Holland Saltsman is the owner of The Novel Neighbor in St. Louis. After 15 years in Higher Education Administration, Holland was looking to create a space for carefully curated books, a showcase for local, independent artists as well as a community gathering space and that vision for The Novel Neighbor opened in 2014. After seeing the need to connect authors and their books with underserved St. Louis school districts, she founded the Noble Neighbor in 2019. Holland has always loved reading and some of her favorite children’s books are The Secret Garden, When You Reach Me and Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero as well as her all-time favorite adult fiction, The Sparrow. Holland enjoys hearing live music at The Pageant, working her way through all the great restaurants in St. Louis  and spending time at the Missouri Botanical Gardens and Contemporary Art Museum. For more information, follow her @hollandsays.