Edgar Award for Best Young Adult (Edgar Award)

Edgar Award

This is a list of winners and nominees for the Edgar Award for Best Young Adult, given at the The Edgar Allan Poe Awards.

Date Established : 1989

Check all the winners of Edgar Award for Best Young Adult presented under Edgar Award since 1989 .

News

2016 Edgar Award Winners Revealed (Fri, Apr 29 2016)
2016 Edgar Award Nominations Revealed (Thu, Apr 07 2016)

Annabel Pitcher

Honored for : Ketchup Clouds

Nominations 2014 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Julie Berry	All the Truth That's In Me
Tom McNeal	Far Far Away
Terra Elan McVoy	Criminal
Kirsten Miller	How to Lead a Life of Crime
Annabel Pitcher	Ketchup Clouds

Elizabeth E. Wein

Honored for : Code Name Verity

Nominations 2013 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Elizabeth E. Wein	Code Name Verity
Kat Rosenfield	Amelia Anne is Dead and Gone
Niall Leonard	Crusher
Kathryn Burak	Emily's Dress and Other Missing Things
Elizabeth George	The Edge of Nowhere

Dandi Daley Mackall

Honored for : The Silence of Murder

Nominations 2012 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Dandi Daley Mackall	The Silence of Murder
Todd Strasser	Kill You Last
Harlan Coben	Shelter
Kathryn Miller Haines	The Girl is Murder
Maureen Johnson	The Name of the Star

Charlie Price

Honored for : The Interrogation of Gabriel James

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Charlie Price	The Interrogation of Gabriel James
Barnabas Miller	7 Souls
Jordan Orlando	7 Souls
Robert Paul Weston	Dust City
A.S. King	Please Ignore Vera Dietz
Mary Jane Beaufrand	The River

Peter Abrahams

Honored for : Reality Check

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Peter Abrahams	Reality Check
Caroline B. Cooney	If the Witness Lied
Dene Low	Petronella Saves Nearly Everyone
Saundra Mitchell	Shadowed Summer
John C. Ford	The Morgue and Me

John Green

Honored for : Paper Towns

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
John Green	Paper Towns
Siobhan Dowd	Bog Child
Susan Juby	Getting the Girl
Jack D. Ferraiolo	The Big Splash
Margot McDonnell	Torn to Pieces

Tedd Arnold

Honored for : Rat Life

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Tedd Arnold	Rat Life
Caroline B. Cooney	Diamonds in the Shadow
M. Sindy Felin	Touching Snow
S.A. Harazin	Blood Brothers
Jeffry W. Johnston	Fragments

Robin Merrow MacCready

Honored for : Buried

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Alane Ferguson	The Christopher Killer
Carol Plum-Ucci	The Night My Sister Went Missing
Mariah Fredericks	Crunch Time
Kevin Brooks	Road of the Dead
Robin Merrow MacCready	Buried

John Feinstein

Honored for : Last Shot

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
John Feinstein	Last Shot
Peter Abrahams	Down the Rabbit Hole
Vicki Grant	Quid Pro Quo
Michael Spradlin	Live and Let Shop
Charlie Higson	SilverFin

Thomas Hoobler, Dorothy Hoobler

Honored for : In Darkness, Death

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Thomas Hoobler	In Darkness, Death
Dorothy Hoobler	In Darkness, Death
Kate Morgenroth	Jude
Lee Weatherly	Missing Abby
Edward Bloor	Story Time
Marcus Sedgwick	The Book of Dead Days

Graham McNamee

Honored for : Acceleration

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Graham McNamee	Acceleration
Chris Priestley	Death and the Arrow
Bridget Crowley	Feast of Fools
Janet S. Anderson	The Last Treasure
Libby Sternberg	Uncovering Sadie's Secrets

Daniel Ehrenhaft

Honored for : Trust Falls, Fallout, Outsmart

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Daniel Ehrenhaft	Trust Falls","Fallout","Outsmart
Nan Willard Cappo	Cheating Lessons
Mark Delaney	Hit and Run
Meg Cabot	Safe House
Marianna Heusler	The Night the Penningtons Vanished

Tim Wynne-Jones

Honored for : The Boy in the Burning House

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Tim Wynne-Jones	The Boy in the Burning House
Mary Claire Helldorfer	Don't Tell
Harriet K. Feder	Death on Sacred Ground
Joyce McDonald	Shades of Simon Gray
Marcus Sedgwick	Witch Hill

Elaine M. Alphin

Honored for : Counterfeit Son

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Elaine M. Alphin	Counterfeit Son
Nancy Werlin	Locked Inside
E. L. Konigsburg	Silent to the Bone
Carol Plum-Ucci	The Body of Christopher Creed

Vivian Vande Velde

Honored for : Never Trust a Dead Man

Nominations 2000 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Vivian Vande Velde	Never Trust a Dead Man
Walter Dean Myers	Monster
Laurie Halse Anderson	Speak
Vicki Cameron	That Kind of Money
Dorothy Hoobler	The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn
Thomas Hoobler	The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn

Nancy Werlin

Honored for : The Killer's Cousin

Nominations 1999 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Nancy Werlin	The Killer's Cousin
Katharine Jay Bacon	Finn
Shelley Sykes	For Mike
Kathryn Reiss	Paper Quake: A Puzzle
Will Hobbs	The Maze

Will Hobbs

Honored for : Ghost Canoe

Nominations 1998 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Will Hobbs	Ghost Canoe
Marilyn Singer	Deal with a Ghost
Edward Bloor	Tangerine
Marsha Qualey	Thin Ice
Sonia Levitin	Yesterday's Child

Willo Davis Roberts

Honored for : Twisted Summer

Nominations 1997 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Willo Davis Roberts	Twisted Summer
Daniel Hayes	Flyers
Rob MacGregor	Hawk Moon
Pete Hautman	Mr. Was
Mel Glenn	Who Killed Mr. Chippendale?

Rob MacGregor

Honored for : Prophecy Rock

Nominations 1996 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Rob MacGregor	Prophecy Rock
Gary Crew	Angel's Gate
Robert Cormier	In the Middle of the Night
Joan Lowery Nixon	Spirit Seeker
Eve Bunting	Spying on Miss Muller

Nancy Springer

Honored for : Toughing It

Nominations 1995 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Nancy Springer	Toughing It
Kathryn Reiss	Pale Phoenix
Alane Ferguson	Poison
Joan Lowery Nixon	Shadowmaker
Christopher Pike	The Midnight Club

Joan Lowery Nixon

Honored for : The Name of the Game Was Murder

Nominations 1994 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Joan Lowery Nixon	The Name of the Game Was Murder
Bebe Faas Rice	Class Trip (Nightmares on Tape)
Richie Tankersley Cusick	Help Wanted
Patricia Rushford	Silent Witness
Gary Crew	Strange Objects

Chap Reaver

Honored for : A Little Bit Dead

Nominations 1993 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Chap Reaver	A Little Bit Dead
Michael Cadnum	Breaking the Fall
Malcolm Rose	Highest Form of Killing
Joann Mazzio	The One Who Came Back
Joan Lowery Nixon	The Weekend was Murder!

Theodore Taylor

Honored for : The Weirdo

Nominations 1992 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Theodore Taylor	The Weirdo
Michael Cadnum	Calling Home
Patricia Windsor	Christmas Killer
Robert Cormier	We All Fall Down
Pete Nelson	Scarface: Sylvia Smith-Smith Novel: Scarface