Lila Hopkins of Fuquay-Varina received a coveted award for her novel “The Master Craftsman.” The Book of the Year Award in Family Drama was presented by High Country Writes’ Club in Boone on June 10.

This is Hopkins’ third award from this prestigious group of writers. Her first two novels, “Weave Me A Song” and “Strike a Golden Chord” also won the book of the year awards. All the books were published by Ingall’s Publishing in Boone.

Hopkins will appear in the Author’s Series sponsored by Interact of Wake County on June 25 at Pass It On store in Fuquay-Varina and in Raleigh at the Interact headquarters on July 21. Both activities are from 6-7:30 p.m.

“The Master Craftsman” is a heartwarming novel of father-son relationships and the incredible gift of love. It is set in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina and like Hopkins’ other novels, it tells the story from a Christian perspective. The drama in the story intensifies as the protagonist faces death if he does not receive a kidney transplant. His life can be saved by an unthinkable sacrifice from his son.

Hopkins’ children’s books, “Eating Crow” and “Talking Turkey,” each won the N.C. Juvenile Literature Award in 1988 and 1989.