The 2025 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 and Delaware Humanities. 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

Ronald Collins & Susan Cohen

Jen Mason & Clare Hancock

Carolyn & Aaron Nayer

KEYNOTE EVENT FUNDING PARTNERS

Sally Mott Freeman & John K. Freeman

CLOSING EVENT FUNDING PARTNER

WELCOME RECEPTION FUNDING PARTNERS

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Historic Lewes

SPIRITED DISCUSSION FUNDING PARTNER

Dogfish Head Beer & Benevolence

AUTHORS’ RECEPTION FUNDING PARTNER

Peter Zoll

VENUE FUNDING PARTNERS

Delaware Heritage Commission

Delmarva Power, an Exelon Company

Janice Erich & Rob Morgan

The INN at Canal Square

Leslie & Samuel Kaplan

Lewes Public Library

AUTHOR FUNDING PARTNERS

Deb Appleby

Matthew & Carole Ash

Lou & Gavin Braithwaite

Pam Casale

Tammy Chincheck

Mary & Harry Gatanas

Harvard Business Services

Erik Hein & Matt Rogers

Debi & Ed Hertzfeld

Salli & Rich Innes

Barbara Kiker

Rebecca Lowe

William Manthorpe

Constance Matthews & Margaret Lorah

Loftin Paul Montgomery, Jr.

Elyse & Chad Moore

Nina & Jeffrey Pala-Tigani

Price Honda

Sue & Rodney Robinson

Richard Scalenghe & Tom Panetta

Mary & Tommy D. Smith

Nancy Staisey & Stan Divorski

GRANTS FOR AUTHORS IN SCHOOLS PROGRAM

AAUW Coastal Georgetown

AAUW of Delaware

Delmarva Power, an Excelon Company

Lewes-Rehoboth Rotary

Nora Roberts Foundations

Walmart facilities of Delaware

FOUNDING PROGRAM PARTNERS

Browseabout Books, official History Book Festival bookseller.

Lewes Public Library, venue and festival promotion.

