Award for Best Peace Corps Memoir
2020 was the first year this award was presented –
Awards are presented to books published during the previous year.
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The winners of the Best Peace Corps Memoir Award
are —
2024
Taking the Plunge Into Ethiopia — Tales of a Peace Corps Volunteer
by William L. Hershey (Ethiopia 1968-70)
2023
Turquoise: Three Years In Ghana: A Peace Corps Memoir
Lawrence M. Grobel (Ghana 1968-71)
2022
Love and Latrines in the Land of Spiderweb Lace: A Peace Corps Memoir
Mary Lou Shefsky (Paraguay 1974–76)
2020
Woven: A Peace Corps Adventure Spun with Faith, Laughter, and Love
Nanchy Heil Knor (Belize 1989-1991)