List of Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Young Adult Novel winners
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Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Young Adult Novel: Prior to the establishment of this award, the Mystery Writers of America
awarded a special Edgar to Katherine Paterson
for The Master Puppeteer in 1977.
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Mystery Writers of America
Mystery Writers of America is an organization for mystery writers, based in New York.The organization was founded in 1945 by Clayton Rawson, Anthony Boucher, Lawrence Treat, and Brett Halliday....
awarded a special Edgar to Katherine Paterson
Katherine Paterson
Katherine Paterson is an American author of children's novels. She wrote Bridge to Terabithia and has received several of the major international awards for children's literature.- Early life:...
for The Master Puppeteer in 1977.
1990s
- 1989 Sonia LevitinSonia LevitinSonia Levitin is an award-winning novelist and author of over forty novels and picture books for young adults and children, as well as published essays on various topics for adults...
, Incident at Loring Groves - 1990 Alane FergusonAlane FergusonAlane Ferguson is an author who has won the Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Mystery novel in 1990 for Show Me the Evidence.Ferguson was born in Cumberland, Maryland, in 1957. Her mother is children's author Gloria Skurzynski....
, Show Me the Evidence - 1991 Chap Reaver, Mote
- 1992 Theodore TaylorTheodore Taylor (author)Theodore Taylor was an American author of more than 50 fiction and non-fiction books for young adult readers, including The Cay, The Weirdo , Ice Drift, Timothy of the Cay, The Bomb, Sniper, and Rogue...
, The Weirdo - 1993 Chap Reaver, A Little Bit Dead
- 1994 Joan Lowery NixonJoan Lowery NixonJoan Lowery Nixon was an American journalist and author, specializing in historical fiction and mysteries for children and young adults.-Biography:...
, The Name of the Game Was Murder - 1995 Nancy SpringerNancy SpringerNancy Connor Springer is an American author of fantasy, young adult literature, mystery, and science fiction. Her novel Larque on the Wing won the Tiptree Award, and she has also received the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America.-Series:Book of the Isle* 1. The White Hart * 2...
, Toughing It - 1996 Rob MacGregor, Prophecy Rock
- 1997 Willo Davis RobertsWillo Davis RobertsWillo Davis Roberts was an American writer chiefly known for her mystery and suspense novels for children and young adults. She won Edgar Allan Poe awards in 1989, 1995, and 1997 for best juvenile and best young adult mysteries...
, Twisted Summer - 1998 Will HobbsWill HobbsWill Hobbs is an American young-adult novelist. Hobbs was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.-Selected publications:*Ghost Canoe*Beardance*Bearstone*The Big Wander*Changes in Latitudes*Far North*Jason's Gold*Kokopellis Flute...
, Ghost Canoe - 1999 Nancy WerlinNancy WerlinNancy Werlin is an American author of young adult novels. She received a B.A. in English from Yale College and was a National Book Award nominee for The Rules of Survival, a winner of the Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Novel for The Killer's Cousin in 1999, and an Edgar award finalist for Locked...
, The Killer's Cousin
2000s
- 2000 Vivian Vande VeldeVivian Vande VeldeVivian Vande Velde is an American author who writes books primarily aimed at young adults. She currently resides in Rochester, New York....
, Never Trust a Dead Man - 2001 Elaine M. AlphinElaine M. AlphinElaine Marie Alphin is the award-winning author of more than thirty books for children and young adults...
, Counterfeit SonCounterfeit SonCounterfeit Son is a 2000 novel by Elaine Marie Alphin and was written for young adults. It received a 2001 Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best Young Adult Mystery. It is a psychological thriller.-Plot:... - 2002 Tim Wynne-JonesTim Wynne-JonesTim Wynne-Jones is an English–Canadian author of children's literature, including picture books and novels for children and young adults, novels for adults, radio dramas, songs for the CBC/Jim Henson production Fraggle Rock, as well as a children's musical and an opera libretto.-Biography:Born...
, The Boy in the Burning House - 2003 Daniel ParkerDaniel ParkerDaniel Parker was a leader in the Primitive Baptist Church in the Southern United States. As an elder, Parker led a group who separated from that church and formed the Two-Seed-in-the-Spirit Predestinarian Baptists...
, The Wessex Papers - 2004 Graham McNamee, Acceleration
- 2005 Dorothy Hoobler and Thomas Hoobler, In Darkness, Death
- 2006 John FeinsteinJohn FeinsteinJohn Feinstein is an American sportswriter, author and sports commentator who wrote the top two best-selling non-fiction sports books in history, A Good Walk Spoiled and A Season on the Brink.-Early life:...
, Last ShotLast shotIn the law of contracts, under the last shot rule, a party implicitly assented to and thereby accepted a counter-offer by conduct indicating lack of objection to it... - 2007 Robin Merrow MacCready, Buried
- 2008 Tedd ArnoldTedd ArnoldTedd Arnold is a children's book writer and illustrator. He has written over 50 books, and he has won the "Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor" for his book "Hi! Fly Guy!". He currently lives in Elmira, New York, United States. He worked as a commercial illustrator before beginning his career writing...
, Rat Life - 2009 John Green, Paper TownsPaper TownsPaper Towns is the third young adult novel by John Green, published in October 2008 by Dutton Books. It debuted at number 5 on the New York Times bestseller list for children's books and was awarded the 2009 Edgar Award for best Young Adult novel....
2010s
- 2010 Peter AbrahamsPeter AbrahamsPeter Abrahams is a South African novelist.His father was from Ethiopia and his mother was classified by South Africa as a mixed race person, a "Kleurling" or Coloured. He was born in Vrededorp, nearby Johannesburg, but left South Africa in 1939...
Reality Check - 2011 Charlie Price, The Interrogation of Gabriel James
See also
- Edgar AwardEdgar AwardThe Edgar Allan Poe Awards , named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America...
- Mystery Writers of AmericaMystery Writers of AmericaMystery Writers of America is an organization for mystery writers, based in New York.The organization was founded in 1945 by Clayton Rawson, Anthony Boucher, Lawrence Treat, and Brett Halliday....
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External links
- The official website of Edgar Awards (includes nominees)