Tony Award for Best Author

Tony Award for
Best Author
Awarded forBest Author
LocationUnited States New York City
Presented byAmerican Theatre Wing The Broadway League
WebsiteTonyAwards.com

The Tony Award for Best Author is a now retired category once presented to playwrights, authors and librettists of theatrical plays and musicals. Only nine awards were presented from 1947 to 1965, and it is often grouped with the category Best Book of a Musical.