The 2009 AViD Author series salutes the following community partners:
Steven Biel - Des Moines Art Center, Iowa History Center, Simpson College, Humanities Iowa
Jane Hamilton - Wells Fargo, Humanities Iowa
Marion Blumenthal Lazan - Des Moines Public Schools, Humanities Iowa
Elizabeth Berg - Deb and Douglas West, Humanities Iowa
Lawrence Block - Hoyt Sherman Place Theater, Humanities Iowa
David Ebershoff - Nationwide, Humanities Iowa
Lisa See - Asian Pacific Association, Humanities Iowa
Omar Tyree - Forest Avenue Brick Fund, Humanities Iowa
William Taubman - Khrushchev 50th Anniversary Celebration Committee, Drake University Center for Global Citizenship, Iowa History Center, Simpson College, Iowa Council for International Understanding, Humanities Iowa
Carrie Brown - Iowa Library Association and the Iowa Center for the Book
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