List of Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Juvenile winners
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1960s
- 1961 Phyllis A. WhitneyPhyllis A. WhitneyPhyllis Ayame Whitney was an American mystery writer. Rare for her genre, she wrote mysteries for both the juvenile and the adult markets, many of which feature exotic locations. Often described as a Gothic novelist, a review in The New York Times once dubbed her "The Queen of the American...
, The Mystery of the Haunted Pool - 1962 Edward FentonEdward FentonEdward Fenton was an English navigator, son of Henry Fenton and brother of Sir Geoffrey Fenton.He was a native of Nottinghamshire...
, The Phantom of Walkaway Hill - 1963 Scott CorbettScott CorbettW. Scott Corbett was an American novelist and educator. He wrote a total of 89 books; he began with five adult novels, then began writing books for children, eventually writing sixty-nine such books. His best known book is The Lemonade Trick, a novel for children...
, Cutlass Island - 1964 Phyllis A. WhitneyPhyllis A. WhitneyPhyllis Ayame Whitney was an American mystery writer. Rare for her genre, she wrote mysteries for both the juvenile and the adult markets, many of which feature exotic locations. Often described as a Gothic novelist, a review in The New York Times once dubbed her "The Queen of the American...
, Mystery of the Hidden Hand - 1965 Marcella Thum, Mystery at Crane's Landing
- 1966 Leon WareLeon WareLeon Ware is a soul music singer, songwriter and producer. Best known for crafting the hit album, I Want You, originally recorded for Ware, until friend and Motown icon Marvin Gaye was assigned to the album in 1976...
, The Mystery of 22 East - 1967 Kin PlattKin PlattKin Platt was an American writer-artist best known for penning radio comedy and animated TV series, as well as children's mystery novels, for one of which he received the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award....
, Sinbad and Me - 1968 Gretchen Sprague, Signpost to Terror
- 1969 Virginia HamiltonVirginia HamiltonVirginia Esther Hamilton was an award-winning author of children's books. She wrote 41 books, including M. C. Higgins, the Great, for which she won the National Book Award in 1974 and the 1975 Newbery Medal....
, The House of Dies DrearThe House of Dies DrearThe House of Dies Drear is a 1968 novel by Virginia Hamilton. The novel takes place in 1968,Thomas Small, a 13-year-old African American boy, moves with his family into a house that was once part of the Underground Railroad that is in Ohio. His father, Mr. Small, tells Thomas that the caretaker of...
1970s
- 1970 Winifred Finlay, Danger at Black Dyke
- 1971 John Rowe TownsendJohn Rowe TownsendJohn Rowe Townsend is a British children's author and academic. His best-known children's novel is The Intruder, which won a 1971 Edgar Award and the best-known academic work is Written for Children: An Outline of English Language Children's Literature , the definitive work of its time on the...
, The IntruderThe Intruder (novel)The Intruder is a children's novel by John Rowe Townsend, published in 1969. It was well-received, being shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and winning the Horn Book Award in 1970 and the Edgar Award in 1971... - 1972 Joan AikenJoan AikenJoan Delano Aiken MBE was an English novelist. She was born in Rye, East Sussex, into a family of writers, including her father, American poet Conrad Aiken , her sister, Jane Aiken Hodge and her brother John Aiken Joan Delano Aiken MBE (4 September 1924 – 4 January 2004) was an English novelist....
, Nightfall - 1973 Robb WhiteRobb WhiteRobb White was a writer of screenplays, television scripts, and adventure novels; most of the latter had a maritime setting — often the Pacific Navy during World War II. White was best known for juvenile fiction, though he has proven popular with adults as well...
, DeathwatchDeathwatch (novel)Deathwatch is an American 1972 novel written by Robb White. The book was awarded the 1973 Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Mystery from the Mystery Writers of America.... - 1974 Jay BennettJay Bennett (author)Jay Bennett was an American author and two-time winner of the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America. Bennett won the Edgar for Best Juvenile novel in 1974 and 1975, for The Long Black Coat and The Dangling Witness , respectively...
, The Long Black Coat - 1975 Jay BennettJay Bennett (author)Jay Bennett was an American author and two-time winner of the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America. Bennett won the Edgar for Best Juvenile novel in 1974 and 1975, for The Long Black Coat and The Dangling Witness , respectively...
