AUTHOR
2008 Election Cycle
Total Donated
$256,386
Contributions
264
Unique Donors
82
$281,061 in itemized individual contributions is the 2008-cycle join for the occupation grouping Author. FEC.gov aggregates count 297 contributions from 93 donors. The same string totals $4,385,764 across every cycle in this table, so the cell is about 6.4% of the lifetime bucket — a self-reported title meeting a two-year window, not a publishing NAICS total and not a writers-guild PAC.
Key figures
- Author × 2008 is $281,061 in itemized individual contributions.
- The cell includes 297 contributions from 93 donors.
- 2008 is about 6.4% of the grouping’s $4,385,764 all-cycle total.
- The label is self-reported form text, not a publishing NAICS total and not a writers-guild PAC.
- FEC gifts and federal award files remain separate datasets.
Author as stored text, 2008 as cycle
Employer groupings sit on one axis; election cycles sit on the other. Rows that match both — Author and 2008 — sum to $281,061. The cell holds 297 itemized contributions and 93 unique donors. The total is not an official organization disbursement and does not name recipients. Independent expenditures and committee transfers live in other FEC tables.
Neither the Author hub nor the 2008 election cycle hub is this number; each hub drops one of the two keys. Author is a self-reported occupation. Ninety-three donors in 2008 produced 297 lines. The FEC does not check ISBN records. People who listed a publisher or a newspaper as employer sit on those firm keys instead. WRITER, NOVELIST, JOURNALIST, and named publishers as employers are other keys. This page is the one-word Author string.
6.4% of the Author roll
The grouping’s stored total across cycles is $4,385,764 ($4.4 million). The 2008 slice of $281,061 is about 6.4% of that running sum. Other even-year windows hold the remaining 93.6%. Treating 2008 as the Author FEC story would ignore that remainder.
Treat $4,385,764 as the denominator for the 6.4% share. It is not market capitalization, not revenue, and not proof of a multi-year political program. The industry hub is the year index for this string. This tie keeps 2008 from being folded silently into $4,385,764.
Full analysis: Author and the 2008 FEC election cycle →
Questions
- How much did Author donors give in 2008?
- FEC.gov aggregates show $281,061 in itemized individual contributions for the Author grouping in the 2008 cycle, across 297 contributions and 93 donors. That sum is not a PAC total and not the $4,385,764 all-cycle figure.
- What share of Author FEC money is 2008?
- The grouping’s all-cycle total is $4,385,764. The 2008 cell of $281,061 is about 6.4% of that figure. Other cycles hold the remaining 93.6% on the industry hub. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell; the Author hub holds other cycles; the 2008 election cycle hub holds other employer strings from the same window.
- Does this include only licensed or currently employed authors?
- No. The bucket is the self-reported string Author. The FEC does not verify licenses or current jobs. Related phrases may sit in other groupings. This join reports the string match for 2008 only, totaling $281,061 from 93 donors.
- Where is the overlay for the Author 2008 join?
- Open Author 2008 for the cycle overlay, Author for the grouping hub, and the 2008 election cycle for the year without this employer filter. All FEC ties lists other two-dimension pages. This JSON file names the join; the overlay holds the itemized rows.
FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates by employer/industry grouping and election cycle.
Top Donors in 2008
| # | Name | Total | Contributions | City / State | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ORMAN, SUZE | $28,500 | 1 | EMERYVILLE, CA | — |
| 2 | GORDON, THOMAS | $22,460 | 18 | LEUCARDIA, CA | — |
| 3 | CLEMENTS, JOHN | $21,750 | 15 | DALLAS, TX | — |
