Best Author

J.A. Jance

Denied entrance to the UA's creative writing program in the 60s because of her gender and told by her husband that he was going to be the only writer in the family, Jance went on to become a New York Times bestselling author and the author of over 50 mystery books. (Her now ex-husband, on the other hand, never published a single piece of writing).

Runners up:

2. Ofelia Zepeda

3. Adam Rex