Brendan

Position: Webmaster
Location: Massachusetts, USA
Age: 21 (Birthday: January 27)
Email: brendan@staff.marauders-map.org
AIM: MuggleNetBK
Hogwarts House: Gryffindor
Favorite HP Book: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Favorite Movie:Harry Potter 1-5 (particularly 5)
Favorite Color: Blue

Bio: Cindy, as she said, founded the site a while ago, and I happened to stumble across a post she made on the Official Harry Potter Message Boards in May of 2003 that asked for someone that knew HTML, so I decided to reply and help out. She and I have become good friends over the past seven years and I am thrilled to have been able to develop the site to where it is today! I am also on staff for MuggleNet.com (hence, my screen name above.)
When I'm not designing, I am very much involved in music. I compose occasionally and arrange frequently. In 2006, I composed the music for Machinal for the High School Drama Club. I play piano/organ, flute/piccolo, and keyboard percussion, to name a few. I am currently a pianist/organist at local churches and a music director for musical theatre productions. I would like to thank Catherine at MuggleNet/Harry Potter Fan Zone for your encouragement and support, and Zach from Harry Potter Fan Zone as well for the same. I can only hope to brush what you've accomplished!

Picture: Brendan at the JW Marriott on press for Lumos! 2006.

Cindy

Picture: Cindy at the Army's firing range, shooting an Army modified paintball gun

Julie

Position: FanFiction Admin/Principal News Editor
Location: Massachusetts, USA
Age: 23 (Birthday: June 25)
Email: julie@staff.marauders-map.org
AIM: MMapJulie
Hogwarts House: Raven-puff (though, more claw than huffle)
Favorite HP Book: Harry Potter and Prisoner of Azkaban
Favorite Book: Are you kidding? I read far too much to have a particular favorite, though Harry Potter is obviously up there or I wouldn't be here.
Favorite Movie: Boondock Saints...or maybe Batman Begins. I can't decide.
Favorite Color: Forest Green

Bio: Brendan and I are friends from high school. There was a lull in the staff and I used to beta Brendan's fanfiction, so he asked if I could fill in as the site's own personal beta. I agreed and now I'm senior staff and do a bit of everything! I also work for MuggleNet.com.
I fell in love with Harry Potter when the first book came out in the U.S. Potatoes and chocolate are my favorite foods, though not together because that's just gross. I adore Asian culture and have even taken some Japanese classes. I attend Salem State College (for the time being). Reading takes up a lot of my time and I have an intense fondness for theater. Tea is delicious, nutritious and I drink a heck-of-a-lot of it. Music is a way of life- more than just a mere passion.
I'm kinda quirky and joke around a lot, but I can be serious when I need to be.

Picture: Julie's theatre headshot

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Becca

Position: News Poster
Location: Massachusetts, USA
Age: 29 (Birthday: July 5)
Email: becca@staff.marauders-map.org
Hogwarts House: Ravenclaw
Favorite HP Book: Harry Potter and Prisoner of Azkaban for now, but I'll have to reread DH to be sure.
Favorite Book: Plays by Shakespeare or Stoppard, feminist lit, young adult lit, and mind-numbing fluff that entertains without making me think too much. Favorite Movie: Harry Potter 1-5, Pirates of the Caribbean 1-3, Rent, Center Stage, Shakespeare in Love, 10 Things I Hate About You, Romeo & Juliet (1996), animated Disney, The Newsies, Dirty Dancing and more.
Favorite Color: Purple... though, Blue is a very close second.

Bio: I came to Marauders Map through Brendan, whom I have known for more years than I would like to count. A high school English teacher by day, I spend most of my time working with various theatre groups, most notably the club run by fellow news poster (and one of my best friends) Emily. It is through theatre that I first met Brendan (and senior staffer Julie, too). With any remaining "free" time, I also like to dance, an old favorite pastime that has recently returned to being a larger (and wonderful) part of my life. I am the oldest of six kids in one big, crazy, Brady Bunch of a family. All of the siblings are Harry Potter fans, too.

Picture: Becca at Platform 9 and 3/4 at King's Cross