Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Young Adult Novel

The Edgar Allan Poe Awards (popularly called the Edgars), named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America.[1] They remain the most prestigious awards in the entire mystery genre.[2] The award for Best Young Adult Mystery was established in 1989 and recognizes works written for ages twelve to eighteen, and grades eight through twelve.[3] 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.

Winners edit

1989-1999 edit

Year Author Title
1989 Sonia Levitin Incident at Loring Groves
1990 Alane Ferguson Show Me the Evidence
1991 Chap Reaver Mote
1992 Theodore Taylor The Weirdo
1993 Chap Reaver A Little Bit Dead
1994 Joan Lowery Nixon The Name of the Game Was Murder
1995 Nancy Springer Toughing It
1996 Rob MacGregor Prophecy Rock
1997 Willo Davis Roberts Twisted Summer
1998 Will Hobbs Ghost Canoe
1999 Nancy Werlin The Killer's Cousin

2000s edit

Year Author Title Ref.
2000 Vivian Vande Velde Never Trust a Dead Man
2001 Elaine M. Alphin Counterfeit Son
2002 Tim Wynne-Jones The Boy in the Burning House
2003 Daniel Parker The Wessex Papers
2004 Graham McNamee Acceleration
2005 Dorothy Hoobler and Thomas Hoobler In Darkness, Death
2006 John Feinstein Last Shot [4]
2007 Robin Merrow MacCready Buried [5]
2008 Tedd Arnold Rat Life [6]
2009 John Green Paper Towns [7]

2010s edit

Year Author Title Result Ref.
2010 Peter Abrahams Reality Check Winner [8]
2011 Charlie Price The Interrogation of Gabriel James Winner
2012 Dandi Daley Mackall The Silence of Murder Winner [9][10]
Harlan Coben Shelter Shortlist [10]
Maureen Johnson The Name of the Star Shortlist [10]
Kathryn Miller Haines The Girl is Murder Shortlist [10]
Todd Strasser Kill You Last Shortlist [10]
2013 Elizabeth Wein Code Name Verity Winner [11]
2014 Annabel Pitcher Ketchup Clouds Winner [12]
Julie Berry All the Truth That’s In Me Shortlist [13]
Tom McNeal Far Far Away Shortlist [13]
Terra Elan McVoy Criminal Shortlist [13]
Kirsten Miller How to Lead a Life of Crime Shortlist [13]
2015 James Klise The Art of Secrets Winner [14][15][16]
Paolo Bacigalupi The Doubt Factory Shortlist [16]
Elle Cosimano Nearly Gone
Lamar Giles Fake ID
Blake Nelson The Prince of Venice Beach
2016 Mindy McGinnis A Madness So Discreet Winner [17][18]
2017 Monica Hesse Girl in the Blue Coat Winner [19][20]
2018 Jason Reynolds Long Way Down Winner [21][22]
2019 Courtney Summers Sadie Winner [23][24]

2020s edit

Year Author Title Result Ref.
2020 Naomi Kritzer Catfishing on CatNet Winner [25]
Adriana Mather Killing November Shortlist [26]
Randy Ribay Patron Saints of Nothing
Kristen Simmons The Deceivers
Leah Thomas Wild and Crooked
2021 Katie Alender The Companion Winner [27][28]
Jennifer Lynn Barnes The Inheritance Games Shortlist [29]
Monica Hesse They Went Left
June Hur Silence of Bones
Karen M. McManus The Cousins
2022 Angeline Boulley Firekeeper's Daughter Winner [30][31]
Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé Ace of Spades Shortlist [32]
Pamela N. Harris When You Look Like Us
June Hur The Forest of Stolen Girls
Tess Sharpe The Girls I've Been
2023 June Hur The Red Palace Winner [33]
Alexa Donne Pretty Dead Queens Shortlist [34]
Eva V. Gibson Frightmares
Juliana Goodman The Black Girls Left Standing
Vincent Ralph Lock the Doors

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Neimeyer, Mark. "Poe and Popular Culture", collected in The Cambridge Companion to Edgar Allan Poe. Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN 0-521-79727-6. p. 206.
  2. ^ Thrilling Detective
  3. ^ Mystery Writers[permanent dead link]
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  22. ^ "2018 Nominees and Winners". Edgar Awards. Archived from the original on 2018-11-10.
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  24. ^ "2019 Nominees and Winners". Edgar Awards. Archived from the original on 2019-08-18.
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  26. ^ "MWA Announces the 2020 Edgar Nominations". Mystery Writers of America. 2020-01-22. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  27. ^ "2021 Edgar Allan Poe Award Winners". Mystery Writers of America. 2021-04-29. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  28. ^ "Awards: MWA Edgar Winners; Branford Boase Shortlist". Shelf Awareness. 2021-04-30. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  29. ^ "Congratulations to the Winners of the 2021 Edgar Awards". CrimeReads. 2021-04-29. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
  30. ^ "2022 Edgar Allan Poe Award Winners Announced". Mystery Writers of America. 2022-04-28. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  31. ^ "Awards: Edgar Winners". Shelf Awareness. 2022-05-02. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  32. ^ "2022 Edgar® Award Nominations announced" (PDF). Mystery Writers of America. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  33. ^ Schaub, Michael (2023-04-28). "Edgar Award Winners Are Revealed". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  34. ^ Schaub, Michael (2023-01-19). "Edgar Award Nominations for 2023 Are Revealed". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2023-01-22.

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