1. What is your real name? Jackie Johnson

2. When is your birthday? January 4, 1960

3. Place of residence? Kentucky

4. Why do you like to chat? I chat because I am a "Night Auel".

5. What do you do in real life? In real life I am an artist.

6. What do you do for fun, besides chatting? For fun, I am a voracious tennis player.

7. Personal motto? "Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you."

8. Favorite Earth's Children book? Valley of Horses

9. Least favorite Earth's Children book? Plains of Passage got a little repetitive.

10. Favorite Earth's Children character? Talut. He's so non-judgmental and accepting of people who are different.

11. Favorite H.C.C. moment? let me get back to you on this, I've been away for three months!!

12. Why did you decide to come to the chat in the first place? I came to chat looking for people to talk to in the middle of the night who are bright and articulate, so I figured a chat room associated with reading was a good place to look.

13. If you were a character in an Earth's Children book, which tribe would you belong to? Definitely Mamutoi.

14. What is your "bird"? Don't know the bird thing - I'll e-mail Liz.

15. What is one thing about yourself that the H.C.C.'s don't know? I have no secrets from anyone - sorry.