# Moira Young

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Canadian children's novelist

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Moira Young Young in August 2011 Born 1959 (age 66–67) Canada Occupation Novelist Language English 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](/source/New_Westminster), British Columbia.

## Awards

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

### Standalone books

- *The Road to Ever After* (2016)

### *Dust Lands* trilogy

1. *[Blood Red Road](/source/Blood_Red_Road)* (2011)

1. *Rebel Heart* (2012)

1. *Raging Star* (2014)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Awards: Costa Category Winners"](https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1634). *[Shelf Awareness](/source/Shelf_Awareness)*. 2012-01-04. Retrieved 2023-04-06.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-:2_2-0)** ["2011 Cybils Winners"](https://www.cybils.com/cybils-books/2011-cybils-winners). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20230321170942/https://www.cybils.com/cybils-books/2011-cybils-winners) from the original on 2023-03-21. Retrieved 2023-03-21.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Blood Red Road | Awards & Grants"](https://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/blood-red-road). *[American Library Association](/source/American_Library_Association)*. 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2023-04-06.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Awards: PEN/Ackerley Winner; Sunburst Shortlist"](https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2043). *[Shelf Awareness](/source/Shelf_Awareness)*. 2013-07-19. Retrieved 2023-04-06.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** NGILBERT (2015-02-03). ["2015 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults"](https://www.ala.org/yalsa/2015-amazing-audiobooks-young-adults). *[Young Adult Library Services Association](/source/Young_Adult_Library_Services_Association) (YALSA)*. Retrieved 2023-04-06.

## External links

- [Moira Young](https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?155663) at the [Internet Speculative Fiction Database](/source/Internet_Speculative_Fiction_Database)

- [Moira Young](https://lccn.loc.gov/n2011018484) at the [Library of Congress](/source/Library_of_Congress), with 5 library catalog records

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