, The Dangling Witness - 1976 Robert C. O'BrienRobert C. O'BrienRobert Leslie Conly was an American author and journalist for National Geographic Magazine.-Early life:...
, Z for ZachariahZ for ZachariahZ for Zachariah is a novel by Robert C. O'Brien which was published posthumously in 1973. He died when writing the last chapter, so his family finished the book for him. It is written from the first person perspective of a sixteen-year-old girl named Ann Burden, who survives a nuclear war in a... - 1977 Richard Peck, Are You in the House Alone?
- 1978 Eloise Jarvis McGraw, A Really Weird Summer
- 1979 Dana Brookins, Alone in Wolf Hollow
1980s
- 1980 Joan Lowery NixonJoan Lowery NixonJoan Lowery Nixon was an American journalist and author, specializing in historical fiction and mysteries for children and young adults.-Biography:...
, The Kidnapping of Christina Lattimore - 1981 Joan Lowery NixonJoan Lowery NixonJoan Lowery Nixon was an American journalist and author, specializing in historical fiction and mysteries for children and young adults.-Biography:...
, The Seance - 1982 Norma Fox MazerNorma Fox MazerNorma Fox Mazer was an American author and teacher, best known for her books for children and young adults. Her novels featured credible young characters confronting difficult situations such as family separation and death....
, Taking Terri Mueller - 1983 Robbie BranscumRobbie BranscumRobbie Nell Tilley Branscum was an American writer of children's books and young adult fiction. Her books were awarded with a Friends of American Writers Award and an Edgar Award ....
, The Murder of Hound Dog Bates - 1984 Cynthia VoigtCynthia VoigtCynthia Voigt is an American author 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 made into a 1996 film...
, The Callender Papers - 1985 Phyllis Reynolds NaylorPhyllis Reynolds NaylorPhyllis Reynolds Naylor is an American author best known for her children and young adult fiction books. Naylor is best known for her children's-novel trilogy Shiloh , Shiloh Season and Saving Shiloh, all made into movies...
, Night Cry - 1986 Patricia Windsor, The Sandman's Eyes
- 1987 Joan Lowery NixonJoan Lowery NixonJoan Lowery Nixon was an American journalist and author, specializing in historical fiction and mysteries for children and young adults.-Biography:...
, The Other Side of Dark - 1988 Susan ShreveSusan ShreveSusan Richards Shreve is an American professor, author, and novelist, as well as author of over a dozen children's books. She currently teaches at George Mason University....
, Lucy Forever and Miss Rosetree, Shrinks - 1989 Willo Davis RobertsWillo Davis RobertsWillo Davis Roberts was an American writer chiefly known for her mystery and suspense novels for children and young adults. She won Edgar Allan Poe awards in 1989, 1995, and 1997 for best juvenile and best young adult mysteries...
, Megan's Island
1990s
- 1991 Pam ConradPam ConradPam Conrad was an author for children. Her book Our House: Stories of Levittown was a Newbery Medal finalist.Ms. Conrad was born in New York City and graduated the New School for Social Research.-Books:*Holding Me Here...
, Stonewords - 1992 Betsy ByarsBetsy ByarsBetsy Cromer Byars is an American author of children's books. Her novel Summer of the Swans won the 1971 Newbery Medal...
, Wanted...Mud Blossom - 1993 Eve BuntingEve BuntingAnne Evelyn Bunting , better known as Eve Bunting, is an Irish author who has written more than 250 books. Her work covers a broad array of subjects and includes fiction and non-fiction books. Her novels are primarily aimed at children and young adults, but her works also include picture books...
, Coffin on a Case! - 1994 Barbara Brooks WallaceBarbara Brooks WallaceBarbara Brooks Wallace is an award-winning American children's writer, including NLAPW Children's Book Award and International Youth Library "Best of the Best" for Claudia and William Allen White Children's Book Award for Peppermints in the Parlor .Wallace was born and spent her childhood in...
, The Twin in the Tavern - 1995 Willo Davis RobertsWillo Davis RobertsWillo Davis Roberts was an American writer chiefly known for her mystery and suspense novels for children and young adults. She won Edgar Allan Poe awards in 1989, 1995, and 1997 for best juvenile and best young adult mysteries...
