Elise
Age: 20 (Birthday: September 9th)
Location: Chicago, IL
Email: elisede2008 at gmail dot com
Sections Maintained: MuggleCast Transcripts
Favorite Music: The Killers, Franz Ferdinand, Jimmy Eat World, Matchbox Twenty, Phantom Planet Favorite TV Shows: House, Doctor Who, Spooks (aka MI-5), Torchwood, Britain's Got Talent.
Favorite Movies: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Illusionist, Closer, Gattaca, The Philadelphia Story.
About Me: I'm a journalism and history major at Northwestern University. I discovered Harry Potter when I was in third grade, and everything just snowballed from there. I read fan fiction, wrote fan fiction, attended midnight book release parties, bought movie tickets weeks in advance, collected numerous and mostly useless Harry Potter memorabilia, and developed a huge crush on Dan Radcliffe. MuggleCast is the reason I survived the years between books 6 and 7, so I'm absolutely thrilled to be helping out in any capacity. When I'm procrastinating doing homework, I like to watch the latest BBC miniseries, catch up on the latest breaking entertainment news, and mess around on my blog.

Eric
Age: 34 (Birthday: October 20th)
Location: Dublin, California
Email: ericr at staff dot mugglenet dot com
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Favorite Music: Beethoven and Bach (I also like listening to Pink Floyd, the Rolling Stones and The Who)
Favorite TV Shows: The Simpsons, South Park, Lost, Fringe, Survivor, The Amazing Race and Monk.
Favorite Movies: Forrest Gump, Rain Man, Pee-wee's Big Adventure, The Goonies, Gremlins, A Christmas Story, E.T, Fantasia, The Lord of the Rings, and Harry Potter, of course!
Favorite Authors: J.K. Rowling, J.R.R. Tolkein, Stephen King
Hobbies: Reading, playing the piano, riding my bike, and online poker
About Me: I started reading the first Harry Potter book in May 2000. A month later, I had finished the first three books and was ready to buy the fourth book the day it came out. I happened upon MuggleNet in the summer of 2003 after I finished reading the fifth book and was immediately drawn to the editorials. I am quite a bit older than most of you people here, but I still consider myself a devoted Harry Potter fan. Keep up the great work, and don't stop with the MuggleCast episodes!

Lakshmi
Age: 22 (Birthday: March 16th)
Location: India
E-mail: lakshmi at staff dot mugglenet dot com
Sections Maintained: MuggleCast Transcripts
Favorite TV Shows: Lost, Battlestar Galactica, House, The Simpsons, and Prison Break
About Me: My love for the Potter series began shortly after the release of Goblet of Fire. After I was done reading the first four books about a dozen times each and leaving their covers the worse for wear, I stumbled across the fan site awards on Jo's site. MuggleNet --> Click --> And the rest as they say was history ;). I've been an ardent listener of MuggleCast for about a year now and have gotten hooked onto the Twilight series as a result ;). I've been a MuggleCast transcriber since February 2009. When not scouring MuggleNet to fulfill my craving for more Harry Potter related news or transcribing, I spend my time reading mangas like Naruto, Bleach and Vampire Knight to name a few.

Laura B
Age: 20 (Birthday: January 22nd)
Location: South Dakota
Email: laurab at staff dot mugglenet dot com
Sections Maintained: MuggleCast Transcripts
Favorite Music: Country, classic or modern; comedy and satire music, especially Da Vinci's Notebook and Paul and Storm; Celtic and folk.
Favorite Movies: Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, tons of old Westerns, and generally Science Fiction/Action movies as well.
About Me: I've been a transcriber for MuggleCast since February 2007. I just finished up my second year at the University of South Dakota; I'm double majoring in Biology and Anthropology. Besides Harry Potter, I am also interested in my studies, American pottery, geology, keeping my two Girl Scout troops running and active, and being outdoors. I started listening to MuggleCast when it first came out and became hooked right away, I haven't missed an episode since. Being a transcriber has given me a great opportunity to meet other Potter fans and given my family an opportunity to quit being forced to listen to all my theories and speculations.

