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Bestsellers Club
December 1, 2019 - to date
Muse
$20,000+
Anonymous
Lisa Brown and Daniel Handler
Nicola Miner and Robert Mailer Anderson
Craig Newmark
Literary Angel
$10,000+
Jared Bhatti
Scott James and Gerald Cain
Nion McEvoy and Leslie Berriman
$20,000+
Anonymous
Lisa Brown and Daniel Handler
Nicola Miner and Robert Mailer Anderson
Craig Newmark
Literary Angel
$10,000+
Jared Bhatti
Scott James and Gerald Cain
Nion McEvoy and Leslie Berriman
Benefactor
$5,000–$9,999
BergDavis Public Affairs
Frances Dinkelspiel and Gary Wayne
The Rock Foundation
Swinerton Family Fund
Ellen Ullman Charitable Fund
$5,000–$9,999
BergDavis Public Affairs
Frances Dinkelspiel and Gary Wayne
The Rock Foundation
Swinerton Family Fund
Ellen Ullman Charitable Fund
Pillar
$2,500–$4,999
Anonymous
Nancy Calef and Jody Weiner
Vendela Vida and Dave Eggers
The Hawkins Project
Hellman Family Fund
Frances Hellman and Warren Breslau
Greg Sarris
Patron
$1,000–$2,499
Betsy Aubrey and Steve Lichtenberg
Terry Gamble and Peter Boyer
Martha Carter-Bhatti
Lisa Church
Barbara and Andy Fremder
Anne Germanacos
Michelle Jeffers
Susan Karp and Paul Haahr
Jeffrey Kanter
James Kass
The Richard J. Kruger Foundation
Kathryn Ma and Sanford Kingsley
Susan Moldaw
Sara Newmann and Doug Sovern
Teresa and Mike Olson
Caroline Paul
Lisa Poulson
Anne Schukat
Julia Flynn Siler and Charlie Siler
Frances Stroh
Donna Williamson
Barbara and Charlie Winton
James Wright
Patron
$1,000–$2,499
Betsy Aubrey and Steve Lichtenberg
Terry Gamble and Peter Boyer
Martha Carter-Bhatti
Lisa Church
Barbara and Andy Fremder
Anne Germanacos
Michelle Jeffers
Susan Karp and Paul Haahr
Jeffrey Kanter
James Kass
The Richard J. Kruger Foundation
Kathryn Ma and Sanford Kingsley
Susan Moldaw
Sara Newmann and Doug Sovern
Teresa and Mike Olson
Caroline Paul
Lisa Poulson
Anne Schukat
Julia Flynn Siler and Charlie Siler
Frances Stroh
Donna Williamson
Barbara and Charlie Winton
James Wright
Visionary
$500–$999
Natalie Baszile and Warrington S. Parker III
Joachim Bechtle
Medea and Bruce Bern
Judith Bernhard and Byron Spooner
Jill Bronfman
Angie Chau
Nancy Chirinos
City Lights
Carole Clarkson
Karyn DiGiorgio and Steve Sattler
Jordan Gill
Mady Jones
Amy Kaminer
Ruth Kaminer
Arline Klatte
Lila LaHood
Marianne Lonsdale
Susan Mattmann
Ana McCracken
Anne and Michael Parish
Patriarca Wang Family Fund of Horizons Foundation
Bora Reed
Gregg and Greta Schoenberg
Susan Shors and Brian Connors
Susan Thieme
Ted Weinstein
Icon
$250–$499
Kim Bancroft
John Caperton
Maura Devereux
Steven Dinkelspiel
Kevin Dublin
Alicia Falsetto and Doug Strauss
Peter Geoghegan
Gravity Goldberg
Andy and Rick Goldman
Melissa Kelley
Nancy Klehr
Deborah Krant and Tamim Ansary
Susan Lee
Lindsey and Ken Meyersieck
Debra Newman
Elise Proulx
Michelle Richmond
Jason Roberts
Tara Rudman
Gerrianne Sakamoto
Marcia and Murray Schneider
Barbara Scoble
Jennifer Siraganian
Mary Taugher
Kim Teevan
Catherine Thorpe
$250–$499
Kim Bancroft
John Caperton
Maura Devereux
Steven Dinkelspiel
Kevin Dublin
Alicia Falsetto and Doug Strauss
Peter Geoghegan
Gravity Goldberg
Andy and Rick Goldman
Melissa Kelley
Nancy Klehr
Deborah Krant and Tamim Ansary
Susan Lee
Lindsey and Ken Meyersieck
Debra Newman
Elise Proulx
Michelle Richmond
Jason Roberts
Tara Rudman
Gerrianne Sakamoto
Marcia and Murray Schneider
Barbara Scoble
Jennifer Siraganian
Mary Taugher
Kim Teevan
Catherine Thorpe
Luminary
$150–$249
Kimberly Bender
Karen Galatz and Jon Wellinghoff
Jane Ganahl
Luis Herrera
Colleen Irwin
Janine and Matt Kovac
Mary Ladd and Oscar Villalon
Christina Lu and Matt Lee
Kimia Madani
Maryanne McGlothlin
Liz Nichols
D.A. Powell
Danielle Roberts
Lydia Vidovich
Alia Volz and Kevin Hunsanger
Contributor
$100–$149
Joanne Austin
Louise Aronson
Debby and Marc Barach
JD Beltran
Leslie Berlin
Christa Bierma
Alison Bing
Carolyn Bishop
Matt Bissinger
Bettina Bocheff
Jack Boulware
Ianthe Brautigan Swensen
Robin Breuner
Leesa Brown
Rory Brown
