The Ross Macdonald Literary Award is a U.S.
book prize given each year by the
Santa Barbara Book Council to "a
California
California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...
writer whose work raises the standard of literary excellence." The award is named in honor of California mystery novelist
Ross Macdonald
Ross Macdonald was the main pseudonym used by the American-Canadian writer of crime fiction Kenneth Millar (; December 13, 1915 – July 11, 1983). He is best known for his series of hardboiled novels set in Southern California and featur ...
, whose novels were set in a fictionalized version of Santa Barbara, California.
Past award recipients
External links
Santa Barbara Writers Conference
American literary awards
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