Laura S
Age: 17
Location: Michigan
Sections Maintained: MuggleCast Transcripts
Favorite Music: Evanescence, Fall Out Boy, Funeral For A Friend, All American Rejects, Barlowgirl, Beatles, Coldplay, David Cook, Jimmy Eat World, Simon & Garfunkel
Favorite TV Shows: Whose Line is it Anyway, The Office, Lost
About Me: I've been reading the Harry Potter series every summer since 4th grade, and I don't plan to stop any time soon! My favorite non-trio characters are Dumbledore, Dobby, Hagrid, McGonagall, and Uncle Vernon. I love drawing, singing, drama and other artsy things. I started listening to MuggleCast around Episode 150, and after going through 10 episodes in just a few days during an art project, I joined the transcriber team and I love every minute of it!

Mariam
Age: 17 (Birthday: September 2nd)
Location: Texas
Email: mariam at staff dot mugglenet dot com
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Favorite Music: Snow Patrol, Avril Lavigne, Nightwish, Taylor Swift, Paramore, and many others.
About Me: I became a Harry Potter fan when I received Chamber of Secrets for my seventh birthday. Since then, the series and its fandom have made a huge impact on my life. I started listening to MuggleCast in 2006, and I am so thrilled to be an editor now.

Olivia
Age: 19 (Birthday: January 6th).
Location: Sacramento, California.
Email: chasethecurrent at gmail dot com
Sections Mantained: MuggleCast Trannscripts
Favorite TV Shows: Flight of the Conchords, Dr. Who, House M.D., Lost.
Favorite Movies: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Spinal Tap, Everything Is Illuminated, Stealing Beauty, Shaun of the Dead.
Sections Maintained: MuggleCast Transcripts.
About Me: When I'm not nerding out about Harry Potter (which I first discovered when a friends dad had an advanced copy of the first book and have been a fan of most of the Potter properties since), I nerd out about the above movies and shows, and when I'm not doing that, which is rare, I spend a lot of my time in school, at Sacramento State where I'm pursuing a degree in Graphic Design and a minor in Film Studies. I'm an avid film consumer, and a bit of a francophile seeing as I adored French films. I'm a complete bookworm, and a big coffee and tea drinker. In my opinion, a cuppa joe or tea can improve any day!

Shana
Age: 15 (Birthday: November 8th)
Location: Ontario, Canada
Sections Maintained: MuggleCast Transcripts
Favorite TV Shows: LOST, The Office
Favorite Movies: Dead Poets Society, Inception, The Dark Knight, Monsters Inc., Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Harry Potter.
Favorite Books: Harry Potter, A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Hunger Games, The Book Thief, Nineteen Minutes, To Kill a Mockingbird, Charlotte's Web.
About Me: I was introduced to Harry Potter when I was about six years old by my older brother, who was reading it at the time. He took me with him to see Philosopher's Stone in theaters when it came out in November 2001. A few months later, I read the first four books and fell in love with them. I discovered MuggleNet in Summer 2005 after Googling “Harry Potter fansites,” and it still remains a ritual for me to check the site every day. I became a MuggleCast transcriber in October 2009, and editor in November 2010. While I'm not constantly making Harry Potter references or listening to MuggleCast, I love reading, writing, playing soccer, sarcasm, fanfiction, and Alex Day's YouTube videos.

Tracey
Age: 20 (Birthday: May 10th)
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Sections Maintained: MuggleCast Transcripts
About Me: I have been a transcriber for MuggleCast since February 2009 and have worked as a transcript editor since February 2010. I became a regular listener of MuggleCast since late 2007 and would have started listening a lot earlier if I hadn't naively thought you needed an iPod to listen, something I didn't have then (and still don't have...). I enjoy reading immensely, so it wasn't long before I picked up a Harry Potter book. I don't remember exactly when I started reading the books, but it was probably around 1999/2000. I did not discover the online fan community until much later, but I'm glad that I did in the end. Listening to the show and my daily visits to MuggleNet have definitely fuelled my Harry Potter obsession, something I am happy and incredibly grateful to have. I am a huge fan of wizard rock and various Harry Potter related YouTube channels. I am currently studying for a Bachelor of Commerce at the University of Auckland, majoring in Accounting and Commercial Law.

