Children's & Young Adult Literature

Suggested Keywords

• Juvenile Fiction
• Juvenile Literature
• Young Adult
• Young Adult Literature

Note: Under Library of Congress Classification system, YA fiction is typically given a call number beginning with PZ.

The Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature is awarded to books that exemplify literary excellence in young adult literature.

The Margaret A. Edwards Award is awarded to an author who has created significant and lasting contributions to young adult literature.

• 1988 S. E. Hinton
• 1990 Richard Peck
• 1991 Robert Cormier
• 1992 Lois Duncan
• 1993 M. E. Kerr
• 1994 Walter Dean Myers
• 1995 Cynthia Voigt
• 1996 Judy Blume
• 1997 Gary Paulsen
• 1998 Madeleine L'Engle
• 1999 Anne McCaffrey
• 2000 Chris Crutcher
• 2001 Robert Lipsyte
• 2002 Paul Zindel
• 2003 Nancy Garden
• 2004 Ursula K. Le Guin
• 2005 Francesca Lia Block
• 2006 Jacqueline Woodson
• 2007 Lois Lowry
• 2008 Orson Scott Card
• 2009 Laurie Halse Anderson
• 2010 Jim Murphy
• 2011 Sir Terry Pratchett
• 2012 Susan Cooper
• 2013 Tamora Pierce
• 2014 Markus Zusak
• 2015 Sharon M. Draper
• 2016 David Levithan
• 2017 Sarah Dessen
• 2018 Angela Johnson

The National Book Award honors the best works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature, and young people’s literature published each year.