Edgar Allan Poe Award - Young Adult (Awarded by Mystery Writers of America)

Awards List

2022

Firekeeper's Daughter
(Winner)
Angeline Boulley

When You Look Like Us
(Nominee)
Pamela N. Harris

The Girls I've Been
(Nominee)
Tess Sharpe

The Forest of Stolen Girls
(Nominee)
June Hur

Ace of Spades
(Nominee)
Faridah Abike-Iyimide

2021

The Companion
(Winner)
Katie Alender

The Silence of Bones
(Nominee)
June Hur

They Went Left
(Nominee)
Monica Hesse

The Inheritance Games
(Nominee)
Jennifer Lynn Barnes

The Cousins
(Nominee)
Karen M. McManus

2020

Catfishing on CatNet
(Winner)
Naomi Kritzer

The Deceivers
(Nominee)
Kristen Simmons

Killing November
(Nominee)
Adriana Mather

Patron Saints of Nothing
(Nominee)
Randy Ribay

Wild and Crooked
(Nominee)
Leah Thomas

2019

Sadie
(Winner)
Courtney Summers

Blink
(Nominee)
Sasha Dawn

Contagion
(Nominee)
Erin Bowman

A Room Away from the Wolves
(Nominee)
Nova Ren Suma

After the Fire
(Nominee)
Will Hill

2018

Long Way Down
(Winner)
Jason Reynolds

The Cruelty
(Nominee)
Scott Bergstrom

The Impossible Fortress
(Nominee)
Jason Rekulak

The Hate U Give
(Nominee)
Angie Thomas

Grit
(Nominee)
Gillian French

2017

Girl in the Blue Coat
(Winner)
Monica Hesse

The Girl I Used to Be
(Nominee)
April Henry

Thieving Weasels
(Nominee)
Billy Taylor

Three Truths and a Lie
(Nominee)
Brent Hartinger

My Sister Rosa
(Nominee)
Justine Larbalestier

2016

A Madness So Discreet
(Winner)
Mindy McGinnis

The Sin Eater's Daughter
(Nominee)
Melinda Salisbury

The Walls Around Us
(Nominee)
Nova Ren Suma

Ask the Dark
(Nominee)
Henry Turner Jr.

