2013 Authors Luncheon Detail

The Arizona Women’s Board proudly invites you to join us for the 34th Annual Authors Luncheon.

2013 Emcee and Authors

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  Meg Wolitzer fills in as emcee for Adriana Trigiani Read more »

  Meg Wolitzer's new novel, The Interestings, has been received with much acclaim. She has also written The Uncoupling, The Ten-Year Nap, The Position, and The Wife. Her short fiction has appeared in The Best American Short Stories and The Pushcart Prize. She was awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the John Gardner Book Award from Binghamton University. Along with singer-songwriter Suzzy Roche, Ms. Wolitzer is currently a guest artist in the Princeton Atelier program at Princeton University. Born in Brooklyn, Meg Wolitzer lives in
  New York City.

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  Lisa Scottoline Read more »

  Lisa Scottoline is a New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author of twenty novels.  Her novel Look Again has been optioned for a feature film.  She is a weekly columnist for The Philadelphia Inquirer and her columns have been collected in two books and optioned for television.  She has 25 million copies of her books in print in the United States, and she has been published in thirty countries.  She lives in the Philadelphia area with an array of disobedient pets. 

   

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  Linda Fairstein Read more »

  Linda Fairstein, America's foremost legal expert on sexual assault and domestic violence crimes, led the Sex Crimes Unit of the district attorney's office in Manhattan for more than two decades.  Her Alexandra Cooper novels are international bestsellers and have been translated into more than a dozen languages.  She lives in Manhattan and on Martha's Vineyard.

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  Delia Ephron Read more »

  Delia Ephron is a bestselling author and screenwriter.  Her movies include The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, You've Got Mail, Hanging Up (based on her novel) and Michael.  She has written novels for adults and teenagers including her most recent, The Lion is In; books of humor, including How to Eat Like a Child; and essays.  Her journalism has appeared regularly in The New York Times, O: The Oprah Magazine, Vogue, More, and The Huffington Post.  Her hit play Love, Loss, and What I Wore (co-written with Nora Ephron), ran for more than two years off-Broadway and has been performed all over the world, including Paris, Rio, and Sydney.  She lives in New York City.

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  Kathy Reichs Read more »

  Kathy Reichs's first novel Deja Dead catapulted her to fame when it  became a New York Times bestseller and won the 1997 Ellis Award for Best First Novel.  Her other Temperance Brennan novels include Death du Jour, Deadly Decisions, Fatal Voyage, Grave Secrets, Bare Bones, Monday Mourning, Cross Bones, Break No Bones, Bones to Ashes, Devil Bones, 206 Bones, Spider Bones, Flash and Bones, and Bones are Forever, in addition to Virals and Seizure, two young adult fiction novels following the adventures of Temperance Brennan's niece.  Dr. Reichs is also a producer of the hit Fox TV series, Bones, which is based on her work and her novels.

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  Wally Lamb Read more »

  Wally Lamb is the author of four previous novels, including the New York Times and national bestseller, The Hour I First Believed and Wishin' and Hopin', a bestselling novella.  His first two works of fiction, She's Come Undone and I Know This Much Is True, were both New York Times best sellers and selections of Oprah's Book Club.  He is the editor of Couldn't Keep It To Myself and I'll Fly Away, two volumes of essays from students in his writing workshop at York Correctional Institution, a women's prison in Connecticut, where he has been a volunteer facilitator for fifteen years.  He lives in Connecticut with his wife, Christine.  The Lambs are the parents of three sons.

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Photo Album of 2013 Event

A compelling and entertaining Valley event, the Authors Luncheon abounds with captivating stories, wit and glamour.

Supporting Arizona’s Kidney Patients — Grants and Donations

The Arizona Women’s Board (AWB) is committed to the prevention of kidney disease through awareness, education and research, and to the improvement of the quality of life for Arizonans with kidney disease.

Annually, the Grant Committee invites non-profit organizations whom it believes uphold the AWB mission to apply for grants. The funds granted are generated by a single event, the Authors Luncheon, hosted each Fall by the Women’s Board. Over the past 33 years, $9.5 million has been raised and donated to worthy Arizona recipients.

To make a donation, please contact us.

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About the Arizona Women’s Board

The Arizona Women’s Board is committed to the prevention of kidney disease through awareness, education and research, and to the improvement of the quality of life for Arizonans with kidney disease.

Aware of the many needs of kidney patients in Arizona, the Arizona Women’s Board makes grants to organizations that provide patient services ranging from transportation to and from dialysis, kidney transplants, medications, dental care or a mortgage payment, food for the patient and family, and kidney disease research.

We received our 501(c)(3) status in 2010.

Board of Directors

Board Members

Ann Albers, Elise Bard, Leslie Berry, Irene Bonadurer, Shaun Bracken, Jan Cacheris, Jennifer Carmer, Jane Christensen, Susan Doria, Sydney Dye, Gee Gee Entz, Shän Francis, Lisa Ghelfi, Erin Gogolak, Lenni Griego, Christine Gustafson, Carrie Hall, Nadine Hart, Brenda Howard, Carrie Hulburd, Sandy Kostis, Julie Kroot, Kathleen Lang, Leah Hoffman Langerman, Robyn Lee, Julie Linhart, Amy Louis, Lynne Love, Sandy Magruder, Genny Matteucci, Kathleen McClain, Virginia Nosky, Susan Purtill, Meredith Savage, Margo Shein, Marci Symington, Julie Vogel, Candyce Williams, Melani Walton, and Kari Yatkowski. In memorium, Honorary Member, Glenna Shapiro.

Sustaining Members List

Sydney Anderson, Jeannette Baker, Mimi Berry, Susan Charlton, Mary Crozier, Robyn DeBell, Ann Denk, Margie Denton, Jacquie Dorrance, Daphne Fletcher, Harriet Friedland, Nancy Gaintner, Babs Gordon, Penny Gunning, Nancy Hanley, Mary Hudak, Nan Hunter Howlett, Catherine Jacobson, Dana Jirauch, Dodie Johnes, Sue Karatz, Rona Kasen, Patti Lau, Jamie Lendrum, Suzanne Lewis, Judy Linhart, Janis Lyon, Brenda Mason, Linda Mattes, Linda Nachman, Susan Palmer-Hunter, Joan Potter, Julie Prusak, Lois Savage, Judy Schubert, Sallye Schumacher, Susan Segal, Judy Shannon, Beverly Shaver, Annie Simonson, Susie Small, Betsy Stodola, Sue Stuckey, Martha Thomas, Laura Titus, JoAnn Tull, Joan Warne, Teresa West, Nancy White, Anne Woudenberg, and Rachel Zemer.

Past Luncheon Chairs