First Edition Club
“There’s no money in poetry,” wrote Robert Graves, “but then there’s no poetry in money either.” We beg to differ. Philanthropic giving is an art, a creative and conscious gesture. The Bay Area Book Festival would not exist if not for the generosity of the following donors, our poets of the pocketbook.
Laureates: $100,000 +
- City of Berkeley*
- Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria
- Margaret and Will Hearst*
- Stephen M. Silberstein Foundation*
Best Seller: $50,000 +
- Anonymous
- Anne Germanacos
- Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation*
- Nion McEvoy and Leslie Berriman*
- Norway House Foundation*
- Reed Schmidt*
- Stocker Foundation
Prize Winner: $10,000-$49,999
- 11th Hour Project
- 2000 Center St. LLC/John Lineweaver
- Abrams-Millikan and the Fourth Street Shops (Berkeley)*
- ALTA – Journal of Alta California
- Alibris
- Anne Germanacos*
- Anonymous
- AT&T*
- Avalon Books*
- The Bernard Osher Foundation
- Bayer
- Beneficial State Foundation
- Betsy Strong
- Center for the Art of Translation
- Consulate General of Mexico, San Francisco*
- Consulate General of Canada in San Francisco
- Chronicle Books*
- Culture Ireland
- Diana Divecha
- Finlandia Foundation National*
- George Rehm
- Goethe-Insitut San Francisco
- Guy and Jeanine Saperstein*
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Kerry Tepperman Campbell (WL)
- Mal Warwick*
- MFA in Writing at the University of San Francisco
- Mays Family Charitable Fund/Ramona and John Mays*
- Mother Jones
- North Berkeley Investment Partners
- Otis and Elizabeth Chandler*
- Peter Wiley
- Saul Zaentz Foundation
- Stocker Foundation*
- Thomas Lockard & Alix Marduel
- UC Berkeley Arts + Design Sponsorship
- UC Berkeley Chancellor’s Community Partnership Fund*
- Zoetic Press and Lise Quintana*
- Visit Berkeley
- Wunderbar Together Initiative
Hot New Talent: $5,000-$9,999
- Arlie and Adam Hochschild*
- Anonymous
- Avalon Travel
- American Endowment Foundation
- Berkeley Patients Group
- Berkeley Public Library Foundation
- Burning Man*
- Carolyn and Richard Beahrs
- Charles Schwab Foundation*
- Center for the Art of Translation*
- Consulate General of Sweden in San Francisco
- Danish Arts Foundation
- Donna and Ken Coit (WL)
- Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Memorial Fund
- Downtown Berkeley Association
- Dutch Foundation for Literature / Letterenfonds
- Edith Jackson and Thomas W. Richardson, Jr.
- Farmer’s Insurance/Ruth Stroup*
- GEICO*
- George Lucas Family Foundation*
- Hachette Book Group
- HarperOne*
- Jennifer and David Risher
- Jewish Community Center East Bay
- Literature Translation Institute of Korea (LTI Korea)
- Meyer Sound
- NORLA – Norwegian Literature Abroad
- Suzanne and Italo Calpestri*
- Patrick Kennedy, Panoramic Interests*
- Pyramid Hotel Group*
- Richard Beahrs
- SACHI: Society for Art and Cultural Heritage of India
- Scribd, Inc.*
- Terry Gamble
- Three Guineas Fund*
- Zuade Kaufman
Breakout Author: $1,000-$4,999
- Amy Tran (WL)
- Anonymous (6)*
- Alicia J. Donahue
- Allen Matthews
- Barbara Holmes (WL)
- Barbara Morrison (WL)
- Barbara Yoder*
- Catherine Pyke (WL)
- Charles and Barbara Winton
- Christin Evans and Praveen Madan*
- Consulate General of France in San Francisco
- Consulate General of Switzerland in San Francisco
- Damon Horowitz
- Deepak Chopra
- Donna Weidner
- FILI – Finnish Literature Exchange
- Eleni and Markos Kounalakis*
- Elizabeth Yarborough and Peter Hagist
- Emily Sellers
- French American Cultural Society*
- Friends of the Berkeley Public Library*
- Gary Pomerantz*
- Golden Gate Organics
- Google/Benevity Community Impact Fund*
- Greg Sarris
- Iceland Naturally
