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The Edgar Allan Poe Award forBest Juvenile Mystery Fiction is a category presented 1961 onwards at the Edgar Awards (commonly known as the Edgars), named after Edgar Allan Poe. The awards are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America [1] and they remain the most prestigious awards in the mystery genre. [2]

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Winners

1960s

YearAuthorTitleResultRef.
1961 Phyllis A. Whitney The Mystery of the Haunted PoolWinner
1962Edward FentonThe Phantom of Walkaway HillWinner
1963 Scott Corbett Cutlass IslandWinner
1964 Phyllis A. Whitney Mystery of the Hidden HandWinner
1965 Marcella Thum Mystery at Crane's LandingWinner
1966Leon WareThe Mystery of 22 EastWinner
1967 Kin Platt Sinbad and MeWinner
1968 Gretchen Sprague Signpost to TerrorWinner
1969 Virginia Hamilton The House of Dies Drear Winner

1970s

YearAuthorTitleResultRef.
1970 Winifred Finlay Danger at Black DykeWinner
1971 John Rowe Townsend The Intruder Winner
1972 Joan Aiken Night FallWinner
1973 Robb White Deathwatch Winner
1974 Jay Bennett The Long Black CoatWinner
1975 Jay Bennett The Dangling WitnessWinner
1976 Robert C. O'Brien Z for Zachariah Winner
1977 Richard Peck Are You in the House Alone?Winner
1978 Eloise Jarvis McGraw A Really Weird SummerWinner
1979 Dana Brookins Alone in Wolf HollowWinner

1980s

YearAuthorTitleResultRef.
1980 Joan Lowery Nixon The Kidnapping of Christina LattimoreWinner
1981 Joan Lowery Nixon The SeanceWinner
1982 Norma Fox Mazer Taking Terri MuellerWinner
1983 Robbie Branscum The Murder of Hound Dog BatesWinner
1984 Cynthia Voigt The Callender PapersWinner
1985 Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Night CryWinner
1986 Patricia Windsor The Sandman's EyesWinner
1987 Joan Lowery Nixon The Other Side of DarkWinner
1988 Susan Shreve Lucy Forever and Miss Rosetree, ShrinksWinner
1989 Willo Davis Roberts Megan's IslandWinner

1990s

YearAuthorTitleResultRef.
1991 Pam Conrad StonewordsWinner
1992 Betsy Byars Wanted...Mud BlossomWinner
1993 Eve Bunting Coffin on a Case!Winner
1994 Barbara Brooks Wallace The Twin in the TavernWinner
1995 Willo Davis Roberts The Absolutely True Story... How I Visited Yellowstone Park with the Terrible RubesWinner
1996 Nancy Springer Looking for Jamie BridgerWinner
1997 Dorothy Reynolds Miller The ClearingWinner
1998 Barbara Brooks Wallace Sparrows in the SculleryWinner
1999 Wendelin Van Draanen Sammy Keyes and the Hotel ThiefWinner

2000s

YearAuthorTitleResultRef.
2000 Elizabeth McDavid Jones The Night FlyersWinner
2001 Frances O'Roark Dowell Dovey Coe Winner
2002 Lillian Eige DanglingWinner
2003 Helen Ericson Harriet Spies AgainWinner
2004 Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Bernie Magruder & the Bats in the BelfryWinner
2005 Blue Balliett Chasing Vermeer Winner
2006 D. James Smith The Boys of San JoaquinWinner [3]
2007 Andrew Clements Room One: a Mystery or TwoWinner [4]
2008 Katherine Marsh The Night Tourist Winner [5]
2009 Tony Abbott The PostcardWinner [6]

