re so happy you re here for. another exciting session of open book, open mind. i m personally excited as i ve been following maggie s work over the past few years on the daily podcast, in print and on tv. it s an honor to have her here. us in montclair. i d to welcome everyone on behalf of the montclair public library foundation. we re a group, your friends and neighbor