List of Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Young Adult Novel winners
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)
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