Cynthia Voigt - Awards & Nominations

Date of Birth	25-February-1942
Place of Birth	Boston (Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America, Area code 617, Area code 857)
Nationality	United States of America
Also know as	Cynthia Irving
Profession	Writer, Author
Cynthia Voigt an American writer of books for young adults dealing with various topics such as adventure, mystery, racism and child abuse. Her first book in the Tillerman family series, Homecoming, was nominated for several international prizes and adapted as a 1996 film. Her novel Dicey's Song won the 1983 Newbery Medal. Voigt received the Margaret Edwards Award from the American Library Association in 1995 recognizing her contribution in writing for teens.

Awards by Cynthia Voigt

Check all the awards nominated and won by Cynthia Voigt.

2004

Nominations 2004 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

2000

Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature	Kingdom

1998

Anne V. Zarrow Award for Young Readers' Literature

1984

Edgar Award for Best Juvenile

Honored for : The Callender Papers

John Newbery Medal

Honored for : A Solitary Blue

Nominations 1984 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Edgar Award for Best Juvenile	The Callender Papers
John Newbery Medal	A Solitary Blue

1983

John Newbery Medal

Honored for : Dicey's Song

Nominations 1983 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
John Newbery Medal	Dicey's Song

1982

Nominations 1982 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
National Book Award for Children’s Books (Fiction, Hardcover)	Homecoming

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