Awards & Winners

James Fenimore Cooper Prize

James Fenimore Cooper Prize

The James Fenimore Cooper Prize is a biennial award given for the best Historical American fiction by the Society of American Historians. It is awarded in the odd-numbered years.

Check all the winners of James Fenimore Cooper Prize presented under James Fenimore Cooper Prize since 1993 .


Thomas Mullen

Honored for : The Last Town on Earth

Philip Roth

Honored for : The Plot Against America

Kevin Baker

Honored for : Paradise Alley

Ward Just

Honored for : A Dangerous Friend

Peter Matthiessen

Honored for : Bone by Bone

Richard Powers

Honored for : Gain

John Edgar Wideman

Honored for : The Cattle Killing

Tim O'Brien

Honored for : In the Lake of the Woods

Noah Gordon

Honored for : Shaman