Alice Walker, Scott Turow, Erik Larson to receive Sandburg Awards

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker, known for her iconic novel “The Color Purple,” along with best-selling authors Erik Larson (“Devil in the White City”) and Scott Turow (“Presumed Innocent”) are the recipients of the 2016 Carl Sandburg Literary Award, presented by The Chicago Public Library Foundation and the Chicago Public Library. Walker, the author of […]