- Icelandic Literature Center*
- Ingram*
- Italian Cultural Institute*
- John Lineweaver, in memory of Robert San Souci*
- Jeffrey Bleich and Rebecca Pratt Bleich
- Jeffrey Bluestone*
- Jennifer Fearon*(WL)
- JP Morgan Charitable Giving Fund
- Julie Abrams (WL)
- Kate Beckwith
- Kate Jessup and Igor Zagatsky
- Kenyatta Monroe-Sinkler
- Kikoko
- Laura Lambert (WL)
- Laura Tyson and Erik Tarloff
- Lore Harp McGovern
- Marcy Taylor Pattinson (WL)
- Mark Kamena
- Marty and Pamela Krasney
- Mechanics Bank*
- Olivia Sears (WL)
- Robert Benson
- Robert and Nancy Bishop*
- Royal Danish Embassy / Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark
- Ruth Shapiro
- Sandra McCandless (WL)
- Seven Design Group, Inc.*
- Sharon Lane (WL)
- Shimi Rahim*
- Sidney Wolinsky and Patricia Kirkpatrick
- Steve Beck and Candice Eggerss*
- Susan Pritzker (WL)
- Suzanne LaFetra Collier
- Swan’s Fine Books*
- Todd David Hodes
- Trenia Today*
- VISA*
- Warner Coaching
- Wendy Cosin
- Zipporah W Collins
- Zipcar Sponsorship
Literary Muse: $100-$999
- Anonymous (4)
- Al & Ann Wasserman*
- Alejandra Hermosillo*
- Amanda Weil
- Amy Draemel and Ben Barry
- Amy Marcott*
- Amy Thomas
- Ann Farmer*
- Anna Pletcher (WL)
- Anne McCarten-Gibbs
- Anna Roberts (WL)
- Anne E. Simon (WL)
- Anniqua Rana (WL)
- Antonia Hayes*
- Arthur Bryant*
- Asiya Jefari (WL)
- Barbara Friday (WL)
- Barbara O’Hay
- Barbara Ridley (WL)
- Belva Moore*
- Berkeley Baby Book Project*
- Berkeley Massage and Acupuncture*
- Bob Bailey
- Brian Bock and Susan Rosin
- Bridget Quinn (WL)
- Brooke Warner*
- Cherene Unrau (WL)
- Cherif Jazra
- Cheryll Marsh
- California Writers Club*
- Cara Black (WL)
- Carla Frazier
- Carol Edlund (WL)
- Cathryn Ramin*
- Charla Gabert (WL)
- Cherilyn Parsons*
- Christy Hayes
- Cindy Hegger, Linda Carlson (WL)
- Ceil Tilney in honor of everyone who likes books
- Celine Shimizu
- Charles Ashman*
- Claudia Hess (WL)
- Claudia Smukler
- Colleen Morton Busch
- Cosette Ratliff*
- Cristi Delgado (WL)
- Cristina Campbell
- Dale Marie Golden (WL)
- Daneet Steffens*
- Daphne White (WL)
- Darlene Vendegna
- David Frankel
- David Hochschild and Cynthia Li
- David Strachan
- David Zebker
- Deb Janes
- Deborah Doyle*
- Dede Dewey
- Deirdre English*(WL)
- Deirdre Greene (WL)
- Destiny Kinal (WL)
- Devi Laskar
- Diana Parker (WL)
- Diana Passadori (WL)
- Diane Filippi (WL)
- Diane Lee Davenport*
- Diane Plank
- Dickson Louie
- Don Moore
- Donna Weidner (WL)
- Doris Kretschmer
- Dorothy Taylor*
- Dorty Nowak (WL)
- Dr. Monique Andrews, Dr. Tamara MacIntyre (WL)
- Edward Lopez
- Elaine Katrzenberger
- Eleanore Lee
- Elinor Froemsdorf*
- Elizabeth Ferguson
- Elizabeth Farnsworth
- Elizabeth Krivatsy (WL)
- Elizabeth Pomada and Michael Larsen*
- Elizabeth Sundstrom*
- Elizabeth Suzuki (WL)
- Ellen Moyer*
- Ellen Pechman
- Ellen Singer in honor of Suzanne Calpestri (WL)
- Elysa Walk*
- Emily and Ian Foley (WL)
- Eric Proegler
- Erin MacCool
- Esther Hirsh (WL)
- Ethan Nosowsky*
- Evie and Gordon Wozniak
- Fran Quittel (WL)
- Frances Dinkelspiel*
- Fred Hetzel
- Fyodor Urnov
- Fyza Parviz & Cherif Jazra
- G. Cottraux*
- Gaurav Bhalla*
- Gemma Datuin
- Geoffrey Rothman
- Gina Mackintosh
- Gina Rieger (WL)
- Glen Friedman in honor of Joseph and Ingeborg Friedman and Tirzah Mailkoff
- Gopi Kallayil
- Grace Robenstein*
- Graham Freeman*
- Heather Gulino*
- Heather Levien
- Heather Shane
- Heather Young (WL)
- Holly Forman*
- Inocencia Dacumos*
- Ivory Madison*
- Jack Sawyer*
- Jackie Kudler (WL)
- Jaime Mulligan
- James Hanser
- Jane Kaplan
- Janeann Fontenot
- Janet Schneider*
- Jean Parekh
- Jennie Hutchinson (WL)
- Jerre Merchant (WL)
- Jesse Berrett*
- JoDee Brandon
- John E Z Caner, Jr.
