Aurora Award for Best YA Novel

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The Aurora Awards are granted annually by the Canadian SF and Fantasy Association and SFSF Boreal Inc. The Award for Best YA Novel was first awarded in 2013 as a separate category to the Best Novel category. Currently, the award has only been split for the English-language Award, and French YA novels would only be eligible for the Meilleur roman.

Charles de Lint and Fonda Lee have won the award the most number of times at twice each.

Winners and nominees

  *   Winners and joint winners

YearAuthor(s)WorkPublisher/PublicationRef.
2013 Charles de Lint *Under My Skin Razorbill [1]
Leah BobetAbove Levine [1]
Kelley Armstrong The Calling HarperTeen [1]
Neil GodboutDissolveBundoran [1]
Michell PlestedMich Murdoch, Teen SuperheroFive Rivers [1]
Cory Doctorow Pirate Cinema Tor Teen [1]
2014 Kelley Armstrong * The Rising HarperTeen [2]
Marty Chan Demon Gate Fitzhenry & Whiteside [2]
Amanda SunInk Harlequin Teen [2]
S. M. BeikoThe Lake and the Library ECW [2]
D. G. LadrouteOut of TimeFive Rivers [2]
Neil GodboutResolveBundoran [2]
2015 Karl Schroeder * Lockstep Tor [3]
Charles de Lint *Out of this World Razorbill [3]
Sherry PetersMabel the Lovelorn DwarfDwarvenamazon [3]
Amanda SunRain Harlequin Teen [3]
Kelley Armstrong Sea of Shadows Doubleday [3]
Edward WillettTwist of the Blade Coteau [3]
Charlene ChallengerThe Voices in Between Tightrope [3]
2016 Leah Bobet* An Inheritance of Ashes Scholastic [4]
Caitlin Sweet The Flame in the MazeChiZine [4]
Suzy VadoriThe FountainEvil Alter Ego [4]
Sherry PetersMabel the Mafioso DwarfDwarvenamazon [4]
Jayne BarnardMaddie Hatter and the Deadly DiamondTyche [4]
2017 James Bow*Icarus Down Scholastic [5]
Randy McCharlesDay of the Demon CreateSpace [5]
Edward WillettDoor into Faerie Coteau [5]
Michell PlestedMik Murdoch: Crisis of ConscienceEvil Alter Ego [5]
Adam DreeceThe Wizard KillerADZO [5]
2018 Fonda Lee *Exo Scholastic [6]
Elizabeth Whitton*Houses of the Old BloodKettlescon [6]
Jayne BarnardMaddie Hatter and the Gilded GaugeTyche [6]
S. M. BeikoScion of the Fox ECW [6]
Suzy VadoriThe West WoodsEvil Alter Ego [6]
2019 Fonda Lee *Cross Fire Scholastic [7]
S. M. BeikoChildren of the Bloodlands ECW [7]
Clare C. MarshallThe Emerald ClothFaery Ink [7]
Nathan Burgoine Exit Plan for Teenage Freaks Bold Strokes [7]
J. M. DoverFinding AtlantisEvil Alter Ego [7]
Sarah RaughleyLegacy of Light Simon Pulse [7]
Éric DesmaraisThe Sign of FaustRenaissance [7]
Alison LohansTimefallFive Rivers [7]
2020 Susan Forest*Bursts of FireLaksa [8]
S. M. BeikoThe Brilliant Dark ECW [8]
Marty Chan Metamorphosis Fitzhenry & Whiteside [8]
M. J. LyonsMurder at the World's FairRenaissance [8]
Kelley Armstrong Wolf's BaneKLA Fricke [8]
2021 Susan Forest*Flights of MarigoldLaksa [9]
Kelley Armstrong The Gryphon's Lair Puffin Canada [9]
Rhonda ParrishHollowTyche [9]
J. M. DoverReturn to AtlantisEvil Alter Ego [9]
Suzy VadoriWall of WishesOld Vines [9]
2022 Wab Kinew*Walking in Two Worlds Penguin Teen [10]
Elizabeth WhittonThe Gold Flame of SenicaKettlescon [10]
Xiran Jay Zhao Iron Widow Penguin Teen [10]
Kelley Armstrong The Serpent's Fury Puffin Canada [10]
Edward WillettStar SongShadowpaw [10]
2023 Douglas Smith*The Hollow BoysSpiral Path [11]
Ann BirdgenawBlack Hole Radio (Ka'Azula : 3)DartFrog [11]
Kenneth Oppel Ghostlight Puffin Canada [11]
Rati MehrotraNight of the Raven, Dawn of the Dove Wednesday Books [11]
Xiran Jay Zhao Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor Margaret K. McElderry [11]

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