A couple of the advance readers have mentioned that they’d like to know what the complete list of catalogs is. To be honest, I had a little trouble keeping track of it myself. The big five (Carolyn, David, Margaret, Jennifer, Michael) are pretty clear, but the rest of the librarians don’t get a lot of page time. The problem was compounded by the fact that I wrote a dozen or so scenes involving catalogs that never made it into the book. In some cases the catalogs were owned by librarians from the final list, other times not. So, like, Al, the librarian of flying might have ended up on the cutting room floor. It was a mess.
Also, I tend to misremember names. Eventually I ended up keeping a spreadsheet just for myself.
By the time we got through editing and copyediting I *think* all the conflicts were resolved. Big thanks to my editor, Julian, and the copy editor(s?) whose name(s) I never learned.
Anyway, here’s the list. If you think you caught me in a mistake, it may not be your imagination.
Jennifer Medicine, healing, reanimation/resurrection (white catalog)
David Killing / war / martial arts (red catalog)
Carolyn Speaks all languages (green catalog)
Michael Ambassador to animals.
Margaret Death, and the exploration thereof. She’s the librarian of getting killed a lot. (I often feel quite bad for Margaret.)
Peter Math, engineering, and cooking. (violet catalog)
Alicia Time travel and, by extension, seeing the actual future
Rachel Her ghost children see the possible futures (as distinct from the actual future)
Jacob Left blank for possible sequels
Richard Armorer
Emily Finder of secrets and lost things
Lisa Garza Persuasion / mind control