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Bestsellers Club
December 1, 2019 - to date
Muse
$20,000+
Anonymous
Lisa Brown and Daniel Handler
Margaret and Will Hearst
Nicola Miner and Robert Mailer Anderson
Craig Newmark
Literary Angel
$10,000+
Frances Dinkelspiel and Gary Wayne
Nion McEvoy and Leslie Berriman
$20,000+
Anonymous
Lisa Brown and Daniel Handler
Margaret and Will Hearst
Nicola Miner and Robert Mailer Anderson
Craig Newmark
Literary Angel
$10,000+
Frances Dinkelspiel and Gary Wayne
Nion McEvoy and Leslie Berriman
Benefactor
$5,000–$9,999
Jared Bhatti
Anne Germanacos
Scott James and Gerald Cain
Ellen Ullman Charitable Fund
$5,000–$9,999
Jared Bhatti
Anne Germanacos
Scott James and Gerald Cain
Ellen Ullman Charitable Fund
Pillar
$2,500–$4,999
Anonymous
Nancy Calef and Jody Weiner
Evette Davis
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Terry Gamble and Peter Boyer
Hellman Family Fund
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James Kass
Greg Sarris
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Swinerton Family Fund
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Patron
$1,000–$2,499
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Nancy Chirinos
Tom Collins, Taketomo Foundation
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Michelle Jeffers
The Richard J. Kruger Foundation
Kathryn Ma and Sanford Kingsley
Susan Moldaw
Eddie Muller
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Caroline Paul
Lisa Poulson
Anne Schukat
Frances Stroh
Donna Williamson
Mordechai Winter
James Wright
Patron
$1,000–$2,499
Betsy Aubrey and Steve Lichtenberg
Nancy Chirinos
Tom Collins, Taketomo Foundation
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The Richard J. Kruger Foundation
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Eddie Muller
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Caroline Paul
Lisa Poulson
Anne Schukat
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Mordechai Winter
James Wright
Visionary
$500–$999
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Jill Bronfman
Mary Carter
Angie Chau
City Lights
Louise Carroll Conner and Arthur Conner
Karen Galatz and Jon Wellinghoff
Jordan Gill
David Guerrero
Luis Herrera
Mady Jones
Amy Kaminer
Ruth Kaminer
Lila LaHood
Marianne Lonsdale
Susan Mattmann
Katey Mulfinger
Patriarca Wang Family Fund of Horizons Foundation
Bora Reed
Gregg and Greta Schoenberg
Olivia Sears
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Gabrielle Selz
Susan Shors and Brian Connors
Vendela Vida and Dave Eggers
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Ted Weinstein
Barbara and Charlie Winton
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$250–$499
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Kim Bancroft
Dylan and Dean Baquet
Kimberly Bender
Medea and Bruce Bern
Diane Carr
Maura Devereux
Pamela and Steven Dinkelspiel
Stephen Donnelly
Marilee Enge and George Frost
Margaret Federico
Janine Firpo
Lynda Heideman
Hertz Gelfand Charitable Foundation
Jenny and Sandy Israel
Melissa Kelley
Deborah Krant and Tamim Ansary
Susan Lee
James McElwee
Brenda Moreno
Debra Newman
Marta Osterloh and Tony Curtiss
Anne and Michael Parish
Elise Proulx
Jason Roberts
Anna Sawyer
Marcia and Murray Schneider
Carol Ruth Silver
Ellen Sussman and Neal Rothman
Susan Thieme
Catherine Thorpe
Alia Volz and Kevin Hunsanger
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$250–$499
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Kim Bancroft
Dylan and Dean Baquet
Kimberly Bender
Medea and Bruce Bern
Diane Carr
Maura Devereux
Pamela and Steven Dinkelspiel
Stephen Donnelly
Marilee Enge and George Frost
Margaret Federico
Janine Firpo
Lynda Heideman
Hertz Gelfand Charitable Foundation
Jenny and Sandy Israel
Melissa Kelley
