Rachel Person is the director of events for Northshire Bookstore, and has planned events at Northshire’s Saratoga location since the store opened in 2013. She spent six years curating and producing literary programming at Symphony Space in New York City. During those years she served as Associate Director of the series Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story, heard nationwide on public radio, and of the theater’s beloved Bloomsday on Broadway program. In Saratoga Springs, Rachel served in the Community Relations Office at Skidmore College, where she acted as Art Partner Liaison for SaratogaArtsFest and served on the Executive Board of Saratoga Reads. She lives in Saratoga Springs with her husband, writer Steve Sheinkin, and their two children.