Select Awards and Honors
- Fellow, Royal Society of Literature and Royal Geographical Society in UK
- Honorary doctorate in literature from Trinity College in Washington, D.C.
- Honorary doctorate in literature from Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts
- 1990: Maria Thomas Fiction Award, lifetime achievement award
- 1983: American Book Award nominee, The Mosquito Coast
- 1981: James Tait Black Memorial Prize, The Mosquito Coast
- 1981: American Book Award nominee, The Old Patagonian Express
- 1989: Thomas Cook Travel Book Award, Riding the Iron Rooster
- 1978: Whitbread Prize, Best Novel, Picture Palace
- 1977: American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters award for literature
- 1972, 1976, 1977, and 1979: The Playboy Editorial Award for Best Story winner
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