Author Confidential Auction 2022

Do you have a question for a favorite author? Bid for it!
October 12th at 8:00pm ET – October 19th at 8:00pm ET on eBay

“Reading should not be presented to children as a chore, a duty. It should be offered as a gift.”
~Kate DiCamillo

All auctions open on ebay on Wed. Oct 12th at 8pm ET

In this unique auction, hosted by The Friends of the Ashland Public Library, you can bid to ask any of these authors three questions. At the conclusion of the auction, the winning bidder for each author will submit their three questions (which must be about the author’s writing process or body of work) to the library. Soon after, you will receive a letter from the author – yes, an honest to goodness letter! – as a special memento that you will enjoy for years to come, while getting some of your burning literary questions answered!

Listed below are the amazing authors who have volunteered to participate in this special event. We hope that you are as excited as we are to be in touch with some of our very favorite authors as well as the possibility of receiving a keepsake letter from them. See our FAQ’s for this auction. Click on an author to learn a bit more about them and what kind of letter you can expect to receive.

Isabel Allende
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Jeffrey Archer
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Fatimah Asghar
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Rick Atkinson
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Marie Benedict
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Don Bentley
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Suzanne Brockmann
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Joseph Bruchac
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Jai Chakrabarti
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K-Ming Chang
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Loretta Chase
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Zen Cho
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Jerry Craft
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Laura Dave
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Alex de Campi
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Sonali Dev
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Kate DiCamillo
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Anjali Enjeti
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Delia Ephron
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Sara Gay Forden
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Roxane Gay
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Kristan Higgins
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Helen Hoang
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Alice Hoffman
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Marjan Kamali
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Patrick Radden Keefe
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Faye Kellerman
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Jesse Kellerman
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Jonathan Kellerman
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Amitava Kumar
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Maya Shanbhag Lang
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Chang-rae Lee
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Melissa Lozada-Oliva
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Megha Majumdar
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William Martin
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Charlotte McConaghy
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Joshua Nguyen
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Janice P. Nimura
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Reema Patel
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Nita Prose
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Luanne Rice
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Vanessa Riley
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Katee Robert
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Hank Phillippi Ryan
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Riley Sager
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Stacy Schiff
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Susan Holloway Scott
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R. Eric Thomas
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JoAnne Tompkins
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Elissa Washuta
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David Heska Wanbli Weiden
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Andy Weir
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Karen White
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Lauren Willig
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Jacqueline Woodson
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