Spirit of the West

The Spirit of the West Literary Achievement Award is given to an author whose body of work captures the unique spirit honored by the Reading the West Book Awards.

Larry McMurtry – 2020

Kent Haruf – 2013

Linda K. Hogan – 2007

Robert M. Utley – 2006

Leslie Marmon Silko – 2006

Sandra Cisneros – 2004

Ann Haymond Zwinger – 2001

Jim Harrison – 2000

Terry Tempest Williams – 1999

Rudolfo Anaya – 1998

Ivan Doig – 1997

Vine Deloria Jr. – 1996

Tony Hillerman – 1995

N. Scott Momaday – 1994

David Lavender – 1993

Frank Waters – 1992