Online Bidding has Ended

ATTENTION HIGH BIDDERS: Participants at the Authors Guild Gala will have an opportunity to bid on the items in this auction at the Gala on May 24.

If you selected the "Absentee Bidder" option, a Guild staff member will bid for you against bidders at the event. 

Winners will be informed by email on Thursday morning.

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The Authors Guild Foundation is auctioning off a number of fun and unique items. Items include book club appearances, signed books, manuscript reviews, and dinners with authors. The auction will continue at the annual Gala on May 24 in New York City. 

Proceeds from the auction will help support the Authors Guild Foundation's advocacy work for the rights of writers by supporting free expression, fair contracts, and copyright. It also makes possible educational programs on the business side of the writing life.

Writers donating items or services include Sherman Alexie, Deirdre Bair, Barry Beckham, Rich Benjamin, Roy Blount, Jr., Jennifer Egan, Peter Gethers, Beth Gutcheon, Christina Haag, Gish Jen, Erica Jong, Stephen Manes, Victor Navasky, Letty Cottin Pogrebin, Doug Preston and Lincoln Child, Michelle Richmond, Roxana Robinson, Richard Russo, James Shapiro, Jonathan Taplin, Georges Ugeux, Monique Truong, Scott Turow, Nick Taylor, Rachel Vail, Nicholas Weinstock, and Meg Wolitzer.