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And to whom? For example, Bright Lights, Big City novelist Jay McInerney donated $2,300 to Giuliani. (Oh, Jay. You're still cute, though). Vampire-novelist Ann Rice? $4,600 to Hillary Clinton. The list, compiled by Nick Antosca, after the jump. (In case you're wondering which candidate, say, Jonathan Safran Foer, Judy Blume, or Dave Eggers is supporting financially. Hint: Dean Koontz is supporting some crazies).
Jean Auel—$2,300 for Clinton.
Judy Blume— $2,300 for Obama and $2,300 for Richardson.
Geraldine Brooks— $2,300 for Obama.
Michael Chabon— $4,600 for Obama.
Deepak Chopra— $4,600 for Clinton.
Dennis Cooper (same one?)— $4,600 for Obama and $2,300 for Clinton.
Nelson DeMille—$1,200 for Giuliani.
Dave Eggers—$2,300 for Obama.
Jonathan Safran Foer— $1,108 for Obama.
Jonathan Franzen— $500 for Obama.
John Grisham— $4,600 for Clinton and $1,000 for Obama.
Sara Gruen—$258 for Obama.
Daniel Handler— $2,300 for Obama.
John Hodgman—$250 for Obama.
Tabitha King—$2,000 for Chris Dodd.
Dean Koontz— $4,600 to Mitt Romney and $2,300 to Fred Thompson.
Nicole Krauss— $1000 for Obama.
Tim LaHaye— $2,300 for Huckabee.
David Mamet— $4,600 for Chris Dodd.
Terry McMillan— $2,300 for Obama.
Claire Messud—$300 for Obama.
David Milch (of Deadwood)— $2,300 for Obama.
Walter Mosley— $4,600 for Clinton.
Gloria Naylor— $2,700 for Obama.
Susan Orlean— $2,300 for Clinton.
Sara Paretsky—$586 to Edwards, $250 to Obama, $250 to Clinton.
Marisha Pessl— $450 for Clinton.
Bradley Pierson—$475 for Ron Paul.Richard Preston— $2,300 for Obama.
Anne Rice— $4,600 for Clinton.
Marilynne Robinson— $1,000 for Obama.
Jane Smiley— $500 for John Edwards.
Amy Tan— $4,600 for Clinton.
Binky Urban (super agent)— $2,000 for Obama.
Vendela Vida—$700 for Obama.
Ayelet Waldman— $4,652 for Obama. (isn't that $52 over the limit?)
Jennifer Weiner—$500 for Clinton.
Connie Willis—$277 for Obama
[Nick Antosca]
Comments
If Treat Williams and E from Entourage mated...and that baby did a lot of coke and thought Democrats lived in a pre-9/11 world.
CodePink--$8,000,000 thrown up in the air.
When did Nelson DeMille lose his mind? How could the man who wrote The Gold Coast and created supersnarky detective John Corey give cold hard cash to a nasty tranny?
Shouldn't you be writing about periods, Token?
And Gary Busey gave $3200 to his coke dealer.
Gave all of my donations to Wacky the Duck, personally.
I am going to rob John Grisham, Dean Koontz, and the Waldman-Chabons. I will not rob John Hodgman, because he is poor. Also, Dave Eggers should lend his wife some money.
@mathnet: Hahahaha you rule.
How much did James Frey claim that he donated?
They forgot the $4600 from the Estates of JRR Tolkien and Gene Roddenberry to Dennis Kucinich.
This is actually a fantastic way to see who's making the real bucks in the novelizin' industry.
Barney gave max $$$ to Obama. They're brothers from another mother.
Jonathan Franzen, you're a cheap bastard. And 'the Corrections' sucked.
i though michael j. fox was supposed to look like jay mcinerney. it's looking the other way around now, innit?
@Nic Fit: And not one red cent to his dentist.
Love.Mamet.Dodd!
Oh, I for one cannot wait to read what witty nuggets Eggers plans to lay in honor of Barack Obama!
I'm sure Dean Koontz's hairplugs have impeded his ability to think and write. Although his writing wasn't much better before the plugs either.
I like Susan Orlean even better now.
I may charge a few of these authors with plagiarism, if I don't agree with their donations.
He looks so sad.
1,108? is this code for something writers know about?
Judy Blume is traitor
Isn't Foer like a multi-millionaire? Can't he cough up a measly $4.6K
@ThoughtinMouth: Louis Farrakhan can enlighten you on the significance of 1,108. He's the only non-fulltime writer who has figured it out. Give him a call (just ask for Louie the Musician). Of course I could tell you, but then my life would be in danger. The Writers Guild is a bunch of tough and hardboiled dames and hombres. But I can give you a hint: use it as a lottery number for three months running, and see what happens. Beyond that, my lips are sealed.
oh, Deepak...
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