The Ross Macdonald Literary Award is a U.S. book prize given each year by the Santa Barbara Book Council to "a California writer whose work raises the standard of literary excellence." The award is named in honor of California mystery novelist Ross Macdonald, whose novels were set in a fictionalized version of Santa Barbara, California.

Past award recipients

Year Honoree
2002 Ray Bradbury
2003 Dean Koontz
2004 Sue Grafton
2005 Mark Salzman
2006 Robert Crais
2007 T. C. Boyle
2008 James Ellroy
2016 Dennis Lynds
2017 Fannie Flagg
2018 Pico Iyer


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