we have national book award winners john ashbery, of course, edward ball, julia glass, john casey, gordoneid, colin mccan, andrew solomon, judy thereman, and time winier. pulitzer prize winner, yusef. national book circle winner, francine. and short story award winner and edith. elizabeth philips and bread award winner, amanda forman, mcarthur fellow, tony winner, of course, john lisco,. michael moore, neil conan: thank you for being here tonight, and let's give them a hand. [applause] i'd especially like to thank our financial supporters without whom we cannot bring you the national book awards. again, hold your applause until i mentioned them all. the premier sponsors are barnes & noble, randomhouse, google, book publishing papers, david drumman, and penguin sponsors, bloomberg, the national endowment for the arts, debra wiley. ibm and hbo. thank you for your support. [applause] i mentioned psychological elastic as a sponsor, and i want to thank scholastic and the press conference. we do a team press conference every year. thank you, scholastic, and we usually have 250 teams that get to