MOLLI SÉBRIER
Molli is the co-founder of The Mistress of the House of Books. She is a freelancer living and working in Paris. Her interests include reading, writing, and drinking coffee. She’s known to do all three things at once. @mollisebrier
YASMINE HARO
Yasmine is the co-founder of The Mistress of the House of Books. She currently uses all her mental strength not spending her entire paycheck to buy all the books at the bookstore she currently works at. When she’s not working, a rare instance, you will catch her on a plane headed anywhere or reading outside in her garden. @nanayayaharo
LACHLAN MCKAY
Lachlan is a freelance translator and lecturer of Scottish origin who lives in Germany, where he has taught at five universities. He loves books and screen adaptations of novels, singing, playing the guitar, and hiking. Lachlan, a committed feminist, is a host of the Facebook page “Herstory: Women’s History, Culture, Literature & Film”, in a team that also includes Molli. @mckay.lachlan
LOUISE BINNS
Louise Binns moved from the U.K. to Paris in 2009 after graduating with a Bachelor's Degree in French. With several years experience in digital content creation, she currently works as a freelance copywriter and social media strategist. Founder of The Feminist Book Club (Paris), she has a weakness for independent bookstores and lives in Montreuil with her French partner and their cat, Oscar. @lou_in_paris
SARA MOUSTAFA
Sara (she/her) is a Scottish-Egyptian artist and educator based in Glasgow, Scotland. She graduated from the Glasgow School of Art in 2015 and has been teaching English as an additional language since 2016. Her interests include linguistics, contemporary art, politics, and education. Her sculpture and photography practice is primarily informed by semiotics of external space and improvised systems of public space. She has recently explored identity, religion, and culture through text, conversation, and photography during her stay in Egypt. www.saramoustafa.co.uk
Sofía Sanchez Morales
Sofía is a Cuban-Mexican writer who works as a journalist, loves to travel, and has a blog called El revoltillo de Sofía where she writes about movies directed by women, and sometimes tries to write essays. www.elrevoltillodesofia.com
Ana Panella
Ana is a local feminist and climate activist with a fervent passion for social justice. She’s currently an Environmental Sustainability major at the Iberoamerican University of Mexico City. She loves all things literature and is currently on a journey to decolonize her bookshelf whilst supporting womxn authors.
Maggie
Maggie is a Seattle-based museum curator with a deep passion for books and social justice. She’s a life-long reader and works to foster critical thinking skills and a thirst for knowledge with teen and young adult audiences. Maggie is also the co-founder of the feminist book podcast, Rebel Girls Book Club. Find RGBC anywhere you listen to podcasts or @rgbcpod on Instagram.
Dr. Sharon Zink
Sharon is a feminist writing coach for women with big things to say. She is a former English Lit academic with a lot of teaching experience in universities as well as private writing groups. She possesses a postgrad in Education and Marth Beck coach training. Her first novel, Welcome to Sharonville, was longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and she has been named Young Poet of the Year and Writer of the Year for her short fiction. You can read more about Sharon here or check out her Instagram or Facebook group “The Literary Revolution.”
Diya Katyal
Diya is a part-time writer and full-time reader from Calcutta. Growing up in this bustling literature-loving city has shaped her love for books. She has written on lifestyle, arts, and culture for various publications including Firstpost, Mash Magazine, Lifestyle Asia and Civil Society. Her interests include exploring her city, discovering independent bookshops, true crime podcasts, and consuming her body weight in potatoes. @missdiyakatyal
María Laura Ribadeneira
María Laura is an art book editor based in Paris where she's lived for the past decade. Born in Ecuador, she studied art history in the US before moving to Paris for her master's degree. She loves reading, going to museums, running, and cycling. @myparisbookshelf
Jacqueline Ménoret
Jacqueline hosts the Immigrant Book Club, where readers in Paris meet and discuss novels relating to belonging, identity and immigration each month. Jacqueline graduated from London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), with a Master's Degree in Human Rights. She is passionate about literature and cinema. She loves to read a book at home in Belleville when it is rainy and cold out, in the company of her cat, Olga Picasso. To join or learn more about book club, visit their website. Jacqueline is on Instagram @jacquelinereadsparis
Francesca Corsetti
Francesca holds a BA in Foreign Languages and Literature. She is a Victorian literature enthusiast and a proud cat lady. She lives among the natural beauties of Tuscany, Italy, where she exercises her photography skills. She loves spending sunny afternoons reading in her garden.
Pronoti Baglary
Pronoti is a freelance writer and teacher based in Paris. She used to be a sociologist – studying urban culture and technologies, but now spends the majority of her time reading about plants and trees. Her favourite place in the whole world is The Botanical Garden of Paris, which is the setting for the story she is working on currently. She also has a blog, The Shuffle, where she writes about whatever catches her fancy. Find The Shuffle here or check out her Instagram @paris_shuffle
Oindrila Gupta
Oindrila is an old soul with a penchant for handcrafted papers, hibiscus tea, and all things vintage. Having completed her Masters in Journalism from Cardiff University, she is currently engaging in projects in the capacity of an editor, strategist and brand consultant; helping non-profits, writers and students journey from their first project to their first masterpiece. Her writing has found a place in publications including Love in Trying Times, Popshot, Litro, Icy Tales, Alt Cardiff and Go With Me. While she continues to pour over projects, she occasionally allows herself to be captivated by unreasonable yearnings for leprechaunian gatherings on moonlit nights, to sit down in the middle of empty main roads, and to glide down the streets of Paris in an ostentatious saree with a red rose in her hair. ogcontentandbranding.com
Skye Wagner
Skye Wagner is a writer, speaker and Self-Love & Self-Expression Coach that lives in the US with her partner Allen. She loves inspiring people to see the beauty that is within them and embrace their uniquenesses. Skye uses writing as well as visual arts to give a unique spin on what otherwise seems ordinary. She can never do enough traveling and meeting new people and learning new perspectives. You can find her on Instagram @skyenoel90
Liz Flynn
Liz (she/her) is a freelance writer and fiber artist residing near Los Angeles, California. Her favorite genres are fantasy, literary fiction, and historical fiction. She writes elsewhere on the internet at Far Flung Readers. You can usually find her listening to Bad Bunny and crocheting with her dog by her side. @farflungreaders
Claire Hargreaves
Claire is a library assistant and freelance copywriter who has lived in Paris for three years. She's an avid reader, crazy cat lady and language lover.