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YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction

Index YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction

The YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction is an award by the Young Adult Library Services Association of the American Library Association that annually "honors the best nonfiction book published for young adults (ages 12-18)". [1]

67 relations: Adam Selzer, Albert Marrin, American Library Association, Andrew Aydin, Andrew Chaikin, Ann Downer, Bill O'Reilly (political commentator), Candace Fleming, Carla Killough McClafferty, Chip Kidd, Chuck Close, Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice, David Adler (architect), Deborah Heiligman, Deborah Hopkinson, Elizabeth Partridge, Elizabeth Rusch, Emily Arnold McCully, Emmett Till, Harold Holzer, Herb Boyd, Jacqueline Woodson, James Giblin, James L. Swanson, James McMullan, Jessica Hopper, Jim Murphy, Jim Murphy (author), John Dau, John Lewis (civil rights leader), Judith St. George, Kadir Nelson, Kerry Madden, Linas Alsenas, Liz Prince, Marc Aronson, March (comics), Marilyn Nelson, Mark Kurlansky, Michael Benson (filmmaker), Michael French, Michael Pollan, Michael T. Kaufman, Nate Powell, Neal Bascomb, Nikol Hasler, Paul Fleischman, Paul Janeczko, Penny Colman, Phillip Hoose, ..., Rick Bowers, Roger MacBride Allen, Russell Freedman, Russell Martin, Sage Kirkpatrick, Sally M. Walker, Sally Walker, Sid Fleischman, Steve Sheinkin, Susan Campbell Bartoletti, Sweethearts of Rhythm: The Story Of The Greatest All-Girl Swing Band In The World, Sy Montgomery, Thomas B. Allen (author), Tonya Bolden, Tracy Kidder, Ursula Dubosarsky, Young Adult Library Services Association. Expand index (17 more) »

Adam Selzer

Adam Selzer (born July 13, 1980, in Des Moines, Iowa) is an American author, originally of young adult and middle grade novels, though his work after 2011 had primarily been adult nonfiction.

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Albert Marrin

Albert Marrin (born July 24, 1936) is an American historian, professor of history, and author of more than forty juvenile nonfiction books.

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American Library Association

The American Library Association (ALA) is a nonprofit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally.

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Andrew Aydin

Andrew Aydin (born August 25, 1983) is an American politician and award-winning comics writer, known as the Digital Director & Policy Advisor to Georgia congressman John Lewis, and co-author, with Lewis, of Lewis' #1 New York Times bestselling autobiographical graphic novel trilogy March—with Representative John Lewis, which debuted in 2013 by Top Shelf Productions.

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Andrew Chaikin

Andrew L. Chaikin (born June 24, 1956) is an American author, speaker and science journalist.

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Ann Downer

Ann Downer (1960 — 2015) was an American writer, principally of fantasy novels for children and young adults, as well as short fiction and poetry.

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Bill O'Reilly (political commentator)

William James O'Reilly Jr. (born September 10, 1949) is an American journalist, author, and former television host.

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Candace Fleming

Candace Groth Fleming (born May 24, 1962) is an American writer of children's books, both fiction and non-fiction.

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Carla Killough McClafferty

Carla Killough McClafferty (born July 11, 1958), is an American author of non-fiction for children, writing mostly about science and history.

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Chip Kidd

Charles "Chip" Kidd (born 1964) is an American graphic designer, best known for his book covers.

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Chuck Close

Charles Thomas "Chuck" Close (born July 5, 1940) is an American painter, artist and photographer who achieved fame as a photorealist, through his massive-scale portraits.

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Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice

Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice is a 2009 young adult nonfiction book by Phillip Hoose, recounting the experiences of Claudette Colvin in Montgomery, Alabama during the Civil Rights Movement.

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David Adler (architect)

David Adler (January 3, 1882 – September 27, 1949) was an American architect who largely practiced around Chicago, Illinois.

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Deborah Heiligman

Deborah Heiligman is an American author of books for children and teens.

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Deborah Hopkinson

Deborah Hopkinson is an American writer of children's books, primarily historical fiction, nonfiction and picture books.

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Elizabeth Partridge

Elizabeth Partridge (born September 1, 1951) is an American writer, the author of more than a dozen books from young-adult nonfiction to picture books to photography books.

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Elizabeth Rusch

Elizabeth Rusch is an American children's author and magazine writer.

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Emily Arnold McCully

Emily Arnold McCully (born July 1, 1939) is an American writer and illustrator who is best known for children's books.

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Emmett Till

Emmett Louis Till (July 25, 1941 – August 28, 1955) was a 14-year-old African-American who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955, after a white woman said she was offended by him in her family's grocery store.

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Harold Holzer

Harold Holzer (born February 5, 1949) is a scholar of Abraham Lincoln and the political culture of the American Civil War Era.

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Herb Boyd

Herb Boyd (born November 1, 1938) is an American journalist, educator, author, and activist.

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Jacqueline Woodson

Jacqueline Woodson (born February 12, 1963) is an American writer of books for children and adolescents.

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James Giblin

James Cross Giblin (July 8, 1933 – April 10, 2016) was an American children's author and editor.

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James L. Swanson

James L. Swanson is an American author and historian famous for his New York Times best-seller Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer, for which he earned an Edgar Award.

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James McMullan

James McMullan (born June 1934) is an illustrator and designer of theatrical posters.

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Jessica Hopper

Jessica Hopper is an American writer.

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Jim Murphy

James Francis Murphy (born 23 August 1967) is a Scottish former politician who was Leader of the Scottish Labour Party between 2014 and 2015 and a cabinet minister in the UK Government.

