Author's Table Dinner

The 2027 Author’s Table Dinner will be Friday, March 12. The event includes a cocktail reception and dinner to welcome select award-winning authors to Tucson.

Donors hosting tables will join event sponsors and award-winning presenting authors for an enjoyable evening celebrating the history of the Tucson Festival of Books. 

If you have hosted a table before and would like to do so again, please follow the instructions in the renewal email to indicate your commitment to host a table again by October 30, 2026.  

New to the popular Author’s Table Dinner? Please email sponsorships@tucsonfestivalofbooks.org and one of our volunteers will reach out to you to confirm availability and provide payment information.

As a table host, you will receive:

Book Club Patron ($7500+)

• Table for 10 dinner guests 

• 10 badges providing priority access to all Saturday and Sunday sessions in our most popular venues and 5 parking passes to the Second Street Garage

• Donor acknowledgment on our website and in our dinner program.

• Acknowledgment of your support of a venue (all sessions) within the online event schedule and in our digital apps.

• A sign with your name in one of our panel venues recognizing your contribution.

• Moderators will be asked to verbally recognize your support at sessions in the venue where your sign appears.

Chapter Patron ($5,000 and up)

• Table for 10 dinner guests

• 6 badges providing priority access to all Saturday and Sunday sessions in our most popular venues and 3 parking passes to the Second Street Garage.

• Donor acknowledgment on our website and in our dinner program.

• Acknowledgement of your support of an Author Session within our panel schedule on our website and in our digital apps. 

• A sign with your name in one of our panel venues recognizing your contribution.

• Moderators will be asked to verbally recognize your support at sessions in the venue where your sign appears.

Author Table Patron ($3850 and up)

• Table for 10 dinner guests

• 4 badges providing priority access to all Saturday and Sunday sessions in our most popular venues and 2 parking passes to the Second Street garage.

• Donor acknowledgment on our website and in our dinner program.

• Acknowledgement of your support of an Author Session within our panel schedule on our website and in our digital apps. 

First Edition Circle $50,000+

AnonymousSara Cohen

First Edition Circle $25,000+

Heather and Stephen CaineStephen Golden and Susan TarrenceElizabeth GreenJoBob HungateLex and Carol Sears Philanthropic FundFrank Mascia and Barbro Drott HuthMax McCauslin and John SmithAlice and Bill RoeThomas R. Brown Family Private Foundation Fund held at the Community Foundation for Southern ArizonaAdrian & Joan Van LoozenoordRoberta and Bill WitchgerJudith MarroKimberly Peters Robert WildeyBill and Cindy RaineyBarbara E. StokelyIn Memory of Thomas CobbDavid and Marsha Irwin

Sustaining Donor

Susan and Barry AustinDiamond VenturesGerald and Barbara GoldbergMary Sue and Maurie KernSally and Wade MonroeLindy Mullinax and Ray MoldowHolly and Steve ShenitzerNancy and John StubblefieldMary and RobertThe Neymeyer FamilyJudith P. WoodBetsy and Michael BoxerChuck and Carol OttoDr. Louanne SmolinThe Harvard Club of Southern ArizonaCynthia W. DevineDow Jazz FilmsHolualoa CompaniesJoseph and Michelle MillstoneJames and Sandra RothschildLynn and Leonard SnyderNick Soloway and Kay Ransdell

Author Table Dinner Patrons

Kathleen NaylorTWW Inv.UA College of EducationWorlds of WordsLiterariumKaren RandolphAaron and Tiffanie RobertsSandra RutherfordMarcia and Tyler TingleyKevin and Alicia WilliamsMelissa M. Vito

Author Session Patrons

Albert DoverCaterpillarCynthia LancasterEllen PunyonLinda Rachman SilvermanShelle and Jeff OwenStefanie TellerMr. Jim and Mrs. Vicki ClickLinda K. MayJoaquin RuizIn Memory of Stephen TannerBetty G. BengtsonJoanne and Howie AdamsKathy Alexander and Paul LindseyDonald and Karen BachrachWilliam Banks and Cheryl FicarraBeth and Lee BaumgardnerRichard and Deborah BaxterSarah and David BodneyMartha A. BooseSandra Borg and Michael DoubledayAnn BowmanScot and Susan BradleyMargaret Briehl and Dennis RayBlyth and Russell CarpenterMel Cohen and Molly SenorLucy Buntain ComineCinda M. ConroydDavid Cormier and Karyl LynchThe Cunningham FamilyDeConcini McDonald Yetwin & LacyTerry and Peggy DeWaldRuth DicksteinJan and Mickey DowlingDaniel and Julia ElitzerFrank Farias and Donna Forman FariasDebbie and Marc FleischmanMary Lou Forier, Author HistorianGadabout SalonSpasHeather G.Sally GarnaatColleen GavinLouise GlasserSteve Gottlieb and Laura PennyCameron and Cara GrahamLauren and Steve HaganThe Hameroff Law Firm, PCHilary HamlinLinda and Rick HansonTim and Jan HenryLee and Arthur HerbstWendy Huempfner MDDiane HugginsMichael and Wendy JacobsonJT KasperThe Kippur FamilyMargaret LentRoss and Bridget LevinAlan and Sharon LevinMichael H. and Marjorie Y. LipsonKristina HallfríðurMichael and Debra LisullCharlie and Janet LynnSusan and John MaddenLucy MastermanRoy and Betty MayfieldThe Greg D. and Melanie S. McFarland FoundationHarry and Ann McGovernJack and Katrina McNerneyRobbie and Mary MichelRandy and Jane MoodyLaura and Peter MychaelsDeborah NashHeidi and Timm NelsonLeslie Nixon and Barry KirschnerIngrid Novodvorsky/Chris JohnsonJean OrricoPath to HappinessJane Q. Peterson & Jim PetersonNancy PittDavid and Terri PolanIn Memory of Patricia PorterBrenda QuickTaffy Raphael and Jim GavelekDerek & Lisa ReeseBarbara and Kurt ReuterKristin Anne RognesJim and Kim RosboroughGordon W. Rosier / Roy W. MaingerBill and Rie RossTerence Rudkin and Rene StoneSteve and Liz RummagePhilip and Missy RussRuth RussellCary and Christy SandmanThe Sandroff FamilyPaula SchlusbergTrisa and Andy SchorrRebecca Schroer and Bradley LeBoeufVivian and Jim SchwabPeggy SharpStuart and Andy ShatkenRobert and Lori ShawEstelle and Lee SiegmanBarbara SmithAnna H. SpitzKatherine StoneLee SurwitIn Memory of Rita TannerLynn and Mark ThomasMonty and Karen TurnerVicker Charitable TrustKaren VigelandEvelyn Carrillo Walls and Henry WallsKaren and David WashabauAndy WatsonJames Wezelman and Denise GrusinWick CommunicationsMark and Karin WiestKI WildmanNewt Williams and Connie CrowEd Schechner and Lucy WilsonWine and CerealBarry and Janet WinklerRita and Dane Zeller

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