Harper Lee Award

The Harper Lee Award for Alabama's Distinguished Writer of the Year is an annual award recognizing a writer who was born in Alabama or has spent their formative years there. It is named after Harper Lee, whose To Kill A Mockingbird has sold over 30 million copies.

The Harper Lee Award was established in 1998 and was awarded to Albert Murray.

Recipients

1998 - Albert Murray

1999 - Madison Jones

2000 - Helen Norris

2001 - Sena Jeter Naslund

2002 - Mary Ward Brown

2003 - Rodney Jones

2004 - Sonia Sanchez

2005 - Andrew Highway

2006 - Wayne Greenhaw

2007 - William Cobb

2008 - Rebecca Gilman

2009 - Rick Bragg

2010 - Carolyn Haines

2011 - Winston Groom

2012 - Fannie Flagg

2013 - Gay Talese

2014 - Mark Childress

2015 - Hank Lazer

2016 - E. O. Wilson

2017 - Brad Watson

2018 - Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

2019 - Daniel Wallace

2020 - Patti Callahan Henry

2021 - Angela Johnson

2022 - Cynthia Tucker

2023 - Joy Harjo

References

American literary awards

Alabama literature

1998 establishments in Alabama

Awards established in 1998

To Kill a Mockingbird