Rachel Wadham is a Senior Librarian over the Education and Juvenile Collections in the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University. After completing a bachelor’s degree in sociology from BYU, Wadham obtained her masters of library science degree from the University of North Texas in 1995. In 2007, she also earned a masters of education degree in curriculum and instruction with an emphasis on adolescent literature from Pennsylvania State University.
Rachel Wadham frequently teaches courses on children’s and adolescent literature and has authored two books and numerous articles in her field. She is a board member of the Children’s Literature Association of Utah, chair of its Young Adult Book Award Selection Committee, and Editor-in-Chief of the Children’s Book & Media Review.