, The Absolutely True Story... How I Visited Yellowstone Park with the Terrible Rubes - 1996 Nancy SpringerNancy SpringerNancy Connor Springer is an American author of fantasy, young adult literature, mystery, and science fiction. Her novel Larque on the Wing won the Tiptree Award, and she has also received the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America.-Series:Book of the Isle* 1. The White Hart * 2...
, Looking for Jamie Bridger - 1997 Dorothy Reynolds Miller, The Clearing
- 1998 Barbara Brooks WallaceBarbara Brooks WallaceBarbara Brooks Wallace is an award-winning American children's writer, including NLAPW Children's Book Award and International Youth Library "Best of the Best" for Claudia and William Allen White Children's Book Award for Peppermints in the Parlor .Wallace was born and spent her childhood in...
, Sparrows in the Scullery - 1999 Wendelin Van DraanenWendelin Van DraanenWendelin Van Draanen is an American author of children's books.- Biography :Van Draanen lives in California with her husband Mark Parsons and two sons, Colton and Connor. She is the daughter of chemists who emigrated to the U.S. from Holland...
, Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief
2000s
- 2000 Elizabeth McDavid Jones, The Night Flyers
- 2001 Frances O'Roark DowellFrances O'Roark DowellFrances O'Roark Dowell is the author of ten books of middle-grade fiction, including Dovey Coe , The Secret Language of Girls, Shooting the Moon, and Falling In...
, Dovey Coe - 2002 Lillian Eige, Dangling
- 2003 Helen Ericson, Harriet Spies Again
- 2004 Phyllis Reynolds NaylorPhyllis Reynolds NaylorPhyllis Reynolds Naylor is an American author best known for her children and young adult fiction books. Naylor is best known for her children's-novel trilogy Shiloh , Shiloh Season and Saving Shiloh, all made into movies...
, Bernie Magruder & the Bats in the Belfry - 2005 Blue BalliettBlue BalliettBlue Balliett is an American author, best known for her award-winning novel for children, Chasing Vermeer.Chasing Vermeer, released by Scholastic Press in 2004, is her best known and most highly praised book. Illustrated by Brett Helquist, it concerns the fictitious theft of a painting by...
, Chasing VermeerChasing VermeerChasing Vermeer is a 2004 children's art mystery novel written by Blue Balliett and illustrated by Brett Helquist. Set in Hyde Park, Chicago near the University of Chicago, the novel follows two children, Calder Pillay and Petra Andalee... - 2006 D. James Smith, The Boys of San Joaquin
- 2007 Andrew ClementsAndrew ClementsAndrew Clements is an American author of children's books. Clements grew up in Camden, New Jersey and Springfield, Illinois, United States,. As a child, he enjoyed summers at a lakeside cabin in Maine where he spent his days swimming and fishing and his evenings reading books...
, Room One: a Mystery or TwoRoom OneRoom One is a children's book by Andrew Clements. Part of his School series, it was released by Simon & Schuster in 2006. It won the 2007 Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Mystery.- Synopsis :... - 2008 Katherine MarshKatherine MarshKatherine Marsh is a writer of children's fantasy literature, most notobably The Night Tourist and an editor of nonfiction articles....
, The Night Tourist - 2009 Tony AbbottTony Abbott (Author)Tony Abbott is an American author of children's books. His most popular work is the book series The Secrets of Droon, which includes over 40 books...
, The Postcard
2010s
- 2010 Mary Downing HahnMary Downing HahnMary Downing Hahn is an award-winning American author of young adult novels. Her first published book, The Sara Summer, was released in 1979, when she was forty-one years old. Since then she has written over twenty novels...
, Closed for the Season - 2011 Dori Hillestad Butler, The Buddy Files: The Case of the Lost Boy
See also
- Edgar AwardEdgar AwardThe Edgar Allan Poe Awards , named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America...
- Mystery Writers of AmericaMystery Writers of AmericaMystery Writers of America is an organization for mystery writers, based in New York.The organization was founded in 1945 by Clayton Rawson, Anthony Boucher, Lawrence Treat, and Brett Halliday....
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