Aldrin
Age: 22 (Birthday: October 7th)
Location: Daly City, CA
Email: inezco17 at yahoo dot com
Sections Maintained: MuggleCast Transcripts
Favorite Music: Lupe Fiasco, Young Jeezy, The Game, Eminem, Nas, Bobby Valentino, Trey Songz, 112, Dr. Dre, Chamillionaire, Ludacris, and T.I.
Favorite TV Shows: The Simpsons, Castle, Glee, Firefly, and Friday Night Lights
Favorite Movies: Saving Private Ryan, Terminator 2, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Into The Wild, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Jerry Maguire, The Truman Show, Heat, Hot Fuzz, Toy Story 2, and last but not least The Harry Potter series of course.
About Me:One of the only good things to come out of 6th grade was Harry Potter, which our teacher read to us, and was my introduction to the world of Harry Potter. Ever since then Harry Potter has become a big part of my life. I love participating in the Harry Potter fandom. Besides Harry Potter I love listening to hip hop and R&B music, so my iPod is always near. I also rap in my spare time. Watching movies has become a hobby of mine after I took a Film as Literature class in high school (thanks Mr. Burrows!). I'm also big on sports, I support the Golden State Warriors, San Francisco 49ers, Minnesota Vikings, San Francisco Giants, and Boston Red Sox to death. Other than that I'm just a pretty quiet, shy guy who loves to laugh and let the good times roll.

Alexandra
Age: 17 (Birthday: September 23rd)
Location: Sydney, Australia
Favourite TV shows: NCIS, House, Good News Week, Glee, Lie to Me
Favourite Books: Chinese Cinderella, Falling Leaves, Looking For Alibrandi, The Hunger Games series and last but not at all the least Harry Potter!
Favourite Movies: Take the Lead, Centre Stage, Centre Stage:Turn It Up, Wild Child, Looking for Alibrandi, Harry Potter, Bend it like Beckham and the Sex and the City movies.
About Me: I picked up my first Harry Potter book (which was Chamber of Secrets) when I was about 10 or 11 years old. After finishing it I wasn't to keen to keep reading because at that time I liked the movies better. After watching the 6th film I picked up Book 2 again finally finished Book 7 in the first week of 2010. Now I'm nothing short of obsessed. (Better late than never I suppose!) If I'm not reading or doing the endless amounts of homework and study for the HSC, I'm probably dancing, watching TV, taking/editing photos or on MSN and Facebook. I also love AVPM and AVPS.

Amy
Age: 14 (Birthday: September 10th)
Location: Arizona
Sections Maintained: MuggleCast Transcripts
Favorite Movies: Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean, Sherlock Holmes, Alice In Wonderland, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars
Favorite Books: Harry Potter (of course!), The Goose Girl series, Book of a Thousand Days, Stargirl, The Secret Life of Bees, Lord of the Rings and plenty of others.
Favorite Music: Natasha Bedingfield, Muse, Coldplay, Katy Perry
Favorite TV Shows: Survivor, Mythbusters, and Project Runway.
Sections Maintained: MuggleCast Transcripts
About Me: My obsession with Harry Potter began at about the age of six or seven when my parents bought the first four books for me. After reading Philosophers Stone, I fell in love with them, and have since read each book 18 times, at the very least. Harry Potter and MuggleCast are both huge parts of my life, and I can relate almost anything to them (which drives my family and friends crazy!) Also, I love to write (hoping to someday become an author), lecture people on why Harry Potter is the best thing to ever happen to the planet, be random and giggly, run high school cross country and track and of course transcribe :)

Bryan
Age: 18 (Birthday: May 25th)
Location: Virginia
Sections Maintained: MuggleCast Transcripts
Favorite Music: Kesha, Beyonce, Orianthi, We The Kings, All Time Low, Glee! All things pop and anything from Broadway or musical related such as Rent, Wicked, or Mamma Mia. Also, any of the Harry Potter bands such as Harry and the Potters or Draco and the Malfoys, etc.
Favorite TV Shows: Everything! Glee, Bones, NCIS, Real World, etc.
Favorite Movies: All Harry Potter movies and basically anything else. I like all genres...
About Me: I started reading Harry Potter in the 3rd grade when I got Chamber of Secrets for Christmas. I was so confused because I started with the second book that I did not want to continue reading. Eventually, I started Sorcerer's Stone and fell in love with the series! I have been an avid Harry Potter fan ever since and was so excited when I got to transcribe for MuggleCast! I have listened to the show for about two years and it is my way to stay updated in the Harry Potter world. Besides reading the series along with a bunch other books, I love computers, watching TV, watching movies, and doing anything involving Harry Potter. Who wouldn't? :)