| 4 | WOODS, STUART | $11,900 | 13 | WASHINGTON DEPOT, CT | — |
| 5 | FERRARO, GERALDINE | $10,000 | 6 | NY, NY | — |
| 6 | SHEEHY, GAIL | $9,900 | 6 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 7 | RHINE, BARBARA | $8,100 | 8 | BERKELEY, CA | — |
| 8 | URY, WILLIAM L | $7,600 | 6 | SANTA FE, NM | — |
| 9 | JOSEFOWITZ, NATASHA | $7,200 | 7 | LA JOLLA, CA | — |
| 10 | HOROWITZ, RUTH E | $6,900 | 3 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 11 | GRIFFITH, ELIZABETH | $6,850 | 5 | MCLEAN, VA | — |
| 12 | Hoag, Tami Ms. | $6,000 | 3 | Oak Park, CA | — |
| 13 | TOLLES, MARTHA G | $6,000 | 7 | SAN MARINO, CA | — |
| 14 | AUEL, JEAN | $5,600 | 3 | SHERWOOD, OR | — |
| 15 | TOLLES, MARTHA | $5,500 | 8 | SAN MARINO, CA | — |
| 16 | KING, STEVE | $4,800 | 4 | BANGOR, ME | — |
| 17 | HARRIS, LEO O | $4,500 | 7 | CLEVELAND HGTS, OH | — |
| 18 | JEFFERS, SUSAN | $4,250 | 7 | PACIFIC PALISADES, CA | — |
| 19 | MONTANDON, PAT | $3,950 | 7 | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | — |
| 20 | KNIGHT, KATHRYN | $3,700 | 10 | CAMBRIDGE, MA | — |
| 21 | ROSE, HERBERT | $3,500 | 5 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 22 | SPARKS, NICHOLAS | $3,386 | 1 | NEW BERN, NC | — |
| 23 | WALKER, ALICE | $3,375 | 4 | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | — |
| 24 | Carling, M | $2,953 | 2 | Palo Alto, CA | — |
| 25 | BIRD, CHRISTOPHER | $2,600 | 2 | WASHINGTON, DC | — |
| 26 | SCOVELL, JANE | $2,500 | 3 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 27 | TEPPER, SHERI | $2,350 | 4 | DENVER, CO | — |
| 28 | TOFFLER, ALVIN | $2,300 | 1 | LOS ANGELES, CA | — |
| 29 | GODIN, SETH W | $2,300 | 1 | HASTINGS ON HUDSON, NY | — |
| 30 | RAUTBORD, DONNA | $2,300 | 1 | CHICAGO, IL | — |
| 31 | EVANS, RICHARD PAUL | $2,300 | 2 | SALT LAKE CITY, UT | — |
| 32 | ABROMOWITZ, DAVID | $2,250 | 6 | JAMAICA PLAIN, MA | — |
| 33 | JAMES, JENNIFER | $2,212 | 9 | SEATTLE, WA | — |
| 34 | JESSUP, CLAUDIA | $2,000 | 4 | SANTA FE, NM | — |
| 35 | CLARK, MARY HIGGINS | $2,000 | 1 | SADDLE RIVER, NJ | — |
| 36 | ROBERTSON, IAN | $2,000 | 1 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 37 | PAYNE, CHARLES | $1,750 | 4 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 38 | BODETT, TOM | $1,600 | 2 | HOMER, AK | — |
| 39 | LEA, SYDNEY | $1,350 | 3 | NEWBURY, VT | — |
| 40 | DEW, ROBB | $1,250 | 2 | WILLIAMSTOWN, MA | — |
| 41 | BRIDGEMAN, JACKIE | $1,250 | 2 | MALIBU, CA | — |
| 42 | LUTHER, KURTICE C | $1,100 | 3 | BUFFALO, NY | — |
| 43 | ALLEN, JENNIFER | $1,000 | 3 | PALOS VERDES EST, CA | — |
| 44 | BERGREEN, LAURENCE | $1,000 | 1 | NEW YORK, NY | SELF |
| 45 | LESLIE, ALEEN | $1,000 | 1 | BEVERLY HILLS, CA | — |
| 46 | LABAT, CARLA | $1,000 | 1 | MCLEAN, VA | — |
| 47 | DOCTOROW, E L | $1,000 | 1 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 48 | PLAIN, BELVA | $1,000 | 3 | SHORT HILLS, NJ | — |
| 49 | JACKSON, HERRICK | $1,000 | 1 | WILTON, CT | — |
| 50 | FREEMAN, KATHLEEN | $1,000 | 3 | NEWPORT BEACH, CA | — |
Top Recipients in 2008
| # | Committee | Total | Contributions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C00431445 | $60,512 | 71 |
| 2 | C00010603 | $50,960 | 19 |
| 3 | C00329896 | $17,400 | 22 |
| 4 | C00431569 | $14,000 | 13 |
| 5 | C00401224 | $11,100 | 11 |
| 6 | C00413914 | $10,000 | 6 |
| 7 | C00000935 | $9,900 | 6 |
| 8 | C00404525 | $8,100 | 8 |
| 9 | C00435370 | $7,200 | 7 |
| 10 | C00193433 | $6,000 | 3 |
| 11 | C00433219 | $6,000 | 7 |
| 12 | C00446765 | $4,800 | 4 |
| 13 | C00331439 | $4,650 | 5 |
| 14 | C00381517 | $4,500 | 7 |
| 15 | C00326629 | $4,250 | 7 |
| 16 | C00451393 | $3,700 | 10 |
| 17 | C00005173 | $3,386 | 1 |
| 18 | C00341396 | $3,375 | 4 |
| 19 | C00418103 | $2,953 | 2 |
| 20 | C00442814 | $2,500 | 3 |
| 21 | C00431171 | $2,300 | 2 |
| 22 | C00042366 | $2,250 | 5 |
| 23 | C00400077 | $2,250 | 6 |
| 24 | C00386854 | $2,000 | 1 |
| 25 | C00140590 | $1,250 | 2 |