AG Events
May 9, 2023
6:30 pm Eastern
The Grand Ballroom at The Plaza Hotel, 768 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York
We hope you can join us on Tuesday, May 9, 2023 at The Grand Ballroom at The Plaza Hotel for the 31st Annual Authors Guild Foundation Gala hosted by Roxane Gay and Debbie Millman!
We are looking forward to gathering in person again to honor Christopher Finan with The Authors Guild Foundation Award for Defending Free Speech and Expression presented by Tracie D. Hall, Roxana Robinson with The Authors Guild Foundation Preston Award for Distinguished Service to the Literary Community presented by Elizabeth Strout, and Angie Thomas with The Authors Guild Foundation Award for Literary Activism presented by Jason Reynolds.
For more information about sponsorship opportunities, please contact Lynn Boulger, executive director of the Authors Guild Foundation, at lboulger@authorsguildfoundation.org.
If you are interested in sponsoring an author to attend the event, please contact Nikki Maniscalco at nmaniscalco@authorsguildfoundation.org.
Christina Baker Kline, Committee ChairMarie AranaMary BlyAlexandra EndersLisa GornickMaya Shanbhag Lang Lisa LeshneD.T. MaxLaura PedersenHunter K. Runnette
History SponsorSuzanne Collins & Charles Pryor
Novel SponsorsAnonymousHarperCollins PublishersDiana Rowan RockefellerWriters House
Anthology SponsorsHachette Book GroupMeredith & Justin LesherScholastic Inc.Simon & Schuster
Biography SponsorsLee ChildKauai Writers ConferenceMacmillan PublishersLaura PedersenDouglas & Christine PrestonRBmediaThe Nora Roberts FoundationHamilton Robinson, Jr. in honor of Roxana RobinsonTemple Hill EntertainmentWord of MouthZibby Books