Conrad
Age: 18 (Birthday: December 20th)
Location: Illinois
Sections Maintained: MuggleCast Transcripts
Favorite Music: Linkin Park, The Devil Wears Prada, Underoath, 30 Seconds to Mars, Black Eyed Peas, Eminem, Li'l Wayne, Switchfoot, Mozart, etc.
Favorite Authors: J. K. Rowling, Dean Koontz, Stephen King, Richard Dawkins, Cormac McCarthy, etc.
Favorite TV Shows: The Big Bang Theory, Lost, House, South Park, The Andy Griffith Show.
Favorite Movies: Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Forrest Gump, Pan's Labyrinth, Pirates of the Caribbean, Shutter Island, Titanic, Avatar, The Sixth Sense, Toy Story 3, The Exorcist, Sweeney Todd, Alice in Wonderland, Gladiator, Schindler's List, The Dark Knight.
About Me: I started reading Harry Potter the summer after Deathly Hallows came out so I'm a relatively new fan, but now I love everything that has to do with Harry Potter! I love MuggleCast and am excited to be a transcriber for the show! Some of the things I enjoy doing are: reading, listening to music, watching movies, playing the piano, and hanging out with friends.

Desta
Age: 15
Location: New Jersey
Sections Maintained: MuggleCast Transcripts
Favorite Music: Michael Jackson, Celtic Thunder, Josh Groban, Bob Marley, Weird Al Yankovic, Tokio Hotel, anything Broadway (especially Wicked, Phantom of the Opera, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Hairspray)
Favorite Movies: Harry Potter (duh), Lord of the Rings, Phantom of the Opera, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Avatar, the Hayao Miyazaki movies (like Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, etc.)
Favorite Books: Harry Potter (once again, duh), Maximum Ride, Hunger Games, Alex Rider, The Way of Shadows, Artemis Fowl, Eragon, and anything by John Green, Cassandra Clare, or Libba Bray. And lots and lots of MANGA!
Favorite TV shows: Star Trek, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Fawlty Towers, Keeping Up Appearances, and way too much anime...
About Me: I actually saw the first Harry Potter movie in 3rd grade before I read any of the books, but of course right afterwards I proceeded to read all of them very quickly. My friends and I became so obsessed that we used to have "wizard duels" with "wands" procured from the woods. Naturally, I was disappointed when I didn't get my Hogwarts letter (come on, who wasn't?), but I got over it. I just discovered MuggleCast this summer around episode 200 or so and now I can't live without it. I am also a brown belt in karate and love all things theatre.

Dilara
Age: 16 (Birthday: October 11th)
Location: Massachusetts
Email: dyilmaz090 at gmail dot com
Sections Maintained: MuggleCast Transcripts
Favorite Music:Franz Ferdinand, Lady Gaga, Phoenix, Arctic Monkeys, Green Day
Favorite TV Shows: Doctor Who, Avatar, Lost, 30 Rock, Family Guy, South Park
Favorite Movies: Moulin Rouge, Jesus Christ Superstar, Hair, Big Fish, Pride and Prejudice
About Me: Don't hate me but I actually hated Harry Potter when I first read it in 1st grade! My mom bought me the book and I only read the first page before I gave up on it. I'm so disappointed in my past self. Two years later I was enthralled into the crazy world that is Harry Potter and that is when I became an avid follower of MuggleNet! It's a dream come true to be apart of the website I've been following since third grade! Besides for spending most of my time and money on all things Harry Potter (just bought the lego video game to keep me occupied for the rest of the summer!) I am also a senior in high school and have been playing flute for eight years.

Elly
Age: 19 (Birthday: June 18th)
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Sections Maintained: MuggleCast Transcripts
Favorite Music: Jack's Mannequin, Tegan & Sara, Muse, Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, the Wombats, Grinspoon, Children Collide, Bullet For My Valentine, Vampire Weekend, Bluejuice, Paramore.
Favorite TV Shows: Black Books, the IT Crowd, Big Bang Theory, Vampire Diaries, Community, Torchwood, Gossip Girl, Skins, True Blood, the Mighty Boosh
Favorite Movies: Harry Potter, Empire Records, Get Over It, Tim Burton films, Back to the Future, Lord of the Rings, Accepted, School Of Rock
Favorite Books: Harry Potter, Richelle Mead, Sarah Dessen & Charlaine Harris books, the Millenium trilogy, the Luxe series, 1984, Pride & Prejudice
About Me: I've been a fan of HP since my grade 3 teacher made us listen to Philosopher's Stone on tape in 2000. I love reading, art, drawing, painting, walking, yoga, watching tv and movies, going to music gigs and hanging out with friends. I've just finished my first year at university doing a double Arts/Visual Arts degree. My current ambition is to become an illustrator.

