--- description: The late Carrie Fisher has been honored with a Grammy Award for best spoken word album. title: Carrie Fisher Wins Posthumous Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdd73a30a9b7bd03b/6988f9bddb2987550325e8b1/carrie-fisher-princess-diarist-grammy-award.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [awards](/tag/awards/) ## awards Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Carrie Fisher Wins Posthumous Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album by [Maureen Lee Jenker / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Maureen Lee Jenker / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 29, 2018 12:12 AM CUT  Carrie Fisher signs copies of her new book "The Princess Diarist" at Waterstones, Piccadilly, on December 11, 2016 in London, England. Carrie Fisher signs copies of her new book "The Princess Diarist" at Waterstones, Piccadilly, on December 11, 2016 in London, England.David M. Benett—Getty Images by [Maureen Lee Jenker / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Maureen Lee Jenker / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 29, 2018 12:12 AM CUT The late Carrie Fisher has been honored with a Grammy Award. At the 60th annual ceremony Sunday in New York, Fisher posthumously won the prize for for best spoken word album for her audiobook recording of [_The Princess Diarist_](http://ew.com/article/2016/11/22/princess-diarist-carrie-fisher-ew-review/ "undefined")_,_ a memoir culled from her diaries during her time shooting the first _Star Wars_ film and portraying Princess Leia. The memoir was published just five weeks before her [death in December 2016](http://ew.com/movies/2016/12/27/carrie-fisher-dead-star-wars-princess-leia-dies-60/ "undefined") and made headlines for the details it revealed, including an on-set affair with costar Harrison Ford. Fisher was returning from a European leg of a book tour for the memoir when she suffered a heart attack on a flight home to Los Angeles; she died days later. Fisher beat out several other big names in her category: Neil deGrasse Tyson for _Astrophysics For People in a Hurry_, Bruce Springsteen for _Born to Run_, Shelly Peiken for _Confessions of a Serial Songwriter_, and Bernie Sanders and Mark Ruffalo for _Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In_. The actress and writer has been up for several posthumous awards since her death, including an Emmy nomination for outstanding guest actress in a comedy series for _Catastrophe._ The Grammy marks her first posthumous win. Fisher was previously nominated for a Grammy in the same category in 2009, for her recording of her memoir-turned-one-woman-show _Wishful Drinking_, but did not win. The award was announced during the Grammys’ preshow ceremony. See [more winners here](http://ew.com/music/2018/01/28/grammys-2018-winners-list/ "undefined"). _This_ [_article_](http://ew.com/music/2018/01/28/carrie-fisher-wins-grammy-spoken-word-album/ "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5122294/grammys-2018-carrie-fisher-princess-diarist-award/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5122294/grammys-2018-carrie-fisher-princess-diarist-award/"},"headline":"Carrie Fisher Wins Posthumous Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album","datePublished":"2018-01-29T00:12:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T19:02:51.413Z","description":"She won it for the audiobook recording of \"The Princess Diarist\"","url":"https://time.com/5122294/grammys-2018-carrie-fisher-princess-diarist-award/","keywords":["awards","grammys2018"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdd73a30a9b7bd03b/6988f9bddb2987550325e8b1/carrie-fisher-princess-diarist-grammy-award.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maureen Lee Jenker / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdd73a30a9b7bd03b/6988f9bddb2987550325e8b1/carrie-fisher-princess-diarist-grammy-award.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Carrie Fisher Signs Copies Of Her New Book \"The Princess Diarist\" At Waterstones Piccadilly","caption":"Carrie Fisher Signs Copies Of Her New Book \"The Princess Diarist\" At Waterstones Piccadilly","creditText":"David M. 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