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] Since 1961 they have presented an award in the category of Best Juvenile Mystery Fiction.
Year | Author | Title | Result |
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1961 | Phyllis A. Whitney | The Mystery of the Haunted Pool | Winner |
1962 | Edward Fenton | The Phantom of Walkaway Hill | Winner |
1963 | Scott Corbett | Cutlass Island | Winner |
1964 | Phyllis A. Whitney | Mystery of the Hidden Hand | Winner |
1965 | Marcella Thum | Mystery at Crane's Landing | Winner |
1966 | Leon Ware | The Mystery of 22 East | Winner |
1967 | Kin Platt | Sinbad and Me | Winner |
1968 | Gretchen Sprague | Signpost to Terror | Winner |
1969 | Virginia Hamilton | The House of Dies Drear | Winner |
Year | Author | Title | Result |
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1970 | Winifred Finlay | Danger at Black Dyke | Winner |
1971 | John Rowe Townsend | The Intruder | Winner |
1972 | Joan Aiken | Night Fall | Winner |
1973 | Robb White | Deathwatch | Winner |
1974 | Jay Bennett | The Long Black Coat | Winner |
1975 | Jay Bennett | The Dangling Witness | Winner |
1976 | Robert C. O'Brien | Z for Zachariah | Winner |
1977 | Richard Peck | Are You in the House Alone? | Winner |
1978 | Eloise Jarvis McGraw | A Really Weird Summer | Winner |
1979 | Dana Brookins | Alone in Wolf Hollow | Winner |
Year | Author | Title | Result |
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1980 | Joan Lowery Nixon | The Kidnapping of Christina Lattimore | Winner |
1981 | Joan Lowery Nixon | The Seance | Winner |
1982 | Norma Fox Mazer | Taking Terri Mueller | Winner |
1983 | Robbie Branscum | The Murder of Hound Dog Bates | Winner |
1984 | Cynthia Voigt | The Callender Papers | Winner |
1985 | Phyllis Reynolds Naylor | Night Cry | Winner |
1986 | Patricia Windsor | The Sandman's Eyes | Winner |
1987 | Joan Lowery Nixon | The Other Side of Dark | Winner |
1988 | Susan Shreve | Lucy Forever and Miss Rosetree, Shrinks | Winner |
1989 | Willo Davis Roberts | Megan's Island | Winner |
Year | Author | Title | Result |
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1991 | Pam Conrad | Stonewords | Winner |
1992 | Betsy Byars | Wanted...Mud Blossom | Winner |
1993 | Eve Bunting | Coffin on a Case! | Winner |
1994 | Barbara Brooks Wallace | The Twin in the Tavern | Winner |
1995 | Willo Davis Roberts | The Absolutely True Story... How I Visited Yellowstone Park with the Terrible Rubes | Winner |
1996 | Nancy Springer | Looking for Jamie Bridger | Winner |
1997 | Dorothy Reynolds Miller | The Clearing | Winner |
1998 | Barbara Brooks Wallace | Sparrows in the Scullery | Winner |
1999 | Wendelin Van Draanen | Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief | Winner |
Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
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2000 | Elizabeth McDavid Jones | The Night Flyers | Winner | |
2001 | Frances O'Roark Dowell | Dovey Coe | Winner | |
2002 | Lillian Eige | Dangling | Winner | |
2003 | Helen Ericson | Harriet Spies Again | Winner | |
2004 | Phyllis Reynolds Naylor | Bernie Magruder & the Bats in the Belfry | Winner | |
2005 | Blue Balliett | Chasing Vermeer | Winner | |
2006 | D. James Smith | The Boys of San Joaquin | Winner | [3] |
2007 | Andrew Clements | Room One: a Mystery or Two | Winner | [4] |
2008 | Katherine Marsh | The Night Tourist | Winner | [5] |
2009 | Tony Abbott | The Postcard | Winner | [6] |
Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
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2010 | Mary Downing Hahn | Closed for the Season | Winner | [7] |
2011 | Dori Hillestad Butler | The Buddy Files: The Case of the Lost Boy | Winner | |
2012 | Matthew J. Kirby | Icefall | Winner | [8] |
Tom Angleberger | Horton Halfpott | Shortlist | [8] | |
Mac Barnett | It Happened on a Train | Shortlist | [8] | |
Sheela Chari | Vanished | Shortlist | [8] | |
Shawn Thomas Odyssey | The Wizard of Dark Street | Shortlist | [8] | |
2013 | Jack D. Ferraiolo | The Quick Fix | Winner | |
2014 | Amy Timberlake | One Came Home | Winner | [9] |
Josh Berk | Strike Three, You’re Dead | Shortlist | [9] | |
Erin Dionne | Moxie and the Art of Rule Breaking | Shortlist | [9] | |
Caroline Lawrence | P. K. Pinkerton and the Petrified Man | Shortlist | [9] | |
Jonathan Stroud | The Screaming Staircase | Shortlist | [9] | |
2015 | Kate Milford | Greenglass House | Winner | [10][11] |
Heather Vogel Frederick | Absolutely Truly | Shortlist | [11] | |
Stuart Gibbs | Space Case | Shortlist | [11] | |
“Science Bob” Pflugfelder and Steve Hockensmith | Nick and Tesla’s Super-Cyborg Gadget Glove | Shortlist | [11] | |
N. H. Senzai | Saving Kabul Corner | Shortlist | [11] | |
Marcia Wells | Eddie Red, Undercover: Mystery on Museum Mile | Shortlist | [11] | |
2016 | Susan Vaught | Footer Davis Probably Is Crazy | Winner | [12] |
2017 | Wesley King | OCDaniel | Winner | [13] |
2018 | James Ponti | Vanished! | Winner | [14] |
2019 | Pete Hautman | Otherwood | Winner | [15] |
Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
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2020 | Susan Vaught | Me and Sam-Sam Handle the Apocalypse | Winner | [16] |
Cary Fagan | The Collected Works of Gretchen Oyster | Shortlist | [17] | |
Corey Ann Haydu | Eventown | |||
Greg Howard | The Whispers | |||
Laura Tucker | All the Greys on Greene Street | |||
2021 | Elizabeth C. Bunce | Premeditated Myrtle | Winner | [18][19][20] |
Tanya Lloyd Kyi | Me and Banksy | Shortlist | [20] | |
Janae Marks | From the Desk of Zoe Washington | |||
Nnedi Okorafor | Ikenga | |||
Melissa Savage | Nessie Quest | |||
Taryn Souders | Coop Knows the Scoop | |||
2022 | Christina Diaz Gonzalez | Concealed | Winner | [21][22] |
Elizabeth C. Bunce | Cold-Blooded Myrtle | Shortlist | [23] | |
Marthe Jocelyn | Aggie Morton Mystery Queen: The Dead Man in the Garden | |||
M. G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman | Kidnap on the California Comet: Adventures on Trains #2 | |||
Jennifer A. Nielsen | Rescue | |||
2023 | Marthe Jocelyn | Aggie Morton Mystery Queen: The Seaside Corpse | Winner | [24] |
Michael D. Beil | The Swallowtail Legacy: Wreck at Ada’s Reef | Shortlist | [25] | |
Julie Buxbaum | The Area 51 Files | |||
M. G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman | Adventures on Trains: Murder on the Safari Star | |||
Kekla Magoon | Chester Keene Cracks the Code |