Emily C
Age: 18 (Birthday: April 3rd)
Location: Dorset, England
Email: elvendorkpotter at hotmail dot co uk
Sections Maintained: MuggleCast Transcripts
Favorite Music: Muse, Green day, Incubus, Blue October, Phoenix, Jimmy Eat World, Death Cab For Cutie, Biffy Clyro, U2, Editors, Paramore
Favorite Books: The Host, The Hunger Games, His Dark Materials, Artemis Fowl, The Inheritance Cycle, Lord of the Rings and there's this Harry Potter series which I've heard good things about!
About Me: Obsessed with Harry Potter from a young age after seeing the first film (despite my mother's protests that it would be too "boyish" and "scary" for me) I've grown up an avid fan of the series and consequently the amazing MuggleNet and MuggleCast! I'm currently in my final year at school and will hopefully be starting university in September undertaking a degree in Psychology.

Emily M
Age: 18 (Birthday: January 24th)
Location: Arizona
Sections Maintained: MuggleCast Transcripts
Favorite Music: The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, Queen, so many other songs on the radio
Favorite TV Show: Gilmore Girls, The Office, 30 Rock, Criminal Minds and many others I love to watch reruns of.
Favorite Movie: The Sixth Sense, The Others, Forrest Gump, The Princess Bride, E.T. Extra Terrestrial, Edward Sissorhands.
Favorite Food: Chinese food!!
About Me: After being a daily visiter of MuggleNet for almost five years and MuggleCast for about three I have finally become part of MuggleCast as a transcriber. I fell in love with Harry Potter the summer The Order of the Phoenix came out. I, a stubborn 11 year old, thought, for who knows what reason, I would not love Harry Potter as much as my older sister or my friends. My sister then made a bet that she would finish the 5th book before I finish the 1st book. I lost the bet but I couldn't stop reading. Other than Harry Potter I love reading historical fiction, especially books about Anne Frank or any book about World War II, fantasy and fiction. I absolutely love cold rainy days, which are rare in sunny Tucson where I live, and reading books and going to the movies.

Grace
Age: 15 (Birthday: July 24th)
Location: Georgia
Email: gracejamieson at gmail dot com
Sections Maintained: MuggleCast Transcripts
Favorite Books: Harry Potter (duh), Lord of the Rings, The Inheritance Cycle, The Magicians, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Mortal Instruments, The Enchanted Forest Chronicles, The Chosen, Wuthering Heights, The Hunger Games Trilogy, Going Bovine, A Tale of Two Cities, Crime and Punishment, and any work by Edgar Allan Poe or Diana Wayne Jones.
About Me: I was first introduced to Harry Potter in the Summer of 2001 when my Dad read me Goblet of Fire. Needless to say, it was the beginning of a long and thrilling relationship, and Potter has been a huge part of my life ever since. I began listening to MuggleCast in 2007, and I enjoy transcribing and being able to help out (if just a bit) with the podcast I love! When I'm not reading, I spend my time running, writing, debating, making Harry Potter references, organizing my music library, cheering on the Nebraska Cornhuskers, tutoring in French, and generally just messing around with my amazing friends and family.

Heather
Age: Probably old enough to be your mother (Birthday: February 15th)
Location: Army Base in South Korea
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Favorite Potter Book: Goblet of Fire
About Me: I started reading Harry Potter in 2000 in Turkey and have read the first book eight times as with each new book I would reread the series up to that point in preparation. I became a fan of the podcast in 2006 as a way to laugh through my exercise in Germany. My favorite thing is knowing that no matter where I am in the world the MuggleCast Crew is going to be there with a great podcast.