2010s

2020s Best Juvenile winners [7]
YearAuthorTitleResultRef.
2010 Mary Downing Hahn Closed for the Season Winner [8]
2011 Dori Hillestad Butler The Buddy Files: The Case of the Lost BoyWinner
2012 Matthew J. Kirby Icefall Winner [9]
Tom Angleberger Horton HalfpottShortlist [9]
Mac Barnett It Happened on a Train [9]
Sheela Chari Vanished [9]
Shawn Thomas Odyssey The Wizard of Dark Street [9]
2013 Jack D. Ferraiolo The Quick Fix Winner
2014 Amy Timberlake One Came Home Winner [10]
Josh Berk Strike Three, You’re DeadShortlist [10]
Erin Dionne Moxie and the Art of Rule Breaking [10]
Caroline Lawrence P. K. Pinkerton and the Petrified Man [10]
Jonathan Stroud The Screaming Staircase [10]
2015 Kate Milford Greenglass House Winner [11] [12]
Heather Vogel Frederick Absolutely TrulyShortlist [12]
Stuart Gibbs Space Case [12]
“Science Bob” Pflugfelder and Steve Hockensmith Nick and Tesla’s Super-Cyborg Gadget Glove [12]
N. H. Senzai Saving Kabul Corner [12]
Marcia Wells Eddie Red, Undercover: Mystery on Museum Mile [12]
2016 Susan Vaught Footer Davis Probably Is Crazy Winner [13]
Avi Catch You Later, TraitorShortlist
Matthew BakerIf You Find This
Lauren Oliver and H. C. Chester Curiosity House: The Shrunken Head
Kevin Sands The Blackthorn Key
2017 Wesley King OCDanielWinner [14]
Ally Condie SummerlostShortlist
Sarah Lariviere The Bad Kid
Claire Legrand Some Kind of Happiness
James Pont Framed!
Susan Vaught Things Too Huge to Fix by Saying Sorry
2018 James Ponti Vanished!Winner [15]
Kirby Larson Audacity Jones Steals the ShowShortlist
Kevin Sands The Assassin’s Curse
Robin Stevens First Class Murder
Ru Xu NewsPrints
2019 Pete Hautman OtherwoodWinner [16]
Tony Abbott Denis Ever AfterShortlist
Martha Freeman Zap!
A.B. Greenfield Ra the Mighty: Cat Detective
Ben Guterson Winterhouse
Karen KaneCharlie & Frog
T.R. Simon Zora & Me: The Cursed Ground

2020s

2020s Best Juvenile winners [7]
YearAuthorTitleResultRef.
2020 Susan Vaught Me and Sam-Sam Handle the ApocalypseWinner [17]
Cary Fagan The Collected Works of Gretchen OysterShortlist [18]
Corey Ann Haydu Eventown
Greg HowardThe Whispers
Laura Tucker All the Greys on Greene Street
2021 Elizabeth C. Bunce Premeditated MyrtleWinner [19] [20] [21]
Tanya Lloyd Kyi Me and BanksyShortlist [21]
Janae Marks From the Desk of Zoe Washington
Nnedi Okorafor Ikenga
Melissa Savage Nessie Quest
Taryn Souders Coop Knows the Scoop
2022 Christina Diaz Gonzalez ConcealedWinner [22] [23]
Elizabeth C. Bunce Cold-Blooded MyrtleShortlist [24]
Marthe Jocelyn Aggie Morton Mystery Queen: The Dead Man in the Garden
M. G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman Kidnap on the California Comet: Adventures on Trains #2
Jennifer A. Nielsen Rescue
2023 Marthe Jocelyn Aggie Morton Mystery Queen: The Seaside CorpseWinner [25]
Michael D. Beil The Swallowtail Legacy: Wreck at Ada’s ReefShortlist [26]
Julie Buxbaum The Area 51 Files
M. G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman Adventures on Trains: Murder on the Safari Star
Kekla Magoon Chester Keene Cracks the Code
2024 Adrianna Cuevas The Ghosts of Rancho EspantoWinner [27] [28]
Elizabeth C. Bunce Myrtle, Means, and OpportunityShortlist [28]
Lamar Giles Epic Ellisons: Cosmos Camp
Larry Schwarz and Iva Marie Palmer The Jules Verne Prophecy
Claire Swinarski What Happened to Rachel Riley?

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