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.
Bidding is Open Now!
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. The postcards make great gifts for the literature lovers in your life. Winning bids are tax-deductible donations. Our twelfth annual Author Postcard Auction runs from November 9 to December 1.
We’re adding new authors all the time, but the list so far includes:
Rabih Alamaddine
Hala Alyan
Dan Brown
Teju Cole
Billy Collins
Angie Cruz
Edwidge Danticat
Omar El Akkad
Laurie Frankel
Jonathan Franzen
Aleksandar Hemon
Elin Hilderbrand
Mary Beth Keane
Katie Kitamura
Gabrielle Korn
Daniel Kraus
Nina LaCour
Rebecca Makkai
Kelsey McKinney
Christopher Moore
Sayaka Murata
Emily Nemens
Catherine Newman
Tommy Orange
Ann Patchett
Jayne Anne Phillips
Andrew Porter
Ben Reeves
Ríoghnach Robinson
Richard Russo
George Saunders
Ben Shattuck
Jim & Karen Shepard
Maggie Smith
Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney
Anne Tyler
Vendela Vida
Ocean Vuong
Karen Thompson Walker
Jacqueline Winspear
And more to come!