Jean
Age: Can I borrow Heather's quote? Old enough to be your mother? Because I am... (Birthday: August 11th)
Location: NJ
Email: jean at bachen dot com
Sections Maintained: MuggleCast Transcripts
Favorite Music: 100 Monkeys, 80s Stuff (what did I mention about old enough to be your mother??)
Favorite TV Shows: True Blood, CSI, Criminal Minds
Favorite Movies: All the Harry Potter films, all the Twilight Saga films, and a few older ones, like The Princess Bride, Fried Green Tomatoes, Labyrinth and Steel Magnolias
Favorite Books: All the Harry Potter books; all the Twilight Saga books; City of Glass, City of Bones and City of Ashes; and the Marked series.
About Me: I started reading the Harry Potter books sometime between the releases of Books 3 and 4, and never looked back. We are such fans in my house that when Book 6 came out, each adult in the house had to get his/her own copy. See, it was released right before I gave birth to twins, and my Mother-in-Law, who was staying with us to help out, made a comment about how she was going to get to read my book before me because I would be busy giving birth. And I said, "No way, get your own." So she did. And then my husband tried to steal my copy, and I threatened him as well, so he ended up buying yet another copy. What can I say - except don't mess with a hormonal woman and her Harry Potter books! Anyway, now the twins are five and a half, and I am mostly a stay home mom to them. I am really excited to be a transcriber for Mugglecast, as it gives me an excuse to ignore the dirty dishes and listen to the podcast instead!

Jennifer
Age: 26 (Birthday: August 1st)
Location: Fullerton, California
Email: carr146 at hotmail dot com
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Favorite Books: The Harry Potter Series; Nicholas Flamel Series; Percy Jackson Series (apparently I like series); and anything by Ray Bradbury.
Favorite TV Shows: The Simpsons, Conan, Lost, Dexter, The Big Bang Theory, Tosh.0, and Top Chef.
About Me: I'm finally out of school and officially an attorney, after completing my JD, 2 BAs, and passing the bar exam. I'm happy to have some free time on my hands for once, so I'm excited to be a transcriber for MuggleCast. I started to read Harry Potter late in the game a few years ago after reading the Nicholas Flamel series, being convinced by co-workers that I would like Harry Potter, and after deciding to dress up as Hermione for Halloween and wanting some background knowledge. I guess it was meant to be since I've always been kind of a nerd. :) As for non-Harry Potter related activities, I also love Star Wars, Pixar movies, travelling (especially to historical locations), and reading any books I can get my hands on.

Jessica
Age: 15 (Birthday: December 29th)
Location: New York
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Favorite Music: David Bowie, The Runaways, Joan Jett, The Beatles, Suzie Quatro, The Darling Buds,My Chemical Romance and more.
Favorite TV Shows: True Blood, Glee, House, Boardwalk Empire, LA Ink, Project Runway.
Favorite Movies: Harry Potter, anything Tim Burton & Johnny Depp, Garden State, V for Vendetta, An Education, Little Ashes, Inception, (500) Days of Summer and much more.
Favorite Books: The Harry Potter Series (obviously!), The Hunger Games Trilogy, Never Let Me Go, East of Eden, The Picture of Dorian Gray and more!
About Me: I love the Harry Potter Series and have been an obsessive reader of the books ever since my best friend Soumya convinced me to read them. I could not get enough of the series and so i came across Mugglenet and have been cheking the site everyday since. I started listening to Mugglecast about a year or two ago and anxiously await the next episode. My conversations always end up turning into a HP conversation and my friends turn to me whenever their is any mention of the series. When im not watching, reading, or talking Harry Potter, I am usually watching some other movie or drawing. I go to school for Fine Arts so I have contributed to the MuggleNet fan art section as well! I am really excited and happy to be apart of the MuggleCast Staff and community!

Jule
Age: 18 (Birthday: April 18th)
Location: Pennsylvania
Sections Maintained: MuggleCast Transcripts
Favorite TV Shows: One Tree Hill, The Vampire Diaries, Gossip Girl, Glee, The Office, Desperate Housewives, Wizards of Waverly Place
Favorite Movies: Beauty and the Beast, Harry Potter Series, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Breakfast Club, The Twilight Saga
About Me: I am a Public Relations major at Penn State University. I've loved everything involving Harry Potter since I was in the second grade. I'd always known about MuggleNet, but I became an active site-viewer around the release of Book 7. After finishing Deathly Hallows, I began listening to MuggleCast and have continued to ever since. Aside from Harry Potter, I love watching television, reading pop culture gossip online, seeing live music, and spending time with my friends.