- John Gage and Linda Schacht*
- John Maccabee*
- John Sommers*
- Jonathan DeYoe
- Jonathan Miller*
- Joanne Landers
- John Caner
- Joseph Di Prisco
- Joseph Shoji*
- Judie Guerriero (WL)
- Judith Myers (WL)
- Julia Callahan
- Julia Flynn Siler
- Julie Montanari
- Julie McNamara (WL)
- June Curtis
- Lynn Spitler, MD
- Karen Duffin*
- Karen Glasser (WL)
- Karen Kerner in honor of Peggy Kerner (WL)
- Karen Lowhurst
- Karen McKie*
- Karma Christine Salvato*
- Katherine Beckwith (WL)
- Kathleen Brown (WL)
- Kathleen A. Hess
- Kathleen Hunt*
- Kathy Huff
- Kay Maruhashi*(WL)
- Keith Skinner*
- Kelly Corrigan*
- Kenyatta Monroe-Sinkler (WL)
- Kevin Koontz
- Kia Wang Nevarez
- Kim Belgarde
- Kim and Barbara Marienthal (WL)
- Kris Otis (WL)
- Kristin Griffith (WL)
- Krisanne Combs
- Kusum Pandey on behalf of Sonia and Shalin Dwivedi (WL)
- Laskar Family
- Larry Martel
- Laura Basha*
- Laura Ferrell
- Laura Lambert
- Lauren Howard
- Leslie Walker
- Lincoln Smith
- Linda Perkins
- Linda Wroth
- Lisa Baggs (WL)
- Lisa and Michael Caplan*
- Louis Freedberg
- Lori Patel (WL)
- Lori Lewis in memory of my mother who instilled my love of books (WL)
- Lucille Poskanzer*
- Lucy Hilmer
- Lucinda Lee and Daniel Smith
- Manikya Veena
- Malcolm Margolin
- Marcia Pizzo (WL)
- Margie Yee Webb*
- Mark Hertsgaard*
- Marni Rothman
- Mary Dwyer*
- Mary Ellen Hannibal
- Maw Shein Win (WL)
- Maureen Dixon*
- Maxine Epstein (WL)
- Mayor Joan Cox (WL)
- Meg Kellogg (WL)
- MFA in Creative Writing at St. Mary’s College
- Mia Gittlen
- Michael Holmes
- Michael Larsen
- Michelle Jurika
- Milena Flore in memory of Ruth Falsetto, mother (WL)
- Mina Witteman (WL)
- Mme Marie-Jose Sat (WL)
- Molly Fraker (WL)
- Monica Wesolowska and David Fisher*
- Morgan Moore
- Nancy Allen
- Nancy E. King
- Nancy McCormick
- Nancy Mueller*
- Nancy Joann Taylor (WL)
- Nancy Rubin*
- Naomi Williams
- Nhu Chau
- Pamela Elder*
- Pamela Livingston (WL)
- Pamela Reitman (WL)
- Patricia Barich
- Patricia Sylvie*
- Patrick and Lee Hackett
- Paul Vanderventer*
- Peter and Cathleen Schwartz*
- Phyllis Josi (WL)
- Phyra McCandless (WL)
- Rachel Kahn-Hut
- Rachel Kaufman
- Rachel Mercer*
- Rachel Richardson* (WL)
- Rachel Sarah (WL)
- Raoul Cadet
- Rare Bird Lit
- Rhoda Haberman
- Rich Lyons
- Rick Clogher*
- Robert Ward*
- Robin Lorenz
- Robin Pille
- Robin Sloan
- Robin Slovak (WL)
- Robyn Barker
- Rosanna Malatesta
- Rosemary Graham
- Samara Dun
- Sandi Brod and Dennis DeDomenico*
- Sally Lieber in memory of Frannie Pierce (WL)
- Sara Campos*
- Sarah Manyika (WL)
- Sarah vanOphuijsen (WL)
- Shelia Banning*
- Sherry Page (WL)
- Soso Adae*
- Steve Kaye*
- Steven Nightingale
- Steven Piersanti*
- Susan Christopher (WL)
- Susan Evans and Peter Clarke*
- Susan Jacobs (WL)
- Tama McCoy (WL)
- Teresa LeYung-Ryan*
- Terrie Eusterbrock (WL)
- Terry Parsons*
- The Bahat Family*
- The Berkeley Baby Book Project in memory of Miriam Hawley
- Thomas and Carol Leonard
