Joe Lansdale, Nacogdoches author and writer-in-residence at SFA, was inducted into the Texas Literary Hall of Fame on Oct. 19, 2012 in Fort Worth. The event honors authors past and present whose body of work, fiction or non-fiction significantly contributes to Texas’ literary heritage, is original, was first published in America and has been previously recognized for their literary significance. Chosen authors have their names featured on plaques mounted on the west wall of the Fort Worth Central Library. The Texas Literary Hall of Fame was founded in 2003 by the Friends of the Fort Worth Library, Inc.