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Notes on contributor
Elizabeth Tucker specializes in children’s and adolescents’ folklore, folklore of the supernatural, and legends. Her books include Campus legends: A handbook (2005), Haunted halls: Ghostlore of American college campuses (2007), Children’s folklore: A handbook (2008), Haunted Southern tier (2011) and New York state folklife reader: Diverse voices, co-edited with Ellen McHale (2013). With Lynne S. McNeill, she is co-author of the forthcoming book Legend trips: A contemporary legend handbook. She has edited Children’s Folklore review and served as president of the International Society for Contemporary Legend Research and the Children’s Folklore Section of the American Folklore Society; she is also a Fellow of the American Folklore Society.