Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Young Adult Novel
Mystery genre writing prize
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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 as part of the Edgar Awards 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
1989-1999
| Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Sonia Levitin | Incident at Loring Groves | Winner | |
| 1990 | Alane Ferguson | Show Me the Evidence | Winner | |
| 1991 | Chap Reaver | Mote | Winner | |
| 1992 | Theodore Taylor | The Weirdo | Winner | |
| 1993 | Chap Reaver | A Little Bit Dead | Winner | |
| 1994 | Joan Lowery Nixon | The Name of the Game Was Murder | Winner | |
| 1995 | Nancy Springer | Toughing It | Winner | |
| 1996 | Rob MacGregor | Prophecy Rock | Winner | |
| 1997 | Willo Davis Roberts | Twisted Summer | Winner | |
| 1998 | Will Hobbs | Ghost Canoe | Winner | |
| 1999 | Nancy Werlin | The Killer's Cousin | Winner |
2000s
| Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Vivian Vande Velde | Never Trust a Dead Man | Winner | |
| 2001 | Elaine M. Alphin | Counterfeit Son | Winner | |
| 2002 | Tim Wynne-Jones | The Boy in the Burning House | Winner | |
| 2003 | Daniel Parker | The Wessex Papers | Winner | |
| 2004 | Graham McNamee | Acceleration | Winner | |
| 2005 | Dorothy Hoobler and Thomas Hoobler | In Darkness, Death | Winner | |
| 2006 | John Feinstein | Last Shot | Winner | [4] |
| 2007 | Robin Merrow MacCready | Buried | Winner | [5] |
| 2008 | Tedd Arnold | Rat Life | Winner | [6] |
| 2009 | John Green | Paper Towns | Winner | [7] |
2010s
| 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 | |||
| Kathryn Miller Haines | The Girl is Murder | |||
| Todd Strasser | Kill You Last | |||
| 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 | |||
| Terra Elan McVoy | Criminal | |||
| Kirsten Miller | How to Lead a Life of Crime | |||
| 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][19] |
| Lamar Giles | Endangered | Shortlist | [19] | |
| Melinda Salisbury | The Sin Eater's Daughter | |||
| Nova Ren Suma | The Walls Around Us | |||
| Henry Turner | Ask the Dark | |||
| 2017 | Monica Hesse | Girl in the Blue Coat | Winner | [19][20][21] |
| Brent Hartinger | Three Truths and a Lie | Shortlist | [19] | |
| April Henry | The Girl I Used to Be | |||
| Justine Larbalestier | My Sister Rosa | |||
| Billy Taylor | Thieving Weasels | |||
| 2018 | Jason Reynolds | Long Way Down | Winner | [19][22][23] |
| Scott Bergstrom | The Cruelty | Shortlist | [19] | |
| Gillian French | Grit | |||
| Jason Rekulak | The Impossible Fortress | |||
| Angie Thomas | The Hate U Give | |||
| 2019 | Courtney Summers | Sadie | Winner | [19][24][25] |
| Erin Bowman | Contagion | Shortlist | [19] | |
| Sasha Dawn | Blink | |||
| Will Hill | After the Fire | |||
| Nova Ren Suma | A Room Away From the Wolves |
2020s
| Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Naomi Kritzer | Catfishing on CatNet | Winner | [26] |
| Adriana Mather | Killing November | Shortlist | [27] | |
| Randy Ribay | Patron Saints of Nothing | |||
| Kristen Simmons | The Deceivers | |||
| Leah Thomas | Wild and Crooked | |||
| 2021 | Katie Alender | The Companion | Winner | [28][29] |
| Jennifer Lynn Barnes | The Inheritance Games | Shortlist | [30] | |
| Monica Hesse | They Went Left | |||
| June Hur | Silence of Bones | |||
| Karen M. McManus | The Cousins | |||
| 2022 | Angeline Boulley | Firekeeper's Daughter | Winner | [31][32] |
| Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé | Ace of Spades | Shortlist | [33] | |
| 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 | [34] |
| Alexa Donne | Pretty Dead Queens | Shortlist | [35] | |
| Eva V. Gibson | Frightmares | |||
| Juliana Goodman | The Black Girls Left Standing | |||
| Vincent Ralph | Lock the Doors | |||
| 2024 | April Henry | Girl Forgotten | Winner | [36][37] |
| Matthew J. Kirby | Star Splitter | Shortlist | [37] | |
| Cameron Kelly Rosenblum | The Sharp Edge of Silence | |||
| Yvonne Woon | My Flawless Life | |||
| Laura Zimmermann | Just Do This One Thing for Me | |||
| 2025 | Natalie D. Richards | 49 Miles Alone | Winner | [38] |
| K. A. Cobell | Looking for Smoke | Shortlist | [39] | |
| Alexa Donne | The Bitter End | |||
| June Hur | A Crane Among Wolves | |||
| Maureen Johnson | Death at Morning House | |||
| 2026 | Libba Bray | Under the Same Stars | Winner | [40] |
| Ravena Guron | Catch Your Death | Shortlist | [41] | |
| Cindy R. X. He | This is Where We Die | |||
| Tiffany D. Jackson | The Scammer | |||
| Jay Martel | Codebreaker |