Susan Fagan of La Grange Park, marketing and communications coordinator at the La Grange Park Public Library and a roller derby participant, answered questions while working at the library.
Q: How long have you worked at the library?
A: One and a half years. I was on the board for seven years and I live right across the street.
A: How did you manage to live so close to the library?
A: It was just luck. We sold another house in La Grange Park and moved across the street. I love my house. It’s a ranch with a nice big yard. I like the one-level living.
Q: Where did you grow up?
A: Clarendon Hills
Q: How do decide to go into library science?
A: I majored in French and business at the University of Illinois and then got my master’s in library science at U. of I. I went to the Clarendon Hills Library all the time when I was growing up. After college, I went into the business world briefly. Then I was talking to a friend who was studying library science and I was like ‘Oh. That’s what I should be doing.'”
Q: What do you enjoy about your job?
A. I get to promote all the fun things we do. Like at our (recent) summer reading kick-off. We had a bounce house in the parking lost and a life-size Sorry game and jousting.
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Q: Are you married?
A. Yes. My husband’s name is John and we have three daughters: 10-year-old twins and a 7-year-old.
Q: What’s your favorite book?
A: I read “Rebecca” by Daphne Du Maurier every couple of years because it spurred my interest in mysteries. I also love rock ‘n roll biographies. I love hearing the authors like Pete Townsend read their own books.
Q. What is your favorite TV show?
A: We don’t have a TV. We have Netflix on the iPad. So it’s not like they (her children) are deprived.
Q: What’s your favorite color?
A: I am into a red phase right now. I love red shoes and I have red hair.
Q: What are your hobbies?
A: Roller Derby. I grew up skating. I am a child of the seventies. I went to the roller rink all the time.
Q: Any injuries?
A: Two sprained ankles, two sprained wrists, a broken tail bone, dislocated rib and lots of bruises.
Q: What do you like about roller derby?
A: I love the camaraderie, meeting women from all walks of life.
Q. Where are you going on your next vacation?
A: We’re going to Cleveland because I am playing (in a roller derby match) there. We’re going to visit some friends who live there and go to Cedar Point Amusement Park.
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