The article says, “Doris Kearns Goodwin, whose presidential histories include “Team of Rivals,” about Lincoln’s cabinet, charges as much as $40,000 an appearance and some seasons averages a lecture a week.” And Richard “Russo said he’d gone “in two decades from $500 and happy to get it to something closer to $20,000.””
The article doesn’t mention school visits, which are usually paid. That was a shock to me when I first entered the YA world, but now I drink the Kool-Aid.
Read more of the article here.
