Awards & Winners

Willo Davis Roberts

Date of Birth 29-May-1928
Place of Birth Grand Rapids
(Kent County, Michigan, United States of America, Area code 616)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Willo Davis
Profession Novelist
Willo Davis Roberts was an American writer, known primarily for children's mystery and suspense novels. She was born Willo Davis in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 1949, she married David W. Roberts. She was originally trained as a paramedic and began writing in her spare time. Her first book, "Murder At Grand Bay," was written for an adult market. She won Edgar Allan Poe Awards in 1989, 1995, and 1997 for best juvenile and best young adult mysteries. Her books included The View from the Cherry Tree, Twisted Summer, Sugar Isn't Everything, Don't Hurt Laurie, Megan's Island, Baby-Sitting Is a Dangerous Job, Hostage, The Girl with the Silver Eyes, The One Left Behind, Scared Stiff, Caught!, and Undercurrents. Roberts died of congestive heart failure at the age of 76. According to publisher Simon & Schuster, "The One Left Behind would have been her hundredth book for children."

Awards by Willo Davis Roberts

Check all the awards nominated and won by Willo Davis Roberts.

1999


Nominations 1999 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Edgar Award for Best Juvenile The Kidnappers

1998


Nominations 1998 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Secrets at Hidden Valley

1997


Edgar Award for Best Young Adult
Honored for : Twisted Summer

Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Twisted Summer

1995


Edgar Award for Best Juvenile
Honored for : The Absolutely True Story...How I Visited Yellowstone Park With The Terrible Rupes

Nominations 1995 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Edgar Award for Best Juvenile The Absolutely True Story...How I Visited Yellowstone Park With The Terrible Rupes
Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Caught!

1991


Nominations 1991 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Edgar Award for Best Juvenile To Grandmother's House We Go

1989


Edgar Award for Best Juvenile
Honored for : Megan's Island

Nominations 1989 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Megan's Island

1981


Nominations 1981 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Edgar Award for Best Juvenile More Minden Curses