By Malia Mendez, Los Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES — Finalists and honorees for the 46th Los Angeles Times Book Prizes were announced last week. “The Joy Luck Club” author Amy Tan will be honored with this year’s Robert Kirsch Award for lifetime achievement. Nonprofit We Need Diverse Books and novelist Adam Ross will receive the Innovator’s Award and Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose, respectively. Winners in the remaining categories will be revealed at the 46th L.A. Times Book Prizes on April 17 at USC’s Bovard Auditorium. For more information about the Book Prizes, including the complete list of finalists, visit latimes.com/BookPrizes.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 28, 2026 20:12 UTC