Austin author Elizabeth Crook honored with Texas Writer Award. texasbookfest
More literary gold for Austin: Local author Elizabeth Crook has been named as the recipient of this year's Texas Writer Award. She will receive the award at this year's Texas Book Festival .
It's an addition to the trophy cupboard for the author, who already won the Spur Award from the Western Writers of America for her 2006 workMonday, MondayIn a press release, Crook wrote that “it feels like winning an Oscar, like confirmation that all those hours of research haven’t been pointless and all those years of rethinking and second-guessing and trying always to land on the perfect word, the correct sentiment, the exact right ending, have resulted in books that are appreciated.
Established in 1999 as the Bookend Award, the Texas Writer Award is given in recognition of outstanding contributions to Texas literature. Crook joins a recipient list that reads like a who's-who of Texas authors, starting with inaugural honoree
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