- Thomishia Booker (WL)
- Tina Gabby*
- Toni Miles (WL)
- Torrie Vail*
- TPG Global, LLC*
- Tracy DeLuca (WL)
- Unity Barry*
- Valerie Sopher
- Vanessa Hua (WL)
- Vera and John Pardee*
- Victoria Costello (WL)
- Victoria Shoemaker and Richard Friedman
- Vijaya Nagarajan (WL)
- Vita Wells*(WL)
- Vivian and Bill Roller* in honor of Dan Ellsberg
- Julie Billings and Jon Kaplan
- Wendy Breuer
- Wendy Cosin (WL)
- West Side Books
- William and Linda Schieber*
- William Walker
- William Newton
- Zelda Pusey (WL)
- Zipporah Collins*
Paperback Writer: Up to $99
- Aaron Baggs
- Andree Abecassis
- Anonymous (5)
- Anonymous on behalf of Lisa Matlock
- Aimee McEnerney*
- Alex & Elizabeth Deans*
- Alice Truscott
- Amy Seward*
- Amy Worth*
- Andrea Meghrouni-Brown
- Andree Abecassis
- Andrew Weiner
- Angelica Carpenter (WL)
- Anita Goldstein*
- Anke Hemmerling
- Ann R Tissue
- AEW
- Ann Whalley
- Anne McCarten-Gibbs
- Anne Whitacre
- April Hopkins
- Avi Rappoport*
- Barbara Gemmil-Herran
- Barbara Harrison*
- Barbara McEnerney
- Barbara Ryken
- Barbara Solomon
- Barbara Sullivan
- Barbara Tittle
- Barry Benioff
- Becky and Dean Draemel
- Beth Frankland
- Bonnie Stinson*
- Bonnie Weston*
- Bridget Stringer*
- Buda Kajer-Crain
- Burnierose Wilson*
- C J Singh
- Candice Rangel*
- Cara Black*
- Carla & Peter Dalton
- Carol Fairweather*
- Carolyn Roundey
- Carrie Avery
- Carrie N. Evans
- Catharine Bramkamp
- Ceinwen Carney
- Charles Catlett
- Chelsea Kerrington*
- Cherie Savy*
- Chris Brown*
- Chris Naff
- Christina Dilko*
- Christine Batterman Jordan in memory of June Batterman
- Christine Hansen
- Christine Lindell*
- Christopher Berg*
- Christopher McLeod
- Claire Bobrow
- Claire Greene
- Cynthia Gullikson*
- Cynthia Towle
- David Cone
- David Roderick
- Dennis Mar
- Diana Dunn
- Diane Dehler
- Diane Fraser*
- Diane Luu*
- Donna Hiraga-Stephens
- Donna Mettier*
- Donna Mickleson*
- Dorothy Berndt
- Dorothy Hearst*
- Ebonye Gussine Wilkins*
- Ed Dansker*
- Elaine Elinson*
- Elena Engle
- Elisabeth Seng
- Elizabeth Margarita
- Elizabeth Rynecki
- Elyse Walters
- Elyse Eidman-Aadahl
- Emily Somberg
- Erin Byrne*
- Essie McGowin*
- Florette Yen
- Frances Balfour
- Gail Cooper
- Gail F. Johnson
- Gail Levin*
- Gail Wallace
- Geneva Toddy*
- George Mathews*
- Gill South
- Gina Salomon
- Harold Feiger
- Heidi Rand*
- Helaine Lasky Schweitzer*
- Helen Marcus
- Illanaq Weisman
- Ira Serkes
- Irene Fertik
- Isabel Auerbach
- J. Ruth Gendler
- Jacob Mallott
- Jane Ashland
- Jane Hudson*
- Jane Moore*
- Jane White*
- Janet Ellman*
- Janet Thew
- Jean Weininger*
- Jeanie Conneran
- Jenny Kern
- Jeanne Miller
- Jeffrey Brick
- Jennifer Burroughs
- Jennifer McGaffey*
- Jennifer Nutt
- Jessica Abbe
- Jill Kolongowski*
- Jim Rosenau
- Jimmy Owens
- Jo Liana King
- Joan Schwartz
- Joanne M. Landers
- Jodi Williamschen
- Joe Fong*
- John Gourhan
- John E Z Caner
- John Hetzel
- John McCann*
- John Vias
