The prestigious literary award honored the best books published in the U.S. in 2024 Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant at PEOPLE, where she writes for both print and digital ...

Published in the print edition of the September 16, 2024, issue. Sandra Cisneros received a 2022 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. Her books include “Woman Without Shame,” which was released in 2023.

Robert Caro, Salman Rushdie and Sandra Cisneros were honored Monday night at an Authors Guild dinner gala that celebrated the written word and its vital role in the preservation of democracy.