2017
Fannie Flagg
Dianne Dixon
Craig Johnson
Kate McDermott
2016
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Meg Waite Clayton
Gregg Hurwitz
2015
Cindy Chupack
Kelly Corrigan
Andrew W. Marlowe
Hank Phillippi Ryan
2014
Tim Conway
Lian Dolan
Meg Gardiner
Margrit Biever Mondavi
2013
Tiffany Baker
Marcia Clark
Cat Cora
Milt Larsen
2012
Meredith Baxter
Jenna McCarthy
Greg Meng
Simon Tolkien
2011
Jack Canfield
Jean-Michael Cousteau
Sue Grafton
Jane Hamilton
Susan Straight
2010
Elizabeth Berg
Sandra Brown
Kate Jacobs
Carol Leifer
2009
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Kristine Armstrong
Leonard Downey
Larry Wilmore
Seldon Edwards
2008
Gary David Goldberg
Andrew Klavan
Deborah Rodriguez
Lisa See
2007
Lynne Cox
Peter Falk
Jane Heller
Mariel Hemingway
James Rollins
2006
Teri Garr
Tab Hunter
Greg Hurwitz
Christopher Kennedy Lawford
Denise Nicholas
2005
Greg Behrendt
Joyce Dudley
Karen Joy Fowler
Harley Jane Kozac
Helie Lee
Robert L. Tanenbaum
2004
Stephen J. Cannell
Clyde Edgerton
Diana Gabaldon
Kathleen Sharp
Thomas Steinbeck
2003
David Pelzer
Dr. William Close
Steven Cojocaru
Richard Paul Evans
T. Jefferson Parker
2002
Robert Crais
Gayle Lynds
Maria Shriver
Susan Straight
Jonathan Winters
2001
Diane Mott Davidson
Dan Dye & Mark Beckloff
Janet Fitch
Col. David Hackworth
Catharine Ryan Hyde
Dr. Nancy Snyderman
2000
Ilene Beckerman
Chèrie Carter-Scott
J.F. Freedman
Derek Lundy
1999
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Cathy Lee Crosby
Fannie Flagg
Allan Folsom
1998
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Carol Higgins Clark
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1997
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Janet Leigh
Lawrence Taylor
1996
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1995
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1994
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Roger Dunham
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1993
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Steve Allen
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1992
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1991
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Jo Ann Levy
1990
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1989
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1988
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1987
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