- Joleen Ruffin*
- Judith Blanton*
- Judith Muller
- Judy Klein*
- Julia Christy*
- Juliana Quinn
- Julie Gurule*
- Julie Ries*
- Julie Steinbach*
- June Hunt
- Karen Witham*
- Karin Evans
- Kasa Cotugnoto
- Kathleen Oneill
- Kathy Williams*
- Katrina Romanowsky*
- Kevin Smokler*
- Kim Lowe
- Kristen Held*
- Kristine Baguiao*
- Larissa Mercado-Lopez*
- Laura Goldbaum*
- Laura Murra
- Lauren Schiffman*
- Leo Gasteiger
- Libor Pospisil
- Lila LaHood*
- Linda Merrill*
- Linda Rondinelli*
- Linnea Wickstrom
- Lisa Kleinbub
- Lisa Rosenthal
- Lisa S. Bach*
- Lisa Scheffer*
- Lisa Wichael-Loomis*
- Lonell Chow
- Lora Osterloh*
- Maddie Greene*
- Mal Singer
- Mani Feniger*
- Margaret Leventer
- Margaret Tavare
- Margarita Altamirano
- Maria Hunt*
- Marian Hopping
- Marianne Lonsdale
- Mariko Conner
- Mark Levin*
- Mark Nelson*
- Mark Schapiro* in honor of Erik Schapiro
- Martha Brigham
- Martha Benioff*
- Martha Carlson
- Matha Conway
- Martha Hemmila
- Marti Christoffer
- Mary Jo Potter
- Maureen Sullivan
- Max Barker*
- Megan McDonald
- Melanie Lawrence
- Melissa Jones*
- Melissa Pitman*
- Michael Banister*
- Michael Taeckens*
- Michelle Tellez
- Milos Nesic*
- Molly Michelson
- Monica Espiritu*
- Morgan Schmidt-Feng*
- Nan Hohenstein
- Nancy Allen
- Nancy Beckman
- Nancy Brenner in memory of Miles Meyer
- Naomi M. Rosenthal*
- Natasha Huey
- Natsuko Toyofuku
- Nnekay FitzClarke*
- Norma Armon
- Pam Gleason
- Pamela Bosteimann
- Patricia Keenan
- Patricia Linden
- Patricia Miles*
- Patricia St. John
- Patricia Silver
- Peggy Simmons
- Peter Clarke
- Peter Stern
- Peter Sussman*
- Rachel Beth Egenhoefer
- Rachel Silvers
- Rafael Sdh*
- Rebecca Klatch* in honor of Maurice and Marion Klatch
- Rebecca Massie*
- Risa Nye*
- Robert and Winnie Sayre
- Robert Hofmann*
- Robin and Joe Harper
- Robin Howlett
- Rohini Gupta*
- Rosalind Sarah
- Rosemary Howley
- Ruth Hynds
- Ruth Rosen (WL)
- Ryan Christo*
- Samaire Provost*
- Sandra Friedman
- Sara Frankel
- Sara Nelson*
- Sara Sterling*
- Sarah Carlberg*
- Sarah Fuller
- Sarah Gill*
- Sarah Harmuth-Letke*
- Sarah Nash
- Sayre Van Young
- Scott Ullman
- Seena Hawley
- Shannon Monroe
- Sheri Cardo
- Shoshana Arai
- Sondra Shair
- Stela Jelincic*
- Stephen Coffin
- Stephen Most
- Stephanie DiSerio
- Stuart Burchard*
- Sue Estey
- Susan Beauchamp*
- Susan Bessler*
- Susan Cohen
- Susan David
- Susan Evans
- Susan Felix in honor of the creators in Berkeley
- Susan Marchant
- Susanne Pari*
- Susanne Tilney (WL)
- Sydney Yocum*
- Sylvia Paull
- Tamara White
- Tammy Deis
- Theresa Adams*
- Thomas Jamison
- Thomas Landry
- Tim Campbell
- Tim DeWolf
- Toby McLeod
- Tom Lent
- Tom Teasley*
- Tonia Roby*
- Tracy Thompson
- Ulla Evans
- Valerie Figone*
- Vallery Feldman
- Victoria deMara
- Virginia Rich
- Virginia Thomson
- Wendy Leyden
- William Walker*
- Yang Huang*
* Founding member of the First Edition Club by supporting the inaugural festival.
(WL) Women Lit donor