The award ceremony, moderated by Dr. Amber Johnson, was held Thursday, April 28, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. at the Sheldon Concert Hall.

Saint Louis University Library Associates honored awardwinning writer, Arundhati Roy. Roy is the author of the novel "The God of Small Things," which received the 1997 Booker Prize and was listed as a New York Times notable book of the year. Roy’s second novel "The Ministry of Utmost Happiness" was named to the Man Booker long list in 2017 and was named a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Roy has been honored with Lannan Foundation’s Prize for Cultural Freedom (2002); the Sydney Peace Prize (2004); the George Orwell Award from the National Council of Teachers of English (2004); and the Norman Mailer Prize for Distinguished Writing (2011).