Card 985. Lemony Snicket.

I don't know why that image is on the front of the card. There are a few Snicket cards in the series including one where he goes by his real name, Daniel Handler. I think that one has an actual photo of him.

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Card 985. William T. Vollmann.

Vollmann has 10 cards in the Booksmith series - the most by any author - and they are scattered across the run almost from start to end (cards 19, 36, 135, 386, 649, 716, 749, 826, 908, and 986).

I was looking at recent Ebay sales of Booksmith cards:

#437 Michael Moorcock (sci-fi/fantasy/other fiction and nonfiction) sold for $15 on 12-15-24
#746 Nick Mason (Pink Floyd drummer) sold for $15 on 1-18-25.
#999 Lewis Buzbee and Dave Tilton sold for $10 on 3-1-25

And then the Booksmith series reached card 1000 with pop science writer, Mary Roach. I'm not sure I'm old enough to read that book, though.

Maybe she could give a personal explanation?

Card 1012 Chuck Palahniuk.

Author of "Fight Club" (1996) which was adapted into the more widely-known 1999 movie. At Booksmith events, Palahniuk often added doodles with his signature, marking up his portrait with a black eye or blackened teeth as noted in Thomas' six-part "Medium" article. Here's an unmarked card which might be harder to find in the future.

Card 1014 Mike Farrell

I remember when Mike Farrell joined the cast of "M*A*S*H." It was right after McLean Stevenson left and just before Larry Linville left. After Linville's departure, I wondered if the show was going to be as funny as Linville was a great character but the writing was so good that Farrell's role fit right in as a totally different person. The writers didn't try to create another "Frank Burns."

Card 1041. Janis Ian.

I remember her singing her hit song, "At Seventeen," in the 70's but that was actually her second one. I'm not sure I've ever heard her 1966 hit, "Society's Child." In 1975, she appeared on the first episode of "Saturday Night Live" and performed two songs including "At Seventeen," which was newly released at the time.