Katherine
Age: 16 (Birthday: May 19th).
Location: SoCal!
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Favorite Music: Anything! But right now, j-metal.
(dir en grey, balzac), Korean music (epik high, clazziquai), and rock/metal.
Favorite TV Shows: Fringe (Josh Jackson!!), Bones, Top Chef, and... Korean dramas :)
About Me: I first read Sorcerer's Stone when I think I was in first grade, and ever since I've been hooked on the Potter series. I vaguely remember getting in trouble for reading Harry Potter too many times, yet painfully recall having my Potter books taken away from me because I refused to read anything else. As my brain has hopefully matured, I've had to balance Harry Potter with a somewhat there social life, school, and just about everything else. Besides Harry Potter and MuggleCast, I also love sleeping, imaging how stress-free my life would be if didn't have to think about the SAT and college, sass, writing, and fencing. I'm very glad to be on the transcriber team, and hope to continue being a transcriber for a long while!

Kevin
Age: 13 (Birthdate: July 29th)
Location: Reading, PA
Email: kevintmyers at gmail dot com
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Favorite Music: Billy Joel, The Beatles, Bon Jovi, Queen, Blue Man Group, Chuck Berry, and many more.
Favorite TV Shows: House, Lie to Me, The Simpsons, The Office, 30 Rock, That 70's Show, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Two and a Half Men, and SNL.
Favorite Movies: The Dark Knight, The School of Rock, Anchorman, and Austin Powers.
About Me: I first got into reading Harry Potte about 8 years or so ago, however at the time I wasn't quite ready for Harry. But, shortly after Half-Blood Prince came out my sister re-hooked me onto the series, and I've been I fan since. When not transcribing I play the bass, baseball and percussion.

Kristin
Age: 19 (Birthday: August 24)
Location: New York
Email: kristinbackert at gmail dot com
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Favorite Music: R.E.M., The Who, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Placebo, and Genesis.
Favorite TV Shows: Lost, V, Degrassi, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Two and a Half Men, American Dad, and Friends.
Favorite Movies: In Bruges, Tremors, Pride and Glory, Harry Potter, Cookie's Fortune, Sweeney Todd, Sherlock Holmes, and The Lord of the Rings.
Favorite Books: Harry Potter, A Clockwork Orange, I Am the Messenger, Flowers in the Attic, Impulse, The Bartimaeus Trilogy, and It's Kind of a Funny Story.
About Me: My obsession with Harry Potter started in 1998, when I was ¾ of the way through the first book; I asked my mom if Snape was Voldemort, and she laughed and told me to keep reading. I decided to dedicate my life to knowing everything about Harry Potter, and I'm glad I did! Asides from being a wonderful series, it also has a wonderful fandom: from the midnight releases and premiers to the crazy Book 7 theories, this fandom has made the series an unforgettable part of my life. I discovered MuggleCast around episode 25, and have been an avid listener ever since. I work as a Writing Tutor in my university, and I hope to one day be a published author. When I'm not studying or working, I enjoy reading, writing, and cheering for the NY Yankees.

Kristina
Age: 15 (Birthday: October 20th)
Location: Washington D.C., Metropolitan area
Sections Maintained: MuggleCast Transcripts
Favorite Music: Jason Mraz, Motion City Soundtrack, Fall Out Boy, All American Rejects, Sara Bareilles, Plain White T's, Eric Hutchinson, All Time Low, The Beatles, U2, Scouting for Girls, Harry and the Potters, Draco and the Malfoys, Ministry of Magic. Basically anything, except Country and Classical.
Favorite TV Shows: The Office, 30 Rock, Chuck, The Mentalist.
Favorite Movies: Harry Potter, 21, Devil Wears Prada, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, Across the Universe.
About Me: I hated Harry Potter since I first heard about it. I read Sorcerer's Stone December 5th 2007, and I finished Deathly Hallows 11 days later. I now eat my words, Harry Potter is absolutely amazing, incredible, and all of the above. I love it and it has changed my world. Besides Harry Potter, acting, singing and dancing are my world. I'm in show-choir at my school, and I have been in tons of plays and performances and productions.

Leah
Age: 20s (Birthday: August 1st)
Location: New Jersey
Sections Maintained: MuggleCast Transcripts
Favorite Music: Anything I can dance to!
Favorite TV Shows: NCIS, Bones, Big Bang Theory, Criminal Minds, Dirty Jobs, That 70s Show
Favorite Movies: Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Paper Moon, The Sting, old school Disney
Favorite Books: Harry Potter series!, To Kill A Mockingbird, Holes, Da Vinci Code, Janet Evanovich novels
About Me: I started reading Harry Potter over 12 years ago when my parents bought the first book for my sister and she showed no interest. I picked it up instead, and I was hooked from the first page! I've been a listener of MuggleCast since 2006 and a fan of Mugglenet since way before that. It's so awesome to be a part of an amazing community. When I'm not on Mugglenet or listening to MuggleCast, I'm teaching high school math! In my spare time, I knit, read, and watch the NY Yankees and NY Jets beat some other mediocre team. Go MULES!

