History
The organization had its beginnings in 1912, when the Authors' League of America (ALA) was formed by some 350 book and magazine authors, as well as dramatists. In 1921, this group split into two branches of the League: the Dramatists' Guild for writers of radio and stage drama and the Authors Guild for novelists and nonfiction book/magazine authors.
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