The Mystery Writers of America have announced the shortlists for the Edgar Awards - including Best Juvenile and Best YA.

Best Juvenile

Zora and Me - Victoria Bond and T.R. Simon
The Buddy Files: The Case of the Lost Boy -  Dori Hillestad Butler
The Haunting of Charles Dickens - Lewis Buzbee
Griff Carver: Hallway Patrol - Jim Krieg
The Secret Life of Ms. Finkleman - Ben H. Winters

Best Young Adult

The River - Mary Jane Beaufrand
Please Ignore Vera Dietz - A.S. King
7 Souls - Barnabas Miller and Jordan Orlando
The Interrogation of Gabriel James - Charlie Price
Dust City - Robert Paul Weston