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Event Committee

Authors Auction Committee
Karen Malin, Lead

Tulika Agarwal

Kathy Bratcher

Mary Weatherup

Melinda Wynar

Organizing Committee
Andrea Recht MacDonald, Co-Chair

Karen Silberman, Co-Chair

Betina Greenberg

Sandra Korwek

Karen Malin

Vera Pitrofsky

Featured Guests

Ayad Akhtar

Dr. Seth Lerer

Authors Auction

Mary Kubica

Rafael Lopez

Rick Lupert

Barney Mann

Kimmery Martin

Susan Meissner

David Miller

Laura Taylor Namey

Mark Oshiro

Eric Peterson

Dr. A. Pulido

Christopher Reich

Lisa See

Rick Seidenwurm

Brian Selznick

Joey Seymour

Barbara Stark-Nemon

Liz Fenton & Lisa Steinke

Diana Todaro

Marcie Wessels

Kiri Westby

Authors

Chris Baron

Jennifer Coburn

Marcie Colleen

Rachel Conners

Matt Coyle

Lacy Crawford

Kim Dickson

Jan Eliasberg

Iris Engstrand

Chris Epting

Michele Gable

Jack Gantos

George Geary

Shilpi Somaya Gowda

Walt Gragg

Neal Griffin

Heather Gudenkauf

Jill G. Hall

R.D. Kardon

Adib Khorram

Mission Marketplace

Geppetto’s Toys

Rodan + Fields

Saavi

Shops & Restaurants
Be Boutique

Boon Supply

Bookshop.org

Chrisi’s Creations


Marketing, Video Production

David Kiang

Events.com

Event Volunteers

Ed Burns

Jodi Kennedy

Jamie Orose