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2007 - James Bradley
Bradley, son of Iwo Jima flag raiser John Bradley, is the author of the New York Times #1 bestseller "Flags of Our Fathers."
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2006 - Michael Wallis
Route 66 author and authority. Wallis consulted Pixar for Cars and voiced the sheriff for the film.
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2005 - Frank Deford
Author of fourteen books, senior writer at Sports Illustrated, NPR commentator, and HBO Real Sports correspondent.
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2004 - Billie Letts
Where the Heart Is, featured in the Oprah Book Club, was the basis of the 2000 movie of the same name.
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2003 - Ken Burns
An award-winning filmmaker and author, best known for his epic documentaries, The Civil War, Baseball, and Jazz.
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2002 - S.E. Hinton
Author of The Outsiders, basis of the Frances Ford Coppola movie of the same name
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2001 - Oliver Sacks
Author of Awakenings, basis of the Academy Award-nominated movie of the same name
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1998 - Judith Viorst
Beloved children's book author, poet and author of the best selling Necessary Losses
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1997 - William F. Buckley, Jr.
Author, advisor, columnist, and founder of the National Review
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1996 - Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Internationally-known author of Slaughter-house Five
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1995 - Baxter Black
Cowboy poet and author of Hey, Cowboy Wanna Get Lucky?
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1994 - Andrei Codrescu
Romanian-born writer and National Public Radio commentator
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1993 - Tony Hillerman
Author of the best selling Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee mystery series
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1992 - Alvin Granowsky
Noted humorist
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1991 - Michael Wallis
Award-winning reporter and author of Route 66: the Mother Road
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