Become a Friend of the Festival

Become a literary champion and fuel creative minds

We reached our goal!

One of our proudest achievements in October 2025 was reaching over 1,200 K-12 students by bringing in three authors to local schools talk about topics ranging from fantastic flora, to learning to draw manga, to a teen navigating life after an ICE raid. We worked with the schools to create meaningful, immersive activities to connect the featured books with their current school work. For many of these children and teens, it was their first time seeing an author speak in person. 

Thank you to the amazing Friends who donated to our year-end campaign to send authors back into Fairfax County Schools! With the generous $2,000 match by retired school librarian Paulette Miller and her husband Mack Miller, we have far exceeded our original goal! Now TWO authors are funded for 2026!
 
We appreciate you all. 
 
Sincerely,
Kara, Suzy, Kate, and Rowan
 
Help us continue our year-round programming.

Benefits for Friends of the Festival

Friends at the VIP Reception with Kate Quinn (center) in April 2026. 

Friend: Donate $1-$74 and receive:
  • Your name printed in the festival program* and on the website
  • Priority emails about program updates, new authors, and events
Supporter: Donate $75-$149 and receive all of the above, plus:
  • Fall for the Book Mug
Patron: Donate $150-$299 and receive all of the above, plus:
  • Two tickets to a VIP author reception of your choice
  • VIP Seating at premiere author events for up to two people
Advocate: Donate $300-$499 and receive all of the above, plus:
  • One book of your choice by a headline author
  • Priority to get your book signed at VIP events
Champion: Donate $500-$999 and receive all of the above, plus:
  • Two additional tickets (for a total of four) to your choice of VIP author receptions
  • VIP seating at premiere author events for up to four people​
Leader: Donate $1,000 or more and receive all of the above, plus:
  • Two day-long parking passes for George Mason Visitor Parking
Become a recurring donor of $40 a month or more and receive:
  • All benefits starting at the Advocate Level
  • An additional signed book of your choice from a festival author​

Fall for the Book is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, and donations are Tax Deductible after Market Value. Market Value of Listed Benefits: Patron –  $80, Advocate – $105, Champion – $185, Leader – $201, Recurring – $130. 

Or send your check payable to “Fall for the Book” to the address below: 

Fall for the Book
George Mason University, MS 3E4
4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030

For more information, contact us at 703-993-3986 or at friends@fallforthebook.org.

* For donations received by August 1, 2024

Thank you to our Friends of the Festival!

Leader

Robert & Lucy Beck

Kenneth Budd & Rachel Noble

Kathleen & Jack Kehoe

Anne Lauer

Sally Merten

William Miller & Elisabeth Vermilye

Peter Stearns & Donna Kidd

Champion

Ken Budd

Jennifer Disano

Ron Gutkowski

Anne Lauer

Paulette Miller

Nancy & David Roodberg

Diane Wakeham

Advocate

Franklin Coleman

Janice Fitzgibbon

Ellis Glover

Geoff Lewis

Catherine Read

Phylis Salak

Mary Schwartz

Gordon & Barb Scott

Patron

Anonymous

Xande Anderer

Michele Blitz

Jean Browne

Kimber Crane

Niki Davison

Patricia Duque-Lewis

Lori Eaton

Jennifer Francois

Christine Getek

Debora Goldberg

Karen Grisz

Camille H.

Cassandra Hanley

Aditya Johri

Shellie Kalinsky

Dawn Keene

Suzanne Levy

Sally Lorentson

Iryna MacDonald

Elizabeth McCrea

Carol Mitchell

Bonnie Nelson in honor of her Ukrainian friends

Patricia Paterno

Catherine Read

Karen Reilly

Colleen Rich in honor of Denise Dixon Merrill

Anita Schwarz

Debra Shutika

Maureen Smith

Tami Stein

Art Taylor

Mollie Weinert

Frank & Joy Whittington

Brenda Young

Supporter

Anonymous

Jennifer Atkinson

Nicole Bazemore

Mark Brutsche

Inez Dinwoodie

Megan DuBois

Brian Engler

Helena Ferret

Janice Fitzgibbon

Christine Fow

Virginia Hoy

Mary Jo Kellgren

Lynn Latimer

Anne Osterman

Alice Slayton Clark

Mollie Weinert

Friend

Anonymous

Julie Benson

Dianne Blais

Mark Brutsche

Camelotchris

Sarah Capponi

Mary Ciarcia

Ann Comerford

Karen Coppe

Kathy Deligianis in honor of George Deligianis

PJ Devlin

Lee Ellis

Ashley Evans

Nancy Fiedelman

Vernetta Gaiani

Sarah Gallagher

Robert Gambarelli

Karla Haworth

Ginny Hoy

Nicole Jacobs

Charlene Leiser

Kelly Loomis

Patrick Lusk

Alice Magelssen-Green

Susan McCurdy

Michael McDonnell

Chris McGann

Sally Miller

Kimberly Mortier

Suzy Murphy

Mona Neff

Katherine Newland

Lee Ann Regan

Regina Rogets

Marisa Scala-Foley

Marisa Sellers

Marcia Simpkins

Elizabeth Slucher

Karen Sokol

Candace Strawn

Stephanie Steele

Ron Vega

Mollie Weinert

Thomas Wolf

Laura Zimmermann

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