Margaret A. Edwards Award
All items prefixed with an asterisk (*) are held by James G. Gee Library, Texas A&M University--Commerce
Margaret A. Edwards Award
The Margaret A. Edwards Award, established in 1988, honors an author’s lifetime achievement for writing books that have been popular over a period of time. The annual award is administered by the Young Adult Library Services Association and sponsored by the School Library Journal magazine. 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.
Click on the decade: 1980's, 1990's, 2000's .
1988 S.E. Hinton
*The Outsiders (Viking 1967) [Juv H5970]
*Rumble Fish (Delacorte 1975) [Yth H597r]
*Tex (Delacorte 1979) [H597te]
*That Was Then, This Is Now (Viking 1971) [Yth H597t]
1989 No Award Given
1990 Richard Peck
*Are You in the House Alone? (Viking Press 1976) [Yth P336a]
*Father Figure (Viking Press 1978) [Yth P336f]
*The Ghost Belonged to Me (Viking Press 1975) [Juv P336g]
*Ghosts I Have Been (Viking Press 1977) [Yth P336s]
Secrets of the Shopping Mall
*Remembering the Good Times (Delacorte Press 1985) [Yth. P336qr]
1991 Robert Cormier
*The Chocolate War (Pantheon Books 1974) [Yth C815c]
*I Am the Cheese (Pantheon Books 1977) [Yth C815I]
*After the First Death (Pantheon Books 1979) [Yth C815a]
1992 Lois Duncan
*Chapters: My Growth as a Writer (Little, Brown 1982) [Yth Bio D912]
*I Know What You Did Last Summer (Pocket Books 1997) [D912zi]
*Killing Mr. Griffin (Little, Brown 1978) [D912k]
Ransom
Summer of Fear
The Twisted Window
1993 M.E. Kerr
*Dinky Hocker Shoots Smack! (Dell 1972) [Yth K464d]
*Gentlehands (Harper & Row 1978) [Yth K464g]
*Night Kites (Harper & Row 1986) [Yth K464n]
*Me Me Me Me Me: Not a Novel (Harper& Row 1983) [Yth Bio K464]
1994 Walter Dean Myers
*Hoops (Delacorte 1981) [Yth M992h]
*Fallen Angels (Scholastic 1988) [Yth M992Ew]
*Scorpions (Harper & Row 1988) [Yth M992s]
Motown
Didi
1995 Cynthia Voigt
*Homecoming (Atheneum 1981) [Yth V88h]
*Dicey's Song (Atheneum 1982) [Yth V88d Newbery]
*A Solitary Blue (Atheneum 1983) [Yth V88s]
Building Blocks
*The Runner (Atheneum 1985) [Yth. V88r]
Jackaroo
*Izz, Willy Nilly (Atheneum 1986) [Yth V88I]
1996 Judy Blume
*Forever (Bradbury Press 1975) [Yth B625fo]
1997 Gary Paulsen
*Dancing Carl (Bradbury Press 1983) [Yth P286d]
*Hatchet (Bradbury Press 1987) [Yth P286h]
*The Crossing (Orchard Books 1987) [Yth P286c]
*The Winter Room [Juv. P286w]
*Woodsong Bradbury Press 1990) [Yth. 796.5 P286w]
*Canyons (Delacorte Press 1969) [Yth P286by]
1998 Madeleine L'Engle
*A Wrinkle in Time ( Ariel Books 1962) [Juv L547w Newbery]
1999 Anne McCaffrey
Dragonflight
*The Ship Who Sang (Ballantine) [Yth. M123s 1970]
*Dragonquest (Ballantine 1971) [Pza.M1195Dt-Main Stacks]
*Dragonsong (Atheneum 1976) [Yth M123d]
*Dragonsinger (Atheneum 1977) [Yth M123Dr]
*White Dragon (PZ4 M1195wh]
*Dragondrums (Atheneum 1968) [Yth M123Dra]
2000 Chris Crutcher
*Athletic Shorts (Greenwillow Books 1991)[ Yth C89a]
Chinese Handcuffs
The Crazy Horse Electric Game
*Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes (Greenwillow Books 1993) [Yth C89rs]
*Stotan! (Greenwillow Books 1986) [Yth C89s]
*Running Loose (Greenwillow Books 1983) [Yth C89r]
2001 Robert Lipsyte
The Contender (Harper & Row 1967)
*The Brave (Harper & Row 1991) [Juv. L669b 1993]
The Chief (1993)
*One Fat Summer (Harper & Row 1977) [Yth. L669o]
2002 Paul Zindel
*The Pigman & Me (HarperCollins 1992) [Yth. Bio. Zi66]
*The Pigman’s Legacy (Gee has: Bantom 1988) [Yth. Zi653pl]
*The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds: A Drama in Two Acts (Harper & Row 1971) [Yth. 812 Zi66e and PS3576 .I518E3 1971B]
*My Darling, My Hamburger (Harper & Row 1969) [Yth. Zi653M]
2003 Nancy Garden
*Annie on My Mind (Farrar, Straus, Giroux) [Juv. G168A]
Mystery of the Night Raiders
Prisoner of Vampires
My Sister, The Vampire
2004 Ursula LeGuin
*A Wizard of Earthsea (Bantam Books) [Juv. L527W 1984]
*The Left Hand of Darkness (Ace Pub. Corp) [PZ4 .L518LE2]
The Eye of the Heron
*The Beginning Place (Harper & Row) [L527B]
2005 Francesca Lia Block
Weetzie Bat (HarperCollins Publishers)
*Witch Baby (HarperCollins Publishers) [Juv. B62W 1992]
*Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys (HarperCollins Publishers) [B62C]
*Baby Be-Bop (HarperCollins Publishers) [Juv.B62B]
This page compiled by Marsha Keenan Last update February 2006
