RWA Lifetime Achievement Award
One of the highest honors RWA bestows is the RWA Lifetime Achievement Award. This award is presented to a living author in recognition of significant contributions to the romance genre. To qualify for the award, the recipient's career in romantic fiction must span a minimum of fifteen years. Recipients must in some way continue to promote the romance genre, teach romance in fiction, or publish romantic fiction. In 1994 a new requirement was added, that recipients must maintain active RWA membership. Authors are nominated for the award by RWA members and selected by the Board of Directors.
To nominate a member for the RWA Lifetime Achievement Award, email
nominations@rwa.org.
2019 RWA Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient