In 1989 Malice Domestic was established; celebrating the writers whose works fall into the genre of a traditional mystery, typified by the works of Agatha Christie. The Agathas are presented annually to American writers for the previous year’s published work. To qualify the book cannot contain any gratuitous violence, explicit sexual scenes or excessive gore. Police officers and private detectives may be featured, the hard-boiled types don’t qualify.
Here are the list of winners for juvenile/young adult titles for the past century!
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*Note 2006 Winner Pea Soup Poisonings by Nancy Means Wright is unavalible
2001 Winner Mystery Of The Haunted Caves: A Troop 13 by Penny Warner is Out of Print
