The 2026 History Book Festival would not be possible without the generous financial and in-kind support of dozens of organizations, businesses, and individuals. We extend special thanks to our Presenting Funding Partners: The Lee Ann Wilkinson Group, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices I PenFed Realty. They have been with us from the beginning, sharing our belief in the power of history, reading, and civil dialog to influence the future for the better.
Help make history! Support the History Book Festival by becoming a funding partner.
PRESENTING FUNDING PARTNERS
EDUCATION & OUTREACH FUNDING PARTNERS
Browseabout Books
The Red Wagon Foundation
Jen Mason & Clare Hancock
Carolyn & Aaron Nayer
KEYNOTE EVENT FUNDING PARTNERS
CLOSING EVENT FUNDING PARTNER
AUTHORS’ RECEPTION FUNDING PARTNER
Ronald Collins & Susan Cohen
VENUE FUNDING PARTNERS
Delaware Heritage Commission
Sally Mott Freeman & John K. Freeman
The INN at Canal Square
Leslie & Samuel Kaplan
Lewes Public Library
Nancy Staisey & Stan Divorski
Peter Zoll
AUTHOR FUNDING PARTNERS
Deb Appleby
Kim Burnett & Don Lynch
Cape Gazette
Pamela Casale
Tammy Chincheck
Nancy Colalillo
Delmarva Public Media
Anne & Jay Donecker
Mary & Harry Gatanas
Salli & Rich Innes
Margaret Lorah & Constance Matthews
William Manthorpe
Loftin Paul Montgomery, Jr.
Maryanne Murray & B.J. Clark Richard
Scalenghe & Tom Panetta
Mary & Tommy Smith
GOLD FUNDING PARTNERS
Kimberly & Mark Ash
Karen Blood & Amy Grace
Kimberly & Raymond Book
Linda & Daniel Burton
Judith Charles
Patti Drago & Rich Weissmann
Jen Epler & Dan Toohey
Janice Erich & Rob Morgan
Laurie Fulton
Marie Hagen
Barbara & Jerrold Hames
Peter & Joanne Harrigan
Susan Heller
Katherine Mills
Ilona Holland
Elyse Moore
Leslie Newman & Bill Wolff
Jean O'Grady
Tom & Libby Owen
Sally & Frank Powell
William Sweet
Trudie Thompson
SILVER FUNDING PARTNERS
Kathy Andonian
Anonymous
Michele Anstine
Anne Boylan
Bette Brookshire-McGrath
Julia & Charles Carey
Community Bank Delaware
Pamela Costanzi
Susan Crawford
Carolyn & Rodney Cunningham
Steven Dietrich
Vernon Ekrut
June Flavin
Folk Family
Anne & Steve Hanzel
Barbara Kasper & Roy Messmer
Charlotte McNaughton
Laurie & Lloyd Mills
Madeleine Nichols
Robert Ormsby & Michael Bertz
Nancy Powell
Jane Bird Rice
Jill Sterner
Lita Stum
Marianne Walch
Marylou Wellbrock-Reeves
Chanta Howard Wilkinson
Audrey Woloshin
FRIENDS
Janet Ambrose
Gail & Kei Amemiya
Lynne & Barry Apfelroth
Pat & Bill Arvidson
Kim Ayvazian & William Ullman
Christine Babicki
Sue Baker
Diane Barlow & Marty Rosenweig
Barbara Bayer
Pamela & Kenneth Becker
Maureen Behuniak
Bettijane Bell
Sarah Birnbach
Robert Boland
Tracy Broomall
Brian, Lincoln, & Karen Busek
Cynthia G. Campbell
Lora Chilton Burke
Bruce Cohen
Ruth & Gerry Cohen
Susan Curtis
Barbara Curtis & Richard Coleman
Deborah DeCorrevont
Claire Dente
Geri Dibiase
Elizabeth Donoghue
Eric Doroshow & Aida Wasserstein
Zita Dresner
Monica Dwyer
Linda & Fred Dylla
Barbara Epler
Abbey Feierstein
Amy & Andy Feinberg
Elizabeth Fetters
George & Carol Flett
Carol Flett
Stephen & Bie Yie Ju Fox
Bill Gehron
Joan Gordon
Gabrielle Grunau
Julie Haidemenos & Steve Tobey
Kathryn & William Hall
Pat Hall
Sue Claire Harper
Matthew Hastings
Eunice Henderson
Linda & Donald Hill
Amy & Bill Hiller
Irene Holtz
Marsha Jendrewski
Jeanne Jerfsten
Kathryn & Michael Joffred
Donna Johnson
Erika Joyce
Michael Kane
Sue & Bert Keller
Carol Kless & Stuart Brahs
Deb Knickerbocker
Katherine & Phillip Kolb
Susan Konschak-Ives
Elena Kozlowski
Marnie Laird
Judy & Lewis Leavitt
Donna Lee
Linda Levin
Mary Ann & Bill Lustfield
Michael Lynch
Ellen & Rand Lytton
Julia Maguire
Elizabeth Mahler
Eileen Mahoney
Ann Lyn & William Martin
Robin Matthewman
Arlene & Don Matzkin
Patricia McCarthy
Anthonette McDaniel
Susan & Steve McInnis
Linda & Robert McKennett
Tonyea Mead
Mary & Bill Miller
Kathleen Mirsky-Mennella
Ali & Devon Carrow Mohammed
Margaret Moore
James Moran
Cynthia Myers
Sherri Neale
Marcia Noa & Ed Ruggero
Anne Norman
Margy Nurik
Ellen & Dennis O'Brien
MJ Ostinato
Waynne Paskins
Susan Patel
Patricia Pearson
Fredda Pennock
LuCille Perry
Patricia & Robert Pilkington
Janice Pinto & Lori Swift
Janet Meenehan Point
Jacqueline Prior
Laurel Quinn
Jean & Gary Ratner
Mary Ann & Paul Ray
Don Reppy
Millicent & Andy Reynolds
Nancy Rhodes
Marilyn Ricci
Leah Rodgers
Matt Rogers & Erik Hein
Sara & Jeffrey Rosen
Jennifer Rubenstein
Randall Russell
Katherine Sault
Susan & Fritz Schranck
Constance & William Scott
Lois Sechehay
Patricia Sheehy
Kelly Sheridan
Nicholas Simmonds
Judy Smith
Candy Spitz
Jill Sterner
Sharon & Nathan Tash
Cathy & Ed Tessein
Paul Thome
Joel Ticknor
Ervin Tomlin
Susan Townsend
Paula & Vincent Varrassi
JoAnn & Bill Verderese
Maryann Waelde & Kathleen Phelan
Jon Wallner
Sheila Wedel & Cindy Sferrella
Carole Wehn
Kitty & David Wildes
Genevieve Wilson
K & L Winingar
Carole Woodyard
Mona Yacoubian
Enid Zafran
Deborah Zwicke