{{Short description|Canadian children's novelist}} {{BLP sources|date=January 2017}} {{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] --> | name = Moira Young | image = Moira Young.jpg | alt = | caption = Young in August 2011 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1959}} | birth_place = [[Canada]] | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Novelist | language = English | alma_mater = | genre = [[Fantasy]], [[science fiction]] | notableworks = {{Plainlist| * ''[[Blood Red Road]]'' }} | awards = | years_active = | website = {{URL|moirayoung.com}} }} '''Moira Young''' (born 1959) is a Canadian children's novelist. Young was born in [[New Westminster]], British Columbia.
==Awards == {| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" |+Awards for Young's writing !Year !Title !Award !Result !Ref. |- |2011 |''[[Blood Red Road]]'' |[[Costa Book Award for Children's Book]] |'''Winner''' |<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2012-01-04 |title=Awards: Costa Category Winners |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1634 |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=[[Shelf Awareness]]}}</ref> |- |2011 |''[[Blood Red Road]]'' |[[Cybils Award]] for Young Adult Speculative Fiction |'''Winner''' |<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=2011 Cybils Winners |url=https://www.cybils.com/cybils-books/2011-cybils-winners |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321170942/https://www.cybils.com/cybils-books/2011-cybils-winners |archive-date=2023-03-21 |access-date=2023-03-21 |language=en-US}}</ref> |- |2012 |''[[Blood Red Road]]'' |[[ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults]] |Selection |<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-04-25 |title=Blood Red Road {{!}} Awards & Grants |url=https://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/blood-red-road |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=[[American Library Association]]}}</ref> |- |2013 |''Rebel Heart'' |Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic: Young Adult |Finalist |<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2013-07-19 |title=Awards: PEN/Ackerley Winner; Sunburst Shortlist |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2043 |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=[[Shelf Awareness]]}}</ref> |- |2015 |''Raging Star'' |[[Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults]] |Selection |<ref>{{Cite web |last=NGILBERT |date=2015-02-03 |title=2015 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults |url=https://www.ala.org/yalsa/2015-amazing-audiobooks-young-adults |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=[[Young Adult Library Services Association]] (YALSA) |language=en}}</ref> |}
==Publications== ===Standalone books===
* ''The Road to Ever After'' (2016)
===''Dust Lands'' trilogy === # ''[[Blood Red Road]]'' (2011) # ''Rebel Heart'' (2012) # ''Raging Star'' (2014)
==References== <references/>
==External links== * {{ISFDB name|155663}} * {{LCAuth|n2011018484|Moira Young|5|}}
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