Liam
Age: 14 (Birthday: February 10)
Location: Ontario, Canada
Email: liamjustice at hotmail dot com
Sections Maintained: MuggleNet Transcripts
Favourite Movies: Zombieland, The Dark Knight, Inception, Angels & Demons, The Matrix, Harry Potter 3 & 7
Favourite TV Shows: Big Bang Theory, Glee, Mythbusters, Doctor Who
About Me: Watched The Philosopher's Stone at age 5 and have been an HP fan ever since. I discovered MuggleNet in July 2007 and became a MuggleCast listener soon after. I enjoy acting, writing, filmmaking, hanging out with friends, and, of course, anything Harry Potter. In the New Year, I'll be studying Psychology and Business.

Maritza
Age: 27 (Birthday: November 17th)
Location: Puerto Rico
Email: obsidian_vamp at yahoo dot com
Sections Mantained: MuggleCast Trannscripts
Favorite Music: Foo Fighters, Green Day, Jimmy Eat World, Michael Buble, John Mayer, Motion City Soundtrack, AC/DC, Elton John, The Beatles, The Ramones, Queen, No Doubt, U2, musicals.
Favorite TV Shows: The X-Files, The Twilight Zone, Friends, Scrubs, Angel, Dexter, True Blood, Supernatural, CSI: Las Vegas, NCIS, The Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, Dr. Who, Mythbusters.
Favorite Movies: The Lord of the Rings trilogy, E.T., Aliens, The Goonies, The Princess Bride, Garden State, Nosferatu, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, 28 Days Later, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Love Actually, Pan's Labyrinth, and of course, the Harry Potter series. Favorite Books: The Harry Potter series, The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings trilogy, Stephen King's IT, Anita Blake Vampire Hunter series, Jane Eyre, Boy's Life, Anansi Boys, Heart-Shaped Box, Edgar Allan Poe strories, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Like Water for Chocolate, Little Women.
About Me: I completed my BA in Education (Teaching English as a Second Language) and I am currently pursuing my Master's degree in Literature. Needless to say, I love reading. However, I did not want to read the Harry Potter series. After a couple of friends of mine promised me that I would like the series I gave it a shot. They were wrong; I loved it. I read the first three books in days and then I counted the days for the release of the fourth. I had officially become a fan. I started listening to MuggleCast in 2007 and joined the MuggleCast Transcribers team in 2010. When I am not writing my thesis, I watch TV, read (mostly Horror, Fantasy and Young Adult lit.), listen to podcasts and travel. I've met wonderful people through Harry Potter and it will always have a special place in my heart.

Matt
Age: 16
Location: Victoria, Australia
Sections Maintained: MuggleCast Transcripts
Favourite Music: Adam Brand, Garth Brooks, Gary Allan, Tim McGraw, Brooks & Dunn, Paul Kelly, Alan Jackson, Brad Paisley, Billy Joel, Joshua Kadison. My favourite song changes every day, but it's usually something by Adam Brand
Favourite TV Shows: Seinfeld, The Big Bang Theory, Top Gear
Favourite Movies: It's obvious, but Harry Potter! Also, Twilight, Meet the Parents, Forrest Gump and anything else starring Tom Hanks
Favourite Books: Again, Harry and Twilight. I also like Justin D'Ath and Andy Griffiths (they're Australian authors)
About Me: Back in 2001, I was a seven-year-old dragged along to the movies to see the first film in a series my older brother liked. I instantly fell in love with the whole thing, read the first four books shortly after, and dressed up for book releases etc after that. I did the whole thing: T-shirts, toys, bedspreads, birthday cakes etc. I also started on some major fan fiction projects but never got very far. I found MuggleNet in 2004, but didn't bother with MuggleCast until March 2009, when I downloaded a few for a long drive. I've been an avid fan ever since. Outside of Harry Potter, I am a huge cricket nut (playing and watching), a big supporter of the Geelong Footy Club in the AFL (Australian Football League). I like acting, having stupid conversations, and singing loudly to my country music.