She Got a Book Deal. Obviously.
By Friday, Danielle Voss had been contacted by three literary agents, two podcast networks, a documentary production company, and one very confused local realtor who misread the situation entirely. By the following Monday, she had signed a deal for a coffee table book titled ‘The Living Canon: Classical Art Reimagined,’ due out next spring from a major New York publisher.
The advance was, according to sources close to Danielle, ‘significantly more than six years of librarian salary.’ She will remain at the Millbrook Public Library, by choice, because — and this is a direct quote — ‘the library is where I belong and also the Wi-Fi is fantastic.’
The Lesson? Never Judge a Book By Its Cardigan
The story of Danielle Voss has now been picked up by outlets in fourteen countries. A Twitter thread about her went viral in Japan. An Italian newspaper ran the headline ‘La Bibliotecaria Americana Conquista Internet’ with what everyone agrees is an extremely flattering photo. A petition to make @ClassicsAndCurves required viewing in AP Art History classes has 22,000 signatures and climbing.
As for Ms. Voss herself, she was spotted this morning at the Millbrook library checkout desk, cardigan buttoned to the top, glasses perched on her nose, recommending a biography of Caravaggio to a retired plumber named Steve who had never previously expressed interest in 17th-century Italian painters. Steve seemed very engaged. The library had a two-hour wait for a computer terminal. Life in Millbrook, it seems, will never quite be the same.
