Wilda Williams
![]() Wilda (aka "Willy") Williams has a Masters in Library Science from the University of Alabama (Roll Tide!). Her first library job was at the American Museum of Natural History where she juggled interlibrary loan requests from around the globe and such arcane reference questions (pre-Google) as "How much does the Earth weigh sans people but with all the animals on it?". Because she was a poorly paid part-time library assistant, Wilda would often sneak into fancy parties held in the Hall of Oceanography (better known as the Blue Whale Room) to supplement her diet. Today as LJ's fiction editor, she specializes in popular fiction and edits the Mystery, Science Fiction, and Christian Fiction columns. She now can afford to eat lunch. User Stats
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