MEDIA & PROMOTION PARTNERS

Cape Gazette, Delmarva Public Media, & Lewes Chamber of Commerce

GOLD FUNDING PARTNERS

Anonymous

Kimberly & Mark Ash

Debbie & Jeff Blount

Daniel & Linda Burton

Judith Charles

Joe Cholka & Katherine Lambert

Nancy Colalillo

County Bank

Patti Drago & Rich Weissman

Jen Epler & Dan Toohey

Roy Fitzgerald & Jennie Keith

Laurie Fulton

Amy Grace & Karen Blood

Marie Hagen

Barbara & Jerry Hames

Peter & Joanne Harrigan

Helaine Harris & Jody Tavss

Matthew Hastings

Mayer Katz

Elizabeth Kirk

Tom & Donna Ledbetter

Austina & Harvey Maclary

Katherine Mills

Pat & Kitty O'Reilley

Tom & Libby Owen

Jane Bird Rice

Ed Ruggero & Marcia Noa

Mary Beth Shaw

Sharon & Nathan Tash

Trudie Thompson

Philip Webre & Jayne Shister

Bill Wolff & Leslie Newman

SILVER FUNDING PARTNERS

Kathy Andonian

Sara Becker

Jennifer Blasko

Stuart Brahs & Carol Kless

Kim Burnett

Julia & Charles Carey

Kathy & Dan Cochran

Community Bank

Pamela Costanzi

Eunice Craig

Susan Crawford

Carolyn Cunningham

Tamoley & Charles Curran

Cathy Davies-Harmon

Eric Doroshow & Aida Wasserstein

Margaret DuBell

Barbara Epler

Mark Granger

Betsy & Pete Hansot

Anne & Steve Hanzel

Susan Heller

Nancy Kassner

Susan Lee

Eileen Mahoney

Bette & Maurice McGrath

Robert McKennett

Charlotte McNaughton

Sherrill Neale

Nancy J. Powell

Marty Rosensweig & Diane Barlow

Ida & Jeffrey Rowe

Laura & Marc William Salganik

Jill Sterner

Marylou Wellbrock-Reeves

Chanta Howard Wilkinson

FRIENDS

Joan R. Adams

Bernard Alter

Janet Ambrose

Gail & Kei Amemiya

Anonymous

Lynne & Barry Apfelroth

Pat & Bill Arvidson

Anthony Ausiello

Kim Ayvazian & William Ullman

Christine Babicki

Trish Bachman

Sue Baker

Pamela Becker

Maureen Behuniak

Betti Bell

Lori Bernstein

Mary Blake

Sharon Blumental

Robert Boland

Anne Boylan & Peter Kolchin

Sandra Borrasso

Sheri Borrin

Sally Boswell

Denise Boyer

Whitney Bremer

Michael Bretz & Robert Ormsby

Mary Bricker-Jenkins

Jean Brolund

Tracy Broomall

Charlotte Brown

Karen & Brian Busek

Joan & William Byrne

Cynthia G. Campbell

Lora Chilton Burke

Joan Churchill

Sheila Clancy

Bonnlyn Cobb

Bruce Cohen

Ruth & Gerry Cohen

Pat Cricenti

Barbara Curtis

Linda Cuttone

Marsha Davis

Deborah DeCorrevont

Christine Dennis

Claire Dente

Cheryl DiCarlo

Susan Dietrich

Zita Dresner

Lynda & Charlie Dunham

Linda & Fred Dylla

Joann Eberle

Judy Eger

Joseph Eiden

Lisa Eline

Christine Emery

Nancy Evans

Debra & Charles Farmer

John Farnsworth

Jeff Feder

Abbey Feierstein

Amy & Andy Feinberg

Janyce Fenton

Pamela Fessler

Elizabeth Fetters

Joanne Fitzsimmons

Carol Flett

Stephen & Bie Yie Ju Fox

Kathleen Fransen

Claudia Friddell

Bill Gehron

Ricki Geiger

Jeanne Gilligan

Sol Glasner

Fern Goodhart

Joan Gordon

S M Gorey

Alice Graham

Glen & Julia Greenway

Madeline Grifin

Delores Grigsby

Ellen Grillo

Gabrielle Grunau

Kathryn & William Hall

Pat Hall

Sue Claire Harper

Adeline Hart

Eunice Henderson

Carol Hertzoff

Linda & Donald Hill

Bill & Amy Hiller

Kimberly Hoffman

Nancy Hoffman

Irene Holtz

Sharon Hoover

Jane Horowitz

Paull Hubbard

Jean Israel

Susan Ives

Louis Jacobson

Marsha Jendrewski

Jeanne Jerfsten

Donna Johnson

Kathleen Johnson-McDonough

Beth Joselow

Erika Joyce

Michael Kane

Sue & Bert Keller

Katherine Kelley

Ella Kelly

Susan & Harry Keyser

Margaret Kirby

David Kirchman

Katherine Kolb

Elena Kozlowski

Mary Kramer

Sue A. Kuntz

Marnie Laird

Paul Lauterbach

Lewis Leavitt

Sarah Leavitt

Susan LeBleu

Donna Lee

Linda L. Levin

Edward Lewis & Deborah DeLauro

Allison Lindon

Gail Lippmann

Lisa Locke

Catherine Lombardozzi

Grace Lowe

Bill & Mary Ann Lustfield

Kelly & Joe Lynch

Rand & Ellen Lytton

Sabatino & Joyce Maglione

Julia E Maguire

Amy Marasco

Ann Lyn & William Martin

Sandra Maskell

Kathleen Matthews

Arlene & Don Matzkin

Julia Mayne

Marie Mayor

Patricia McCarthy

Anthonette McDaniel

Steve & Susan McInnis

Drew McKay & Susan McElligott

Ann H. McKelvie

Linda & Richard McKinstry

Mary McNeil

Tony Mead

Cathy Miller

Mary & Bill Miller

Terri Miller

Lloyd & Laurie Mills

Kathleen Mirsky-Mennella

Devon & Ali Mohammed

Anne & David Moore

Margaret Moore

James Moran

Cynthia Myers

Carolyn & Bill Newcott

Valerie Nieman

Anne Norman

Susan Nogan

Margy Nurik

Ellen O'Brien

Kathleen & Timothy O'Donnell

Kenneth Olsen

Cynthia & Carl Opderbeck

John & Margaret Orrick

MJ Ostinato

Margaret Pala

Susan Patel

Patricia Pearson

Fredda Pennock

Roswitha Perkuhn

Don Peterson

Robert & Patricia Pilkington

Rosalie Pitcher

Janice Pinto & Lori Swift

Victoria Plummer

Gaile Poggi

Janet Meenehan Point

DeAnna Poling

Frank & Sally Powell

Patricia Powell

Laurel Quinn

Jean & Gary Ratner

Mary Ann & Paul Ray

Martha Redmond

Don Reppy

Nancy Rhodes

Marilyn Ricci

Deborah J. Robinson

Leah Rodgers

Joseph & Ann Rooney

Randall Russell

Nancy Sakaduski

Suzanne Samuels

Susan & Fritz Schranck

Constance & William Scott

Barbara & Jonathan Sears

Vicki Sessoms & Jeffery Putz

Sheila Sferrella & Cindy Wedel

Pat Sheehy

Diann Sherwin

Jeanne Shook

Elaine & Barry Simmerman

Nicholas Simmonds

Joanne Sinsheimer

Leslie & Allan Slan

Allison Smith

Currie Smith

Judy Smith

Perrin Smith

Candy Spitz

Larry Spoont

Robert Stoltzfus

Francis & Susan Storey

Lita Stum

Amy Sugerman

Cathy & Ed Tessein

Steve Tobey & Julie Haidemenos

Ervin Tomlin

Susan Townsend

Vincent & Paula Varrassi

JoAnn & Bill Verderese

Candace Vessella

Daniel Vimont

Joan Vodar

Mary Vollmer

Mary Ann Waelde

Marianne Walch

Jon Wallner

Louisa Watrel

Ann Weir

Elliot Welan

Mary Wesselman

Jean Whiddon

Amy Whitney

Brownie Wiegel