Writer R.L. Stine, who was given the 2013 Founder's Award, tries to create an impromptu story with help of the audience during the fifth Tucson Festival of Books at the University of Arizona. (A.E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star)
The Founders Award, established in 2011, honors literary achievement that has captivated our imagination and whose body of work will be an inspiration to readers, writers and booklovers. The Founders Award is presented at the Authors Table Dinner on the University of Arizona campus and attracts 900 patrons.
Past recipients of this coveted award are:
2022 Annette Gordon-Reed
2021 Lisa See
2019 Luis Alberto Urrea 2019
2018 Billy Collins
2017 T.C. Boyle
2016 J.A. Jance
2015 Rock Bottom Remainders
2014 Richard Russo
2013 R.L. Stine
2012 Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana
2011 Elmore Leonard
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