Les Hutchens is the Branch Manager at Matthews Library. He has worked for over 15 years in the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library system, and he first started working at the Matthews branch in 2011. Les has always appreciated learning from, working alongside, and leading the Matthews team, who he values as the most talented, positive, and collaborative group of community-focused library professionals anywhere. In his free time, Les enjoys reading, listening to music, taking long walks, and watching movies with his wife and their pet rabbit named "Queen Spud." Lately, Les has been reading a lot of Murakami, Vonnegut, and, typically, he has a non-fiction title or two on his nightstand as well.