Thriller Award - Young Adult (Awarded by International Thriller Writers)

Awards List

2022

The Project
(Winner)
Courtney Summers

Calculated
(Finalist)
Nova McBee

House of Hollow
(Finalist)
Krystal Sutherland

The Box in the Woods
(Finalist)
Maureen Johnson

Dark and Shallow Lies
(Finalist)
Ginny Myers Sain

2021

Throwaway Girls
(Winner)
Andrea Contos

The Distant Dead
(Nominee)
Heather Young

I Killed Zoe Spanos
(Nominee)
Kit Frick

Teen Killers Club
(Nominee)
Lily Sparks

Last Girls
(Nominee)
Demetra Brodsky

2020

Keep This to Yourself
(Winner)
Tom Ryan

Patron Saints of Nothing
(Nominee)
Randy Ribay

Seven Ways to Get Rid of Harry
(Nominee)
Jen Conley

We Speak in Storms
(Nominee)
Natalie Lund

Catfishing on CatNet
(Nominee)
Naomi Kritzer

2019

Girl at the Grave
(Winner)
Teri Bailey Black

Warcross
(Nominee)
Marie Lu

People Like Us
(Nominee)
Dana Mele

The Lies They Tell
(Nominee)
Gillian French

The Perfect Candidate
(Nominee)
Peter Stone

2018

The Rains
(Winner)
Gregg Hurwitz

The Delphi Effect
(Nominee)
Rysa Walker

To Catch a Killer
(Nominee)
Sheryl Scarborough

The Boy She Left Behind
(Nominee)
Gregg Olsen

Proof of Lies
(Nominee)
Diana Rodriguez Wallach

2017

Steeplejack
(Winner)
A.J. Hartley

Morning Star
(Nominee)
Pierce Brown

The Darkest Corners
(Nominee)
Kara Thomas

Holding Smoke
(Nominee)
Elle Cosimano

Thieving Weasels
(Nominee)
Billy Taylor

2016

Pretending to Be Erica
(Winner)
Michelle Painchaud

The Dogs
(Nominee)
Allan Stratton

The Forgetting
(Nominee)
Nicole Maggi

Code of Honor
(Nominee)
Alan M. Gratz

Half in Love with Death
(Nominee)
Emily Ross

2015

Nearly Gone
(Winner)
Elle Cosimano

The Unbound
(Nominee)
Victoria Schwab

Nearly Gone
(Nominee)
Elle Cosimano

Wicked Little Secrets
(Nominee)
Kara Taylor

The Eighth Guardian
(Nominee)
Meredith McCardle

Tabula Rasa
(Nominee)
Kristen Lippert-Martin

2014

All Our Yesterdays
(Winner)
Cristin Terrill

The Rules for Disappearing
(Nominee)
Ashley Elston

Boy Nobody // I Am the Weapon
(Nominee)
Allen Zadoff

Escape from Eden
(Nominee)
Elisa Nader

Scorched
(Nominee)
Mari Mancusi

2013

Dark Eyes
(Nominee)
William Richter

Crusher
(Nominee)
Niall Leonard

Don't Turn Around
(Nominee)
Michelle Gagnon

If We Survive
(Nominee)
Andrew Klavan

Award Categories

Audiobook

E-Book Original

First Novel

Novel

Paperback Original

Short Story

Young Adult

Award Years

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006