Category: Young Adult Novel / Works for Young Readers

Ottone, Robert P.

Awards:

The Triangle (Raven Tale Publishing), Young Adult Novel, 2022

Nominations:

There’s Something Sinister in Center Field (Cemetery Gates Media), Middle Grade Novel, 2024

BIO: Robert P. Ottone is the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of THE TRIANGLE and is also the best-selling author of CURSE OF THE COB MAN, THE SLEEPY HOLLOW GANG, THE VILE THING WE CREATED and NOCTURNAL CREATURES.

His short fiction has been collected in WRAPPED IN PLASTIC AND OTHER SWEET NOTHINGS as well as HER INFERNAL NAME & OTHER NIGHTMARES. 

He holds two master’s degrees in Education, as well as an MFA in Children’s Literature.

A bagel-loving fabulist of spooky absurdity, Ottone enjoys cigars, cocktails and time with his wife.

Boyle, R. L.

Nominations:

The Book of the Baku (Titan Books ), Young Adult Novel, 2021

BIO: R. L. Boyle studied Classical Civilisation at the University of Leeds, after which she worked in a variety of jobs – none of which had anything to do with her degree. Her debut, The Book of The Baku, is a vivid, haunting YA horror and it was published by Titan in 2021.

She lives in Leeds with her husband and three sons.

R.L. Boyle’s website is: rlboyle.co.uk

Waters, Erica

AWARDS:

The River Has Teeth (HarperTeen), Young Adult Novel, 2021

NOMINATIONS:

Ghost Wood Song (HarperTeen), Young Adult Novel, 2020

BIO: Erica Waters grew up in the pine woods of rural Florida, though she now resides in Nashville, Tennessee. She has a Master’s degree in English and works as a university writing tutor. When she’s not writing books, you can find her hanging out with her two dogs, Nutmeg and Luna. Ghost Wood Song is her debut novel. Her second book, The River Has Teeth, will be published in July.