 For that coup, he won the annual Pulitzer Prize for Reporting.In 1938 Lyman and Carl B. Allen co-wrote "The Wonder Book of the Air" (John C. Winston Co., 1939), a 340-page illustrated volume for children and young adults, covering all aspects of aviation.Following his death in 1972, the former Aviation/Space Writers Association established the Lauren D. Lyman Award in his honor to be presented annually "for distinguished, career-long achievements in aviation journalism or public relations".