LIANE HANSEN is the long-time host of NPR’s award-winning Weekend Edition Sunday and foil to Will Shortz for the Sunday Puzzle segment. She brings to her position an extensive background in broadcast journalism, including work as a radio producer, reporter, and on-air host at both the local and national level. She has received an Emmy Award for “She Says/Women in News” (narrator) directed by Barbara Ricks. Hansen was also part of NPR's coverage of Sept. 11, which received the 2001 Peabody Award.