Established in 1984 and named after the nom de travail of Canada's official hangman, Arthur Ellis Best Juvenile Crime Award are awarded annually by the Crime Writers of Canada. Crime Writers of Canada is Canada's national professional association of published authors of crime, detective, espionage, mystery, suspense and thriller fiction - both novels and short stories, true crime and genre. The book must be published within the preceding year by a Canadian resident, regardless of nationality, or a Canadian writer living abroad. In 1993, a category for best juvenile mystery was included.
2010
Best Juvenile: Haunted Author: BARBARA HAWORTH-ATTARD
2009 Best Juvenile
Sharon E. McKay, War Brothers (Penguin Canada) -Winner
Vicki Grant, Res Judicata (Orca)
Susan Juby, Getting the Girl (HarperCollins)
Elizabeth MacLeod, Royal Murder (Annick Press)
Norah McClintock, Dead Silence (Scholastic Canada)
| Winners 1994 - present | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Seán Cullen Hamish X and the Cheese Pirates. Toronto: Penguin Group (Canada), 2006. | |
| 2006 | Vicki Grant Quid Pro Quo. Victoria: Orca Book Publishers, 2005. | |
| 2005 | Carrie Mac The Beckoners. Victoria: Orca Book Publishers, 2004. | |
| 2004 | Graham McNamee Acceleration. New York: Random House Children’s Books, 2003. | |
| 2003 | Norah McClintock Break and Enter. Markham, ON: Scholastic Canada, 2002. | |
| 2002 | Norah McClintock Scared to Death. Markham, ON: Scholastic Canada, 2001. | |
| 2001 | Tim Wynne-Jones The Boy in the Burning House. Toronto: Groundwood/Douglas & McIntyre, 2000. | |
| 2000 | Linda Bailey How Can a Brilliant Detective Shine in the Dark? Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1999. | |
| 1999 | Norah McClintock Sins of the Father. Markham, ON: Scholastic Canada, 1998. | |
| 1998 | Norah McClintock The Body in the Basement. Richmond Hill, ON: Scholastic Canada, 1997. | |
| 1997 | Linda Bailey How Can A Frozen Detective Stay Hot On The Trail? Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1996. | |
| 1996 | Norah McClintock Mistaken Identity. Richmond Hill, ON: Scholastic Canada, 1995. | |
| 1995 | James Heneghan Torn Away. Toronto: Viking, 1994. | |
| 1994 | John Dowd Abalone Summer. Vancouver: Raincoast Books, 1993. |
