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Edwards Award
The Margaret A. Edwards Award, established in 1988, honors an
author, as well as a specific body of
his or her work, for significant and lasting contribution to
young adult literature. The annual award is
administered by YALSA and sponsored bySchool Library
Journalmagazine. It recognizes an author's
work in helping adolescents become aware of themselves and
addressing questions about their role
and importance in relationships, society, and in the world.
2012 WinnerSusan Cooper is the recipient of the 2012 Margaret A.
Edwards Award honoring her
significant and lasting contribution to writing for teens for
The Dark Is Rising
Sequence:
Over Sea, Under Stone
The Dark Is Rising
Greenwitch
The Grey King
Silver on the Tree
2011 Winner
Sir Terry Prachett is the recipient of the 2011 Margaret A.
Edwards Award, honoring
his significant and lasting contribution to writing for teens
for the following nine
titles:The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
The Wee Free MenA Hat Full of SkyGoing PostalThe Colour of
Magic
Guards! Guards!Equal RitesMortSmall Gods2010 Winner
Jim Murphy is the recipient of the 2010 Margaret A. Edwards
Award honoring his
significant and lasting contribution to writing for teens
for:
An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow
Fever Epidemic of
1793
Blizzard! The Storm That Changed America
The Great Fire
The Long Road to Gettysburg
A Young Patriot: The American Revolution as Experienced by One
Boy
2009 Winner
Laurie Halse Anderson is the winner of the 2009 Margaret A.
Edwards Award for:
Catalyst
Fever 1793
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2008 Winner
Orson Scott Card is the recipient of the 2008 Margaret A.
Edwards Award honoring
his significant and lasting contribution to writing for teens
for his novels:
Ender's Game
Ender's Shadow
2007 Winner
Lois Lowry is the recipient of the 2006 Margaret A. Edwards
Award honoring her
outstanding lifetime contribution to writing for teens.
The Giver
2006 Winner
Jacqueline Woodson is the recipient of the 2006 Margaret A.
Edwards Award
honoring her outstanding lifetime contribution to writing for
teens:I Hadnt Meant to Tell You ThisLenaFrom the Notebooks of
Melanin Sun
2005 Winner
Francesca Lia Block is the slinkster-cool recipient of the 2005
Margaret A. Edwards
Award honoring her outstanding contributions to young adult
readers.
Weetzie Bat(1989)
Witch Baby(1991)
Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys (1992)
Missing Angel Juan (1993)
Baby Be-Bop (1996)
2004 Winner
Ursula K. Le Guin is the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards
Award honoring her
lifetime contribution to young adult readers.A Wizard of
Earthsea
The Tombs of Atuan
The Farthest Shore
Tehanu
The Left Hand of Darkness
The Beginning Place
2003 WinnerNancy Garden is the recipient of the Margaret A.
Edwards Award honoring her
lifetime contribution in writing for young adults:Annie on My
Mind
