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Moira Young
Young in August 2011
Born	1959 (age 64–65) Canada
Occupation	Novelist
Language	English
Nationality	Canadian
Genre	Fantasy, science fiction
Notable works	Blood Red Road
Website
moirayoung.com

Moira Young (born 1959) is a Canadian children's novelist. Young was born in New Westminster, British Columbia.

Awards[edit]

Awards for Young's writing
Year	Title	Award	Result	Ref.
2011	Blood Red Road	Costa Book Award for Children's Book	Winner	^[1]
2011	Blood Red Road	Cybils Award for Young Adult Speculative Fiction	Winner	^[2]
2012	Blood Red Road	ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults	Selection	^[3]
2013	Rebel Heart	Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic: Young Adult	Finalist	^[4]
2015	Raging Star	Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults	Selection	^[5]

Publications[edit]

Standalone books[edit]

The Road to Ever After (2016)

Dust Lands trilogy[edit]

Blood Red Road (2011)
Rebel Heart (2012)
Raging Star (2014)

References[edit]

^ "Awards: Costa Category Winners". Shelf Awareness. 2012-01-04. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
^ "2011 Cybils Winners". Archived from the original on 2023-03-21. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
^ "Blood Red Road | Awards & Grants". American Library Association. 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
^ "Awards: PEN/Ackerley Winner; Sunburst Shortlist". Shelf Awareness. 2013-07-19. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
^ NGILBERT (2015-02-03). "2015 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). Retrieved 2023-04-06.

External links[edit]

Moira Young at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Moira Young at Library of Congress, with 5 library catalog records

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