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.
2024 T. Jefferson Parker
2023 Thomas Perry
2022 Annette Gordon-Reed
2021 Lisa See
2019 Luis Alberto Urrea
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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