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The Honorees of the 2013 Poets & Writers Gala Benefit Dinner. From left: Chuck Adams, Judith Kelman, Rigoberto González, Steve Berry, and Leonard Riggio.
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The 2013 Poets & Writers Gala Benefit Dinner. March 18, 2013. New York City. From left: P&W executive director Elliot Figman and Hachette Book Group chairman and CEO David Young.
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Judith Kelman, novelist and 2013 Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award winner.
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Rigoberto González, poet and 2013 Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award winner.
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Novelist and 2013 Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award winner Steve Berry, with his wife Elizabeth.
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From left: Kathy Pories, Editor’s Award winner Chuck Adams, and P&W board member Michael Pietsch.
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From left: Lorna Dawes and poet Kwame Dawes (recipient of a 2012 Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award) with guest.
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Barnes & Noble founder and Leadership Award recipient Leonard Riggio (middle, left) with P&W board members Amy Berkower (second from right) and Jane Friedman (right), and dinner guest.
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P&W board members Joanne Leedom-Ackerman (right), Michael Pietsch (middle), Ellen Jospeh (second from right), and founder Galen Williams (right) with Lawrence Joseph (second from left).
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Novelist Nelson DeMille (second from right) talks with guests before dinner.
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Novelist David Baldacci (center) has a laugh with guests before dinner.
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From left: Novelists Porochista Khakpour and Sigrid Nunez.
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Novelist and essayist Amy Brill (center) with guests.
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Guests enjoying cocktails and conversation before dinner.
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Honoree Chuck Adams (left) with guests.
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Opening remarks by P&W executive director Elliot Figman.
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Benefit chair David Young, chairman and CEO of Hachette Book Group.
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Novelist and master of ceremonies Adriana Trigiani.
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Honoree Steve Berry accepts his award.
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Poets & Writers board chair and novelist Susan Isaacs.
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Honoree Rigoberto González accepts his award.
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Honoree Judith Kelman accepts her award.
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Honoree Chuck Adams.
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Leadership Award winner Leonard Riggio with his wife, Louise.
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P&W dinner committee member Janet McCarthy Grimm with master of ceremonies Adriana Trigiani.
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P&W executive director Elliot Figman greets novelist Emma Straub.
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From left: Poets & Writers staff members Megan Hein, Bryanna Tidmarsh, Bonnie Rose Marcus, and Cathy Linh Che.
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Honoree Rigoberto González with P&W editorial director Mary Gannon.
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Poets & Writers staff.