Patricia McKissack is the recipient of the 2016 Tradition of Literary Excellence Award. The award, which is funded by the Municipal Commission of Arts & Letters of University City, is given “to honor the work of a living local author whose literary achievement has won national and international acclaim and, in so doing, has contributed to the distinction of the St. Louis area.” In partnership with her late husband Frederick McKissack, she wrote more than 100 children’s books.
