I feel like the only person still sending postcards, but a pantheon of best-selling authors is taking up the practice for a good cause.”
—Ron Charles, The Washington Post
This holiday season, you could hear from one of your favorite authors—or have them write a missive to the book nerd on your gift list—all thanks to The Common. Authors will write and send postcards in time for the holidays, which in the past have featured personal anecdotes, original poems, and even doodles, making them a perfect gift for readers.
Bid here from November 10!
This one-of-a-kind online auction, as featured by The Washington Post’s Book Club newsletter and BookRiot, gives book lovers around the world the opportunity to bid on handwritten, personalized postcards from their favorite writers (plus a few actors and musicians too!). The postcards make great gifts for the literature-lovers in your life. Winning bids are tax-deductible donations. Our eleventh annual Author Postcard Auction runs from November 10 to December 1.
We’re adding new authors all the time, but the list so far includes:
Hanif Abdurraqib
Rabih Alameddine
Julia Alvarez
Jo Baker
Sandra Cisneros
Billy Collins
Edwidge Danticat
Natalie Diaz
Percival Everett
Craig Finn
Angela Flournoy
Jonathan Franzen
Amity Gaige
Allegra Goodman
Lauren Groff
Clare Leslie Hall
Jen Hatmaker
Elin Hilderbrand
John Irving
Stephen Graham Jones
Jessica Francis Kane
Katie Kitamura
Tony Kushner
Yiyun Li
Carmen Maria Machado
Christopher Moore
Manuel Muñoz
Sayaka Murata
Catherine Newman
Viet Thanh Nguyen
Ann Patchett
Chris Pavone
Jayne Anne Phillips
Kate Quinn
Patrick Ryan
George Saunders
Ben Shattuck
Elizabeth Strout
Jeff Tweedy
Anne Tyler
Vendela Vida
Charmaine Wilkerson
Monica Wood
And more to come!