Deborah Krant and Tamim Ansary
Susan Lee
James McElwee
Brenda Moreno
Debra Newman
Marta Osterloh and Tony Curtiss
Anne and Michael Parish
Elise Proulx
Jason Roberts
Anna Sawyer
Marcia and Murray Schneider
Carol Ruth Silver
Ellen Sussman and Neal Rothman
Susan Thieme
Catherine Thorpe
Alia Volz and Kevin Hunsanger
Luminary
$150–$249
Emily Alter
Roxanne Bales
Leslie Berlin
Donna and David Bero
Will Donahoe
Julie and Gregg Flynn
Sara Frankel
Colleen Irwin
Janine and Matt Kovac
Christina Lu and Matt Lee
Maryanne McGlothlin
Steve Meloan
D.A. Powell
Contributor
$100–$149
Joanne Austin
Louise Aronson
JD Beltran
Carolyn Bishop
Jack Boulware
Ianthe Brautigan Swensen
Robin Breuner
Rory Brown
Janine Vici Campbell
John Caperton
Judy Cardiff
Lynne Carlton
Kristin Chambers
Karen Clayton
Chris Colin
Nadine Condon
Shelley Craig
Jasmin Darznik
Morgan Davis
Manisha Dayal
Ned Dodds
Debra Dout
Kevin Dublin
Jonathan Evans
Rebecca Foust
Jane Ganahl
Karen Garrison and David Edelson
Victoria Gilbert
George Higgins
Summer Hirtzel
Vanessa Hua
Courtney Huizar
Alka Joshi
Lynne Kaminer
Mike Kappus
Mary Kelly and Larry Miller
Nancy Davis Kho
Laurie King
Deborah Kirshman
Katie Korotzer
Mary Ladd and Oscar Villalon
Jennifer Landig
Michael Larsen
Nina Lesowitz and Martin Eggenberger
Rachel Levin
Jacqueline Luckett
Janice Maloney
Tina Martin
Daniel May
Kathleen McClung
Eliska Meyers
Lindsey and Ken Meyersieck
Fawnda Mithrush
Alex Nichols
Diem Nguyen
Sharon Ow-Wing
Amee Patel
Suzanne Portello
Lisa Rizzo
Nora Rodriguez Camagna
Adrienne Salinger
Allen Samelson
Suanne Schafer
Kathryn Seligman
Emily Sellers
Kirin Sihota
Jennifer Siriganian
Keith Skinner
Amal and Rick Smith
Neil Stollman
Patrick Taffe
Heather Turbeville
Cameron Tuttle
Bridget Wagner
Ethan Watters
Rachel Weiner
Lynn Werner
Anne Wilbur
Thet Win
Jennifer Winch
Ann Winters
SatMien Yap
$100–$149
Joanne Austin
Louise Aronson
JD Beltran
Carolyn Bishop
Jack Boulware
Ianthe Brautigan Swensen
Robin Breuner
Rory Brown
Janine Vici Campbell
John Caperton
Judy Cardiff
Lynne Carlton
Kristin Chambers
Karen Clayton
Chris Colin
Nadine Condon
Shelley Craig
Jasmin Darznik
Morgan Davis
Manisha Dayal
Ned Dodds
Debra Dout
Kevin Dublin
Jonathan Evans
Rebecca Foust
Jane Ganahl
Karen Garrison and David Edelson
Victoria Gilbert
George Higgins
Summer Hirtzel
Vanessa Hua
Courtney Huizar
Alka Joshi
Lynne Kaminer
Mike Kappus
Mary Kelly and Larry Miller
Nancy Davis Kho
Laurie King
Deborah Kirshman
Katie Korotzer
Mary Ladd and Oscar Villalon
Jennifer Landig
Michael Larsen
Nina Lesowitz and Martin Eggenberger
Rachel Levin
Jacqueline Luckett
Janice Maloney
Tina Martin
Daniel May
Kathleen McClung
Eliska Meyers
Lindsey and Ken Meyersieck
Fawnda Mithrush
Alex Nichols
Diem Nguyen
Sharon Ow-Wing
Amee Patel
Suzanne Portello
Lisa Rizzo
Nora Rodriguez Camagna
Adrienne Salinger
Allen Samelson
Suanne Schafer
Kathryn Seligman
Emily Sellers
Kirin Sihota
Jennifer Siriganian
Keith Skinner
Amal and Rick Smith
Neil Stollman
Patrick Taffe
Heather Turbeville
Cameron Tuttle
Bridget Wagner
Ethan Watters
Rachel Weiner
Lynn Werner
Anne Wilbur
Thet Win
Jennifer Winch
Ann Winters
SatMien Yap
Booster
$50–$99
Claudette Allison
Andrew Altschul
Joni Anderson
Alison Bing
Lucy Bledsoe
Katie Burke
Christina Campbell
Kathleen Clarke
Laura Cogan
Pamela Corson
Tomi Cunningham
Rodes Fishburne
B. Lynn Goodwin
Susan Helmrich and Richard Levine
Cheryl Howell
Mark Humphrey
Ramesh Joshi
Lee Kravetz
Heather Mackey and Grant Faulkner
Shana Mahaffey
Ellen Mann
Chris and B.J. Martin
Susan McGarry
MaryLee McNeal
Eileen Nash
Ellen and David Newman
Katy Olds
Maya Rath and Jonathan Ring
Rebecca Reeves
Ethel Rohan
Carol Roote
Laura Saunders
Mel Schmidt
Samantha Schoech
Jennifer Shaw
Robin Stern
Robert Stricker
Shirley Svihra
Bonnie Tsui
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