2009 Annual Benefit & Awards Dinner
Noreen Tomassi, Perkins Award Presenter Chuck Palahniuk, and
Peter Ginna
Perkins 2009 recipient Gerald Howard with 2008 recipient
Jonathan Galassi
Hannah Tinti alongside the First Novel finalists: Patrick Somerville, John Pipkin, Philipp Meyer, Yiyun Li, and Paul Harding
Edward Hibbert, honoree Gerald Howard, and Chuck Palahniuk
Nan and Gay Talese
For more information on the Center for Fiction 2009 First Novel Prize winner, John Pipkin's Woodsburner, visit our Award page or read the full press release here.