Winners
The Award has been conferred 25 times in 26 years to summer 2013. The honored writers have been natives and lifelong residents of the United States except Anne McCaffrey, Terry Pratchett, and Susan Cooper.
| Year | Author | Body of Work |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Pierce, Tamora !Tamora Pierce | The Song of the Lioness • Alanna: The First Adventure (1983) • In the Hand of the Goddess (1984) • The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (1986) • Lioness Rampant (1988) Protector of the Small • First Test (1999) • Page (2000) • Squire (2001) • Lady Knight (2002) |
| 2012 | Cooper, Susan !Susan Cooper | The Dark Is Rising Sequence (first omnibus edition, 1984) • Over Sea, Under Stone (1965) • The Dark Is Rising (1968) • Greenwitch (1974) • The Grey King (1975) • Silver on the Tree (1977) |
| 2011 | Pratchett, Terry !Terry Pratchett | The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (2001) The Wee Free Men (2003) A Hat Full of Sky (2004) Going Postal (2004) The Colour of Magic (1983) Guards! Guards! (1989) Equal Rites (1987) Mort (1987) Small Gods (1992) |
| 2010 | Murphy, Jim !Jim Murphy | The Great Fire (1995) A Young Patriot: The American Revolution as Experienced by One Boy (1996) The Long Road to Gettysburg (2000) Blizzard! The Storm That Changed America (2000) An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 (2003) |
| 2009 | Anderson,Laurie Halse !Laurie Halse Anderson | Speak (1999) Fever 1793 (2002) Catalyst (2003) |
| 2008 | Card,Orson Scott !Orson Scott Card | Ender's Game (1985) Ender's Shadow (1999) |
| 2007 | Lowry,Lois !Lois Lowry | The Giver (1993) |
| 2006 | Woodson,Jacqueline !Jacqueline Woodson | I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This (1994) From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun (1997) Lena (1999) If You Come Softly Miracle's Boys (2000) |
| 2005 | Block,Francesca Lia !Francesca Lia Block | Weetzie Bat (1989) Witch Baby (1991) Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys (1992) Missing Angel Juan (1993) Baby Be-Bop (1995) |
| 2004 | Le Guin,Ursula K. !Ursula K. Le Guin | A Wizard of Earthsea (1968) The Left Hand of Darkness (1969) The Tombs of Atuan (1971) The Farthest Shore (1972) The Beginning Place (1980) Tehanu (1990) |
| 2003 | Garden,Nancy !Nancy Garden | Annie on My Mind (1982) |
| 2002 | Zindell,Paul !Paul Zindel | The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds: A Drama in Two Acts (1965) The Pigman (1968) My Darling, My Hamburger (1969) The Pigman's Legacy (1980) The Pigman & Me (1992) |
| 2001 | Lipsyte,Robert !Robert Lipsyte | The Contender (1967) The Brave (1991) The Chief (1993) One Fat Summer (1977) |
| 2000 | Crutcher,Chris !Chris Crutcher | Running Loose (1983) Stotan! (1986) The Crazy Horse Electric Game (1987) Chinese Handcuffs (1989) Athletic Shorts (1991) Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes (1993) |
| 1999 | McCaffrey,Anne !Anne McCaffrey | Dragonflight (1968) The Ship Who Sang (1969) Dragonquest (1970) Dragonsong (1976) Dragonsinger (1977) The White Dragon (1978) Dragondrums (1979) |
| 1998 | LEngle,Madeleine !Madeleine L'Engle | Meet the Austins (1960) A Wrinkle In Time (1962) A Swiftly Tilting Planet (1978) A Ring of Endless Light (1980) |
| 1997 | Paulsen,Gary !Gary Paulsen | Dancing Carl (1983) Hatchet (1987) The Crossing (1987) The Winter Room (1989) Canyons (1990) Woodsong (1990) |
| 1996 | Blume,Judy !Judy Blume | Forever (1975) |
| 1995 | Voigt,Cynthia !Cynthia Voigt | Homecoming (1981) Dicey's Song (1982) A Solitary Blue (1983) Building Blocks (1984) The Runner (1985) Jackaroo (1985) Izzy, Willy-Nilly (1986) |
| 1994 | Myers,Walter Dean !Walter Dean Myers | Hoops (1983) Motown & Didi (1985) Fallen Angels (1988) Scorpions (1988) |
| 1993 | Kerr,M E !M.E. Kerr | Dinky Hocker Shoots Smack! (1972) Gentlehands (1978) Me Me Me Me Me: Not a Novel (1983) Night Kites (1986) |
| 1992 | Duncan,Lois !Lois Duncan |
|
| 1991 | Cormier,Robert !Robert Cormier | The Chocolate War (1974) I Am the Cheese (1977) After the First Death (1979) |
| 1990 | Peck,Richard !Richard Peck | Are You in the House Alone? (1976) The Ghost Belonged to Me (1976) Ghosts I Have Been (1977) Father Figure (1978) Secrets of the Shopping Mall (1979) Remembering the Good Times (1985) |
| 1989 | (no award) !(no award) | |
| 1988 | Hinton,S E !S.E. Hinton | The Outsiders (1967) That Was Then This Is Now (1973) Tex (1982) Rumble Fish (1983) |
Read more about this topic: Margaret Edwards Award
Famous quotes containing the word winners:
“The two real political parties in America are the Winners and the Losers. The people don’t acknowledge this. They claim membership in two imaginary parties, the Republicans and the Democrats, instead.”
—Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (b. 1922)