List of Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Young Adult Novel winners
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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
1980s
- 1989 Sonia Levitin, Incident at Loring Groves
1990s
- 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
- 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
- 2007 Robin Merrow MacCready, Buried
- 2008 Tedd Arnold, Rat Life
- 2009 John Green, Paper Towns
2010s
- 2010 Peter Abrahams Reality Check
- 2011 Charlie Price, The Interrogation of Gabriel James
- 2012 Dandi Daley Mackall, The Silence of Murder
- 2013 Elizabeth Wein, Code Name Verity
- 2014 Annabel Pitcher, Ketchup Clouds
- 2015 James Klise, The Art of Secrets
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Thrilling Detective
- ↑ Mystery Writers
See also
- Edgar Award
- Mystery Writers of America
- Category:Edgar Award winners
- Category:Edgar Award winning works
External links
- The official website of Edgar Awards (includes nominees)