Endangered
(Nominee)
Lamar Giles

2015

The Art of Secrets
(Winner)
James Klise

Fake Id
(Nominee)
Lamar Giles

Nearly Gone
(Nominee)
Elle Cosimano

The Art of Secrets
(Nominee)
James Klise

The Prince of Venice Beach
(Nominee)
Blake Nelson

The Doubt Factory
(Nominee)
Paolo Bacigalupi

2014

Ketchup Clouds // Yours Truly
(Winner)
Annabel Pitcher

How to Lead a Life of Crime
(Nominee)
Kirsten Miller

Criminal
(Nominee)
Terra Elan McVoy

Far Far Away
(Nominee)
Tom Mcneal

All the Truth That's in Me
(Nominee)
Julie Berry

2013

Code Name Verity
(Winner)
Elizabeth Wein

Amelia Anne Is Dead and Gone
(Nominee)
Kat Rosenfield

Crusher
(Nominee)
Niall Leonard

The Edge of Nowhere
(Nominee)
Elizabeth George

Emily's Dress and Other Missing Things
(Nominee)
Kathryn Burak

2012

The Silence of Murder
(Winner)
Dandi Daley Mackall

The Girl Is Murder
(Nominee)
Kathryn Miller Haines

Shelter
(Nominee)
Harlan Coben

The Name of the Star
(Nominee)
Maureen Johnson

Kill You Last
(Nominee)
Todd Strasser

2011

The Interrogation of Gabriel James
(Winner)
Charlie Price

The River
(Nominee)
Mary Jane Beaufrand

7 Souls
(Nominee)
Barnabas Miller; Jordan Orlando

Dust City
(Nominee)
Robert Paul Weston

Please Ignore Vera Dietz
(Nominee)
A.S. King

2010

Reality Check
(Winner)
Peter Abrahams

Shadowed Summer
(Nominee)
Saundra Mitchell

If the Witness Lied
(Nominee)
Caroline B. Cooney

Petronella Saves Nearly Everyone
(Nominee)
Dene Low

The Morgue and Me
(Nominee)
John C. Ford

2009

Paper Towns
(Winner)
John Green

Bog Child
(Nominee)
Siobhan Dowd

The Big Splash
(Nominee)
Jack D. Ferraiolo

Torn to Pieces
(Nominee)
Margot McDonnell

Getting the Girl
(Nominee)
Susan Juby

2008

Rat Life
(Winner)
Tedd Arnold

Fragments
(Nominee)
Jeffry W. Johnston

Touching Snow
(Nominee)
M. Sindy Felin

Blood Brothers
(Nominee)
S.A. Harazin

Diamonds in the Shadow
(Nominee)
Caroline B. Cooney

2007

Buried
(Winner)
Robin Merrow MacCready

Crunch Time
(Nominee)
Mariah Fredericks

The Road of the Dead
(Nominee)
Kevin Brooks

Christopher Killer
(Nominee)
Alane Ferguson

The Night My Sister Went Missing
(Nominee)
Carol Plum-Ucci

2006

Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery
(Winner)
John Feinstein

Live and Let Shop
(Nominee)
Michael P. Spradlin

Down the Rabbit Hole
(Nominee)
Peter Abrahams

Quid Pro Quo
(Nominee)
Vicki Grant

SilverFin
(Nominee)
Charlie Higson

2005

In Darkness, Death
(Winner)
Dorothy Hoobler; Thomas Hoobler

Story Time
(Nominee)
Edward Bloor

The Book of Dead Days
(Nominee)
Marcus Sedgwick

Missing Abby
(Nominee)
Lee Weatherly

Jude
(Nominee)
Kate Morgenroth

2004

Acceleration
(Winner)
Graham McNamee

Death and the Arrow
(Nominee)
Chris Priestley

Feast of Fools
(Nominee)
Bridget Crowley

Uncovering Sadie's Secrets
(Nominee)
Libby Sternberg

The Last Treasure
(Nominee)
Janet S. Anderson

2003

Safe House
(Nominee)
Jenny Carroll

Hit and Run
(Nominee)
Mark Delaney

Cheating Lessons
(Nominee)
Nan Willard Cappo

2002

The Boy in the Burning House
(Winner)
Tim Wynne-Jones

Don't Tell
(Nominee)
Elizabeth Chandler

Death on Sacred Ground
(Nominee)
Harriet K. Feder

Shades of Simon Gray
(Nominee)
Joyce McDonald

Witch Hill
(Nominee)
Marcus Sedgwick

2001

Counterfeit Son
(Winner)
Elaine Marie Alphin

Locked Inside
(Nominee)
Nancy Werlin

The Body of Christopher Creed
(Nominee)
Carol Plum-Ucci

Silent to the Bone
(Nominee)
E.L. Konigsburg

2000

Never Trust a Dead Man
(Winner)
Vivian Vande Velde

The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn
(Nominee)
Dorothy Hoobler; Thomas Hoobler

Monster
(Nominee)
Walter Dean Myers

Speak
(Nominee)
Laurie Halse Anderson

1999

The Killer's Cousin
(Winner)
Nancy Werlin

Paperquake
(Nominee)
Kathryn Reiss

For Mike
(Nominee)
Shelley Sykes

The Maze
(Nominee)
Will Hobbs

1998

Ghost Canoe
(Winner)
Will Hobbs

Tangerine
(Nominee)
Edward Bloor
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

Deal With a Ghost
(Nominee)
Marilyn Singer

Yesterday's Child
(Nominee)
Sonia Levitin

Thin Ice
(Nominee)
Marsha Qualey

1997

Twisted Summer
(Winner)
Willo Davis Roberts

Who Killed Mr. Chippendale?
(Nominee)
Mel Glenn

Flyers
(Nominee)
Daniel Hayes

Hawk Moon
(Nominee)
Rob MacGregor

Mr. Was
(Nominee)
Pete Hautman

1996

Prophecy Rock
(Winner)
Rob MacGregor

In the Middle of the Night
(Nominee)
Robert Cormier

Spying on Miss Muller
(Nominee)
Eve Bunting

Spirit Seeker
(Nominee)
Joan Lowery Nixon

1995

Toughing It
(Winner)
Nancy Springer

The Midnight Club
(Nominee)
Christopher Pike

Shadowmaker
(Nominee)
Joan Lowery Nixon

Pale Phoenix
(Nominee)
Kathryn Reiss

Poison
(Nominee)
Alane Ferguson

1994

The Name of the Game Was Murder
(Winner)
Joan Lowery Nixon

Class Trip
(Nominee)
Bebe Faas Rice

Help Wanted
(Nominee)
Richie Tankersley Cusick

Silent Witness
(Nominee)
Patricia H. Rushford

1993

A Little Bit Dead
(Winner)
Chap Reaver

The One Who Came Back
(Nominee)
Joann Mazzio

The Highest Form of Killing
(Nominee)
Malcolm Rose

The Weekend Was Murder!
(Nominee)
Joan Lowery Nixon

Breaking the Fall
(Nominee)
Michael Cadnum

1992

The Weirdo
(Winner)
Theodore Taylor

We All Fall Down
(Nominee)
Robert Cormier
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

The Christmas Killer
(Nominee)
Patricia Windsor

Scarface
(Nominee)
Peter Nelson

Calling Home
(Nominee)
Michael Cadnum

1991

Mote
(Winner)
Chap Reaver

The Secret Keeper
(Nominee)
Gloria Whelan
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

Guilt Trip
(Nominee)
Stephen Schwandt

Zachary
(Nominee)
Ernest Pintoff

1990

Show Me the Evidence
(Winner)
Alane Ferguson

The Man Who Was Poe
(Nominee)
Avi
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

Remember Me
(Nominee)
Christopher Pike

Fell Back
(Nominee)
M.E. Kerr

Sniper
(Nominee)
Theodore Taylor

1989

Incident at Loring Groves
(Winner)
Sonia Levitin

Shadow in the North
(Nominee)
Philip Pullman

Second Fiddle
(Nominee)
Ronald Kidd

The Accident
(Nominee)
Todd Strasser

Award Categories

Critical/Biographical

First Novel

Juvenile

Mary Higgins Clark Award

Motion Picture

Novel

Paperback Original

Short Story

Sue Grafton Memorial Award

The Robert L Fish Memorial Award

Young Adult

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