Holbrooke Award Winner
President Jimmy Carter
Fiction Winner
Paul Lynch
Fiction Runner-up
Anne Berest
Nonfiction Winner
Victor Luckerson
Nonfiction Runner-up
Tania Branigan
Holbrooke Award Winner
Sandra Cisneros
Fiction Winner
Geraldine Brooks
Geraldine Brooks
Fiction Runner-up
Lily Brooks-Dalton
Lily Brooks-Dalton
Nonfiction Winner
Robert Samuels &
Toluse Olorunnipa
Robert Samuels &
Toluse Olorunnipa
Nonfiction Runner-up
Adam Hochschild
Adam Hochschild
Holbrooke Award Winner
Wil Haygood
Fiction Winner
Honorée Fannone Jeffers
Honorée Fannone Jeffers
Fiction Runner-up
JoAnne Tompkins
JoAnne Tompkins
Nonfiction Winner
Clint Smith
Clint Smith
Nonfiction Runner-up
Andrea Elliott
Andrea Elliott
Holbrooke Award Winner
Margaret Atwood
Fiction Winner
Alexander Starritt
Alexander Starritt
Fiction Runner-up
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
Nonfiction Winner
Ariana Neumann
Ariana Neumann
Nonfiction Runner-up
Jordan Ritter Conn
Jordan Ritter Conn
Holbrooke Award Winner
Margaret Atwood
Fiction Winner
Alice Hoffman
Alice Hoffman
Fiction Runner-up
Christy Lefteri
Christy Lefteri
Nonfiction Winner
Chanel Miller
Chanel Miller
Nonfiction Runner-up
Jennifer Eberhardt
Jennifer Eberhardt
Holbrooke Award Winner
N. Scott Momaday
N. Scott Momaday
Fiction Winner
Golnaz Hashemzadeh Bonde
Golnaz Hashemzadeh Bonde
Fiction Runner-up
Richard Powers
Richard Powers
Nonfiction Winner
Eli Saslow
Eli Saslow
Nonfiction Runner-up
Wil Haygood
Wil Haygood
Holbrooke Award Winner
John Irving
John Irving
Fiction Winner
Hala Alyan
Hala Alyan
Fiction Runner-up
Min Jin Lee
Min Jin Lee
Nonfiction Winner
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Nonfiction Runner-up
Michelle Kuo
Michelle Kuo
Holbrooke Award Winner
Colm Toibin
Colm Toibin
Fiction Winner
Patricia Engel
Patricia Engel
Fiction Runner-up
Yaa Gyasi
Yaa Gyasi
Nonfiction Winner
David Wood
David Wood
Nonfiction Runner-up
Ben Rawlence
Ben Rawlence
Holbrooke Award Winner
Marilynne Robinson
Marilynne Robinson
Fiction Winner
Viet Thanh Nguyen
Viet Thanh Nguyen
Fiction Runner-up
James Hannaham
James Hannaham
Nonfiction Winner
Susan Southard
Susan Southard
Nonfiction Runner-up
Kennedy Odede & Jessica Posner
Kennedy Odede & Jessica Posner
Holbrooke Award Winner
Gloria Steinem
Gloria Steinem
Fiction Winner
Josh Weil
Josh Weil
Fiction Runner-up
Anthony Doerr
Anthony Doerr
Nonfiction Winner
Bryan Stevenson
Bryan Stevenson
Nonfiction Runner-up
Jeff Hobbs
Jeff Hobbs
Holbrooke Award Winner
Louise Erdrich
Louise Erdrich
Fiction Winner
Bob Shacochis
Bob Shacochis
Fiction Runner-up
Margaret Wrinkle
Margaret Wrinkle
Nonfiction Winner
Karima Bennoune
Karima Bennoune
Nonfiction Runner-up
Jo Roberts
Jo Roberts
Holbrooke Award Winner
Wendell Berry
Wendell Berry
Fiction Winner
Adam Johnson
Adam Johnson
Fiction Runner-up
Ben Fountain
Ben Fountain
Nonfiction Winner
Andrew Solomon
Andrew Solomon
Nonfiction Runner-up
Gilbert King
Gilbert King
Holbrooke Award Winner
Tim O’Brien
Tim O’Brien
Fiction Winner
Andrew Krivak
Andrew Krivak
Fiction Runner-up
Ha Jin
Ha Jin
Nonfiction Winner
Adam Hochschild
Adam Hochschild
Nonfiction Runner-up
Annia Ciezadlo
Annia Ciezadlo
Holbrooke Award Winner
Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver
Fiction Winner
Chang-rae Lee
Chang-rae Lee
Fiction Runner-up
Maaza Mengiste
Maaza Mengiste
Nonfiction Winner
Wilbert Rideau
Wilbert Rideau
Nonfiction Runner-up
Isabel Wilkerson
Isabel Wilkerson
Lifetime Achievement AwardÂ
Geraldine Brooks
Geraldine Brooks
Fiction Winner
Marlon James
Marlon James
Fiction Runner-up
Chimamanda Adichie
Chimamanda Adichie
Nonfiction Winner
Dave Eggers
Dave Eggers
Nonfiction Runner-up
Justine Hardy
Justine Hardy
Lifetime Achievement Award
Nicholas Kristof & Sheryl WuDunn
Nicholas Kristof & Sheryl WuDunn
Fiction Winner
Richard Bausch
Richard Bausch
Fiction Runner-up
Uwen Akpan
Uwen Akpan
Nonfiction Winner
Benjamin Skinner
Benjamin Skinner
Nonfiction Runner-up
Thomas Friedman
Thomas Friedman
Lifetime Achievement Award
Taylor Branch
Taylor Branch
Fiction Winner
Junot DÃaz
Junot DÃaz
Fiction Runner-up
Daniel Alarcón
Daniel Alarcón
Nonfiction Winner
Edwidge Danticat
Edwidge Danticat
Nonfiction Runner-up
Cullen Murphy
Cullen Murphy
Lifetime Achievement Award
Elie Wiesel
Elie Wiesel
Fiction Winner
Brad Kessler
Brad Kessler
Fiction Runner-up
Lisa Fugard
Lisa Fugard
Nonfiction Winner
Mark Kurlansky
Mark Kurlansky
Nonfiction Runner-up
Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin
Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin
Lifetime Achievement Award
Studs Terkel
Studs Terkel
Fiction Winner
Francine Prose
Francine Prose
Fiction Runner-up
Kevin Haworth
Kevin Haworth
Nonfiction Winner
Stephen Walker
Stephen Walker
Nonfiction Runner-up
Adam Hochschild
Adam Hochschild