Janine Vici Campbell
Judy Cardiff
Lynne Carlton
Mary Carter
Kristin Chambers
Karen Clayton
Chris Colin
Nadine Condon
Shelley Craig
Jasmin Darznik
Morgan Davis
Manisha Dayal
Lawrence Diamond
Deborah Dinerman and Eddie Maxwell
Debra Dout
Jonathan Evans
Thomas Farrell
Julie Fiero
Julie and Gregg Flynn
Rebecca Foust
Jessie Scrimager Gallaway
Jane Ganahl
Karen Garrison and David Edelson
Victoria Gilbert
Jessica Hansen
Thomas Hayden
Lynda Heideman
Summer Hirtzel
Vanessa Hua
Courtney Huizar
Alka Joshi
Lynne Kaminer
Mike Kappus
Mary Kelly and Larry Miller
Nancy Davis Kho
Trip Killin
Laurie King
Katie Korotzer
Jennifer Landig
Michael Larsen
Nina Lesowitz and Martin Eggenberger
Rachel Levin
Dan Lewin
Katherine Lewin
Katie Lewin
Jacqueline Luckett
Janice Maloney
Tina Martin
Daniel May
Kathleen McClung
Kathleen McCrea
Steve Meloan
Eliska Meyers
Kate Mitchell and David Cooper
Fawnda Mithrush
Heather Nelson
Alex Nichols
Diem Nguyen
Bisi Orisamolu
Marta Osterloh and Tony Curtiss
Bruce Overby
Sharon Ow-Wing
Amee Patel
Suzanne Portello
Lisa Rizzo
Nora Rodriguez Camagna
Adrienne Salinger
Allen Samelson
Courtney Saunders
Suanne Schafer
Kathryn Seligman
Emily Sellers
Kirin Sihota
Gaurav Singh
Keith Skinner
Amal and Rick Smith
Krista Smith
Neil Stollman
Patrick Taffe
Mark Taylor
Heather Turbeville
Cameron Tuttle
Alisha Vandenberg
Brielle Villablanca
Bridget Wagner
Ethan Watters
Rachel Weiner
Lynn Werner
Anne Wilbur
Thet Win
Jennifer Winch
Ann Winters
SatMien Yap
$100–$149
Joanne Austin
Louise Aronson
Debby and Marc Barach
JD Beltran
Leslie Berlin
Christa Bierma
Alison Bing
Carolyn Bishop
Matt Bissinger
Bettina Bocheff
Jack Boulware
Ianthe Brautigan Swensen
Robin Breuner
Leesa Brown
Rory Brown
Janine Vici Campbell
Judy Cardiff
Lynne Carlton
Mary Carter
Kristin Chambers
Karen Clayton
Chris Colin
Nadine Condon
Shelley Craig
Jasmin Darznik
Morgan Davis
Manisha Dayal
Lawrence Diamond
Deborah Dinerman and Eddie Maxwell
Debra Dout
Jonathan Evans
Thomas Farrell
Julie Fiero
Julie and Gregg Flynn
Rebecca Foust
Jessie Scrimager Gallaway
Jane Ganahl
Karen Garrison and David Edelson
Victoria Gilbert
Jessica Hansen
Thomas Hayden
Lynda Heideman
Summer Hirtzel
Vanessa Hua
Courtney Huizar
Alka Joshi
Lynne Kaminer
Mike Kappus
Mary Kelly and Larry Miller
Nancy Davis Kho
Trip Killin
Laurie King
Katie Korotzer
Jennifer Landig
Michael Larsen
Nina Lesowitz and Martin Eggenberger
Rachel Levin
Dan Lewin
Katherine Lewin
Katie Lewin
Jacqueline Luckett
Janice Maloney
Tina Martin
Daniel May
Kathleen McClung
Kathleen McCrea
Steve Meloan
Eliska Meyers
Kate Mitchell and David Cooper
Fawnda Mithrush
Heather Nelson
Alex Nichols
Diem Nguyen
Bisi Orisamolu
Marta Osterloh and Tony Curtiss
Bruce Overby
Sharon Ow-Wing
Amee Patel
Suzanne Portello
Lisa Rizzo
Nora Rodriguez Camagna
Adrienne Salinger
Allen Samelson
Courtney Saunders
Suanne Schafer
Kathryn Seligman
Emily Sellers
Kirin Sihota
Gaurav Singh
Keith Skinner
Amal and Rick Smith
Krista Smith
Neil Stollman
Patrick Taffe
Mark Taylor
Heather Turbeville
Cameron Tuttle
Alisha Vandenberg
Brielle Villablanca
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
Roxanne Bales
Lucy Bernholz
Donna and David Bero
Lucy Bledsoe
Katie Burke
Christina Campbell
Kathleen Clarke
Laura Cogan
Pamela Corson
Tomi Cunningham
Samantha Driks
Ellyn Farrelly
Rodes Fishburne
B. Lynn Goodwin
George Higgins
Cheryl Howell
Mark Humphrey
Cristina Ibarra
Ramesh Joshi
Lee Kravetz
Heather Mackey and Grant Faulkner
Shana Mahaffey
Ellen Mann
Chris and B.J. Martin
Susan McGarry
MaryLee McNeal
Molly Michelson
Beatie Moe
Eileen Nash
Ellen and David Newman
Prasant Nukalapati
Katy Olds
Therese Parillo
Maya Rath and Jonathan Ring
Rebecca Reeves
Douglas Robson
Ethel Rohan
Carol Roote
Julie Russell
Laura Saunders
Mel Schmidt
Samantha Schoech
Gabrielle Selz
Jennifer Shaw
Carol Ruth Silver
Andrei Starobin
Robin Stern
Robert Stricker
Shirley Svihra
Mary Gayle Thomas
Bonnie Tsui
Olga Zilberbourg
Natalie Zwingman
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