Arizona Author of the Year Awards
The Judy Goddard Arizona Author of the Year Awards are given each year to an outstanding writer or illustrator of books for children, and an author of Young Adult (YA) literature. The winners must either live in Arizona or have a close connection with the state. The prize is awarded jointly by Libraries, Ltd. and the Arizona State Library Association.
Past Arizona State Library Association/Judy Goddard-Libraries Limited Children’s Author/Illustrator Award Winners:
2008 S.D. Nelson (Flagstaff, AZ)
2007 Marjorie Weinman Sharmat (Tucson, AZ)
2006 Barbara Park (Scottsdale, AZ)
2005 Alice McLerran (Bellport, NY)
2004 Joan Sandin (Tucson, AZ)
2003 Jean Ekman Adams (Paradise Valley, AZ)
2002 Sylvia Long (Scottsdale, AZ)
2001 Conrad Storad (Tempe, AZ)
2000 Ruth Covault (Peoria, AZ)
1999 Joyce Rossi (Reno, NV)
1998 Jan Romero Stevens (Flagstaff, AZ)
1997 Ron Himler (Tucson, AZ)
1996 Baje Whitehorne (Flagstaff, AZ)
1995 Joe Hayes (Santa Fe, NM) & Kay Sather (Tucson,AZ)
1994 Susan Lowell (Tucson, AZ)
1993 Shonto Begay (Flagstaff, AZ)
1992 Ken Buchanan (Arivaca, AZ)
1991 Michael Lacapa (Taylor, AZ)
1990 Gisela and E. Wesley Jernigan (Tucson and Pima, AZ)
1989 Elizabeth Polingaysi Qoyawayma (Elizabeth Q. White) (Old Oraibi, Arizona)
1988 Betty Baker (Tucson, AZ)
1987 Lynn Gessner (Scottsdale, AZ)
1986 Don Schellie (Tucson, AZ)
1985 Byrd Baylor (Tucson, AZ and New Mexico)
1984 Ann Nolan Clark (Tucson, AZ)
1983 Eulalia Bourne (Mammoth, AZ)