Nancy P. Stork received her Ph.D. in 1985 from the University of Toronto, where she specialized in Old English and Latin and worked on the Dictionary of Old English. She has written on Aldhelm’s Riddles, the Battle of Maldon, Margery Kempe, monastic sign language, Jacques Fournier’s inquisition records, and John Steinbeck. Currently Associate Chair of English, San Jose State University, she is grateful to SJSU for a sabbatical spent happily at the Bodleian Library, Oxford.