Michigan Author Award

The Michigan Author Award is awarded annually by the Michigan Library Association to recognize an outstanding published body of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or play script. A panel of judges representing Michigan librarians and the Michigan Center for the Book determines the recipient on overall literary merit.

Michigan Author Award recipients

 * 1992 Dan Gerber
 * 1993 Charles Baxter
 * 1994 Nancy Willard
 * 1995 Janet Kauffman
 * 1996 Elmore Leonard
 * 1997 Loren Estleman
 * 1998 Gloria Whelan
 * 1999 Jerry Dennis
 * 2000 Janie Lynn Panagopoulos
 * 2001 Thomas Lynch
 * 2002 Nicholas Delbanco
 * 2003 Diane Wakoski
 * 2004 Patricia Polacco
 * 2005 Christopher Paul Curtis
 * 2006 Steve Hamilton
 * 2007 Sarah Stewart
 * 2008 Tom Stanton
 * 2009 Dave Dempsey
 * 2010 John Smolens
 * 2011 Gary Schmidt
 * 2012 Bonnie Jo Campbell
 * 2013 Laura Kasischke
 * 2014 Jim Harrison
 * 2015 David Small
 * 2016 Jacqueline Carey
 * 2017 Doc Fletcher
 * 2018 Beverly Jenkins
 * 2019 Jaimy Gordon
 * 2020 Mitch Albom
 * 2021 Larry Massie
 * 2022 Michael Zadoorian