Randal Brandt

Randal Brandt is a librarian at The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, where he serves as Head of Cataloging and as Curator of the California Detective Fiction Collection, firmly placing him at the intersection of rare books and mystery fiction. He is a member of the American Library Association’s Rare Books and Manuscripts Section, a member of Mystery Writers of America, currently serving on the board of the Northern California chapter, and on the faculty of California Rare Book School, where he teaches rare book cataloging.