Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Young Adult Novel

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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.

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Winners

1989-1999

YearAuthorTitleResultRef.
1989 Sonia Levitin Incident at Loring GrovesWinner
1990 Alane Ferguson Show Me the EvidenceWinner
1991 Chap Reaver MoteWinner
1992 Theodore Taylor The WeirdoWinner
1993 Chap Reaver A Little Bit DeadWinner
1994 Joan Lowery Nixon The Name of the Game Was MurderWinner
1995 Nancy Springer Toughing ItWinner
1996 Rob MacGregor Prophecy RockWinner
1997 Willo Davis Roberts Twisted SummerWinner
1998 Will Hobbs Ghost CanoeWinner
1999 Nancy Werlin The Killer's CousinWinner

2000s

YearAuthorTitleResultRef.
2000 Vivian Vande Velde Never Trust a Dead ManWinner
2001 Elaine M. Alphin Counterfeit Son Winner
2002 Tim Wynne-Jones The Boy in the Burning House Winner
2003Daniel ParkerThe Wessex PapersWinner
2004Graham McNameeAccelerationWinner
2005 Dorothy Hoobler and Thomas HooblerIn Darkness, DeathWinner
2006 John Feinstein Last ShotWinner [4]
2007 Robin Merrow MacCready BuriedWinner [5]
2008 Tedd Arnold Rat LifeWinner [6]
2009 John Green Paper Towns Winner [7]

2010s

YearAuthorTitleResultRef.
2010 Peter Abrahams Reality Check Winner [8]
2011Charlie Price The Interrogation of Gabriel James Winner
2012 Dandi Daley Mackall The Silence of Murder Winner [9] [10]
Harlan Coben ShelterShortlist [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 EndangeredShortlist [19]
Melinda Salisbury The Sin Eater’s Daughter
Nova Ren Suma The Walls Around Us
Henry TurnerAsk the Dark
2017 Monica Hesse Girl in the Blue CoatWinner [19] [20] [21]
Brent Hartinger Three Truths and a LieShortlist [19]
April Henry The Girl I Used to Be
Justine Larbalestier My Sister Rosa
Billy TaylorThieving Weasels
2018 Jason Reynolds Long Way Down Winner [19] [22] [23]
Scott Bergstrom The CrueltyShortlist [19]
Gillian French Grit
Jason Rekulak The Impossible Fortress
Angie Thomas The Hate U Give
2019 Courtney Summers Sadie Winner [19] [24] [25]
Erin BowmanContagionShortlist [19]
Sasha Dawn Blink
Will HillAfter the Fire
Nova Ren Suma A Room Away From the Wolves

2020s

2020s Best Young Adult winners and shortlists [19]
YearAuthorTitleResultRef.
2020 Naomi Kritzer Catfishing on CatNetWinner [26]
Adriana Mather Killing NovemberShortlist [27]
Randy Ribay Patron Saints of Nothing
Kristen Simmons The Deceivers
Leah ThomasWild and Crooked
2021 Katie Alender The CompanionWinner [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 PalaceWinner [34]
Alexa Donne Pretty Dead QueensShortlist [35]
Eva V. Gibson Frightmares
Juliana Goodman The Black Girls Left Standing
Vincent Ralph Lock the Doors
2024 April Henry Girl ForgottenWinner [36] [37]
Matthew J. Kirby Star SplitterShortlist [37]
Cameron Kelly Rosenblum The Sharp Edge of Silence
Yvonne Woon My Flawless Life
Laura ZimmermannJust Do This One Thing for Me

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