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.
Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
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1989 | Sonia Levitin | Incident at Loring Groves | Winner | |
1990 | Alane Ferguson | Show Me the Evidence | Winner | |
1991 | Chap Reaver | Mote | Winner | |
1992 | Theodore Taylor | The Weirdo | Winner | |
1993 | Chap Reaver | A Little Bit Dead | Winner | |
1994 | Joan Lowery Nixon | The Name of the Game Was Murder | Winner | |
1995 | Nancy Springer | Toughing It | Winner | |
1996 | Rob MacGregor | Prophecy Rock | Winner | |
1997 | Willo Davis Roberts | Twisted Summer | Winner | |
1998 | Will Hobbs | Ghost Canoe | Winner | |
1999 | Nancy Werlin | The Killer's Cousin | Winner |
Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
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2000 | Vivian Vande Velde | Never Trust a Dead Man | Winner | |
2001 | Elaine M. Alphin | Counterfeit Son | Winner | |
2002 | Tim Wynne-Jones | The Boy in the Burning House | Winner | |
2003 | Daniel Parker | The Wessex Papers | Winner | |
2004 | Graham McNamee | Acceleration | Winner | |
2005 | Dorothy Hoobler and Thomas Hoobler | In Darkness, Death | Winner | |
2006 | John Feinstein | Last Shot | Winner | [4] |
2007 | Robin Merrow MacCready | Buried | Winner | [5] |
2008 | Tedd Arnold | Rat Life | Winner | [6] |
2009 | John Green | Paper Towns | Winner | [7] |
Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
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2020 | Naomi Kritzer | Catfishing on CatNet | Winner | [26] |
Adriana Mather | Killing November | Shortlist | [27] | |
Randy Ribay | Patron Saints of Nothing | |||
Kristen Simmons | The Deceivers | |||
Leah Thomas | Wild and Crooked | |||
2021 | Katie Alender | The Companion | Winner | [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 Palace | Winner | [34] |
Alexa Donne | Pretty Dead Queens | Shortlist | [35] | |
Eva V. Gibson | Frightmares | |||
Juliana Goodman | The Black Girls Left Standing | |||
Vincent Ralph | Lock the Doors | |||
2024 | April Henry | Girl Forgotten | Winner | [36][37] |
Matthew J. Kirby | Star Splitter | Shortlist | [37] | |
Cameron Kelly Rosenblum | The Sharp Edge of Silence | |||
Yvonne Woon | My Flawless Life | |||
Laura Zimmermann | Just Do This One Thing for Me |