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Jim Murphy (author)

Jim Murphy (born September 25, 1947) is an American author of more than 35 nonfiction and fiction books for children, young adults, and general audiences, including more than 30 about American history.

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John Dau

John Dau, also known as Dhieu-Deng Leek, is one of the Lost Boys of Sudan who was featured in the 2006 award-winning documentary God Grew Tired of Us.

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John Lewis (civil rights leader)

John Robert Lewis (born February 21, 1940) is an American politician and is a prominent civil rights leader.

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Judith St. George

Judith Saint George (February 26, 1931 – June 10, 2015) was an American author, most famous for writing So You Want to Be President? Author and illustrator David Small was awarded the 2001 Caldecott Medal for his illustrations in the book.

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Kadir Nelson

Kadir Nelson (born May 15, 1974) is an African-American artist, illustrator and author.

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Kerry Madden

Kerry Madden is an author of teen novels and a professor of creative writing at Antioch University.

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Linas Alsenas

Linas Alsenas (born 1979 in Cleveland, Ohio) is a gay Lithuanian–American author and book illustrator.

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Liz Prince

Liz Prince (born 1981) is an American comics creator, noted for her sketchbook-style autobiographical comics.

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Marc Aronson

Marc Henry Aronson (born October 19, 1950) is an American writer, editor, publisher, speaker, and historian.

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March (comics)

The March trilogy is a black and white graphic novel trilogy about the Civil Rights Movement, told through the perspective of civil rights leader and U.S. Congressman John Lewis.

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Marilyn Nelson

Marilyn Nelson (born April 26, 1946) is an American poet, translator, and children's book author.

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Mark Kurlansky

Mark Kurlansky (December 7, 1948) is an American journalist and writer of general interest non-fiction.

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Michael Benson (filmmaker)

Michael Benson (born March 31, 1962) is an American artist, writer, filmmaker, and exhibitions producer.

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Michael French

Michael French (born Michael Clark) is an English actor, known for his roles as David Wicks in EastEnders, and consultant Nick Jordan in Casualty and former cardiothoracic registrar in its spin-off series Holby City.

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Michael Pollan

Michael Pollan is an American author, journalist, activist, and professor of journalism at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.

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Michael T. Kaufman

Michael T. Kaufman (March 23, 1938 – January 15, 2010) was a writer for The New York Times.

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Nate Powell

Nate Powell (born 1978 in Little Rock, Arkansas) is an American graphic novelist and musician.

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Neal Bascomb

Neal Bascomb (born 1971) is an American journalist and author.

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Nikol Hasler

Nikol Hasler (born 15 March 1979) is an American internet content creator, producer, writer, and filmmaker known best for her work on Midwest Teen Sex Show, and her frank, direct, dark humor.

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Paul Fleischman

Paul Fleischman (born 1952) is an American writer of children's books.

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Paul Janeczko

Paul Bryan Janeczko (July 27, 1945 in Passaic, New Jersey) is an American poet and anthologist.

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Penny Colman

Penny Colman is an author of books, essays, stories, and articles for all ages.

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Phillip Hoose

Phillip M. Hoose (born May 31, 1947) is an American writer of books, essays, stories, songs, and articles.

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Rick Bowers

Rick Bowers is an American author of two non-fiction books published by National Geographic.

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Roger MacBride Allen

Roger MacBride Allen (born September 26, 1957) is an American science fiction author.

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Russell Freedman

Russell A. Freedman (October 11, 1929 – March 16, 2018) was an American biographer and the author of nearly 50 books for young people.

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Russell Martin

Russell Nathan Coltrane Jeanson Martin Jr. (born February 15, 1983) is a Canadian professional baseball catcher for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB).

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Sage Kirkpatrick

Sage Kirkpatrick is an actress probably best known for playing Dexter Morgan's mother, Laura Moser, in the Showtime TV drama series, Dexter.

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Sally M. Walker

Sally M. Walker (born October 16, 1954) is an American writer of nonfiction for children.

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Sally Walker

Sally Ann Walker is a lawyer and former senior university administrator.

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Sid Fleischman

Albert Sidney Fleischman (March 16, 1920 – March 17, 2010), or Sid Fleischman, was an American author of children's books, screenplays, novels for adults, and nonfiction books about stage magic.

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Steve Sheinkin

Steve Sheinkin is an American author of suspenseful history books for young adults.

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Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Susan Campbell Bartoletti (born 1958) is an American writer of children's literature whose work includes Kids on Strike! and Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow.

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Sweethearts of Rhythm: The Story Of The Greatest All-Girl Swing Band In The World

Sweethearts of Rhythm is a 2009 book by Marilyn Nelson and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney.

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Sy Montgomery

Sy Montgomery is a naturalist, author and scriptwriter who writes for children as well as adults.

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Thomas B. Allen (author)

Thomas Benton Allen (born 1929) is an American author and historian.

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Tonya Bolden

Tonya K. Bolden (born March 1, 1959) is an American writer best known for her works of children’s literature, especially children’s nonfiction.

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Tracy Kidder

John Tracy Kidder (born November 12, 1945) is an American writer of nonfiction books.

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Ursula Dubosarsky

Ursula Dubosarsky (born Ursula Coleman, Sydney, 1961) is an Australian writer of fiction and non-fiction for children and young adults, whose work is characterised by a child's vision and voice of both clarity and ambiguity.

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Young Adult Library Services Association

The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), established in 1957, is a division of the American Library Association.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YALSA_Award_for_Excellence_in_Nonfiction

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