The Authors Guild
Sandy Long is an accomplished executive with extensive experience in operations, marketing, and account management across various sectors. Currently serving as Chief Operating Officer at The Authors Guild since 2007, Sandy is responsible for aligning daily operations with the organization's strategic goals and budget while mentoring teams. Prior roles include Non-Profit Consultant and Account Director at Taproot Foundation, where staffing and project quality were prioritized, and Marketing and Account Management Consultant at Sundance Advisors, focusing on strategic marketing for financial counseling. Earlier experience includes leadership positions at Spier NY as EVP, Director Account Services, and at DBP & Associates as Vice President, Managing Partner. Sandy began a career at Waldenbooks as Sr. Marketing Manager, shaping marketing approaches for a large retail chain. Sandy holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from California State University, Fullerton.
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The Authors Guild
Founded in 1912, the Authors Guild is the oldest and largest professional writers' organization in the United States. We advocate for the legal rights of authors by supporting fair publishing and freelance writing contracts, copyright protection and free speech. We also provide working writers with an inclusive community that values and celebrates the author’s craft and fights for a livable wage. Guild members include published writers of fiction, creative nonfiction, general nonfiction, scholarly works, poetry, and journalism pieces—traditionally and independently published—as well as literary agents and representatives of writers’ estates. While we welcome and support professional writers at all stages of their careers, the Guild has long received high level of support and participation from award-winning literary writers and best-selling authors, including Richard Russo, Doug Preston, Amy Bloom, Erica Jong, Oscar Cásares, Mary Pope Osborne, Tayari Jones, Nora Roberts, Roxana Robinson, Scott Turow, Julia Glass, TJ Styles, Sigrid Nunez, Lore Segal and James Gleick to name just a few. Our guiding principles: Compensation ☛ Authors should not be required to write or speak for free. Writers, like all professionals, should receive fair payment for their work. Ownership ☛ Authors should be able to retain ownership of their copyrights and to recover those rights if a publisher is unwilling or unable to exploit them. Distribution ☛ Authors should have the right to choose how and by whom their works are copied, distributed, or otherwise made available to the public. Attribution ☛ Authors should receive proper credit and attribution for their work.