Credit: Donald Christiensen

BOOKED for the eveningTM is the Westport Public Library's annual fund raising event. On that occasion, the Library awards an honoree whose work reflects the purpose of the Library--to nurture the love of learning and to enhance our understanding of the world. The funds raised enable the Library to continue to serve as a major community center for the 1600 people a day who walk through its doors.

Previous award winners: Tom Brokaw, E.L. Doctorow, Calvin Trillin, Wendy Wasserstein, Pete Hamill, Martin Scorsese, Arthur Mitchell, Doris Kearns Goodwin, David Halberstam, Oscar Hijuelos, and Adam Gopnik.

2010 Committee: Hedi Lieberman and Candi Savin, Co-Chairs; Martha Aasen, Stacy Waldman Bass, John Hooper, Melissa Kane, David Rubinstein, Norman Trepner, Alexandra Wells, and Nancy Wilson.