Authors Guild Council Share on Twitter (opens in a new tab) on Facebook (opens in a new tab) on Linkedin (opens in a new tab) via email The Authors Guild Board of Directors is called its Council, and is composed entirely of writers. They are nominated by a committee and then elected by the membership, which they serve by addressing the issues that most concern working writers. Officers Maya Shanbhag Lang President Mary Bly Vice President W. Ralph Eubanks Vice President Peter Petre Treasurer Amy Bloom Secretary Members of the Council Rich Benjamin Sarina Bowen Christopher Castellani Alexander Chee Sylvia Day Roxane Gay Lauren Groff Mira Jacob Christina Baker Kline Jaron Lanier Min Jin Lee Steven Levy Kelly Starling Lyons Courtney Maum D.T. Max Julia Sanches Jaunique Sealey James Shapiro Stephen Hong Sohn T.J. Stiles Jia Tolentino Danielle Trussoni Rachel Vail Nicholas Weinstock Ex-officio* and Honorary Members of the Council Roy Blount Jr.* Barbara Taylor Bradford Robert A. Caro* Susan Cheever Pat Cummings Anne Edwards* James Gleick* Erica Jong* John R. MacArthur Stephen Manes Sidney Offit Mary Pope Osborne* Letty Cottin Pogrebin* Douglas Preston Roxana Robinson* Jean Strouse Nick Taylor* Scott Turow* Advisory Council Sherman Alexie Judy Blume Jennifer Egan Louise Erdrich Peter Gethers Annette Gordon-Reed Tayari Jones Nicholas Lemann CJ Lyons Frederic Martini Viet Thanh Nguyen Daniel Okrent Cathleen Schine Hampton Sides Jonathan Taplin Monique Truong Meg Wolitzer View Photo Credits