A librarian at Odessa College and Texas Master Naturalist in training. Mallory loves helping readers discover new books and teaching college students how to do academic research. She has also spent some years as a youth librarian and early childhood teacher. Her popular Instagram account, @starlight_readingtx frequently features nature-related book reviews and recommendations.

For the Autumn 2024 issue, Mallory recommended The Milkweed Lands: An Epic Story of One Plant Its Nature and Ecology, Eric Lee-Mader (Illustrated by Beverly Duncan), Storey Publishing, 2023, 120 pages.