Considered the most prestigious awards in the Mystery genre, the Edgar Awards are given each year by the Mystery Writers of America, and include Juvenile and Young Adult Fiction categories. They are named after 19th Century American author Edgar Allen Poe, a pioneer of mystery, horror, suspense, and science fiction writing.
2012 Young Adult
- The Silence of Murder by Dandi Daley Mackall
- The Girl Is Murder by Kathryn Miller Haines
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Kill You Last by Todd Strasser
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The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson
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Shelter by Harlan Coben
2012 Juvenile
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Icefall by Matthew J. Kirby
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Horton Halfpott by Tom Angleberger
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It Happened on a Train by Mac Barnett
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Vanished by Sheela Chari
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The Wizard of Dark Street by Shawn Thomas Odyssey
2011 Young Adult
- The Interrogation of Gabriel James by Charlie Price
- 7 Souls by Barnabas Miller and Jordan Orlando
- Dust City by Robert Paul Weston
- Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King
- The River by Mary Jane Beaufrand
2011 Juvenile
- The Buddy Files: The Case of the Lost Boy by Dori Hillestad Butler
- Griff Carver: Hallway Patrol by Jim Krieg
- The Haunting of Charles Dickens by Lewis Buzbee
- The Secret Life of Ms. Finkleman by Ben H. Winters
- Zora and Me by Victoria Bond and T.R. Simon
2010 Young Adult
- Reality Check by Peter Abrahams
- If the Witness Lied by Caroline B. Cooney
- The Morgue and Me by John C. Ford
- Petronella Saves Nearly Everyone by Dene Low
- Shadowed Summer by Saundra Mitchell
2010 Juvenile
- Closed for the Season by Mary Downing Hahn
- The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity by Mac Barnett
- The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline by Nancy Springer
- Creepy Crawly Crime by Aaron Reynolds
- The Red Blazer Girls: The Ring of Rocamadour by Michael D. Beil
