Awarded March 14, 2023
Jay and the Marigold, illustrated by Trudy Scott (1976)
Ride the Red Cycle, illustrated by David Brown (1980)
Children of the Fire (1991)
Mississippi Chariot (1994)
If You Please (1995)
Washington City Is Burning (1996)
The Twins, The Pirates, and the Battle of New Orleans (1997)
Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule (1998)
Walking to the Bus-Rider Blues (2000)
Missing from Haymarket Square (2001)
Twelve Travelers, Twenty Horses (2003)
In addition to the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame and Dominican University, the Oak Park River Forest Museum, Oak Park Regional Housing Center, American Writers Museum, Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park, Housing Forward, and The Happy Apple Pie Shop helped present this honor. Contributing partners included River Forest Public Library, Oak Park Public Library, Sisters in Crime Chicagoland, and Mystery Writers of America.
Chicago Literary Hall of Fame
Email: Don Evans
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