Mara Panich-Crouch is a bookseller at Fact and Fiction in Missoula. She received her BA in English Literature and Creative Writing from Purdue University and found her home Missoula in 2002 while pursuing post-graduate studies at The University of Montana. She writes book reviews for the Missoulian and loves giving (and receiving) book recommendations of all genres. She is an avid painter, thrift-shopper, and adventurer.