carol plum-ucci : honors and awards

National and International Awards:

•        Michael L. Printz Honor Book Award, winner, American Library Association, YALSA, The
Body of Christopher Creed, 2001

•        Michael L. Printz Honor Book Award, nominee, American Library Association, YALSA,
What Happened to Lani Garver, 2003

•        Edgar Allan Poe Awards, Mystery Writers of America, finalist, The Night My Sister Went
Missing, 2007

•        Edgar Allan Poe Awards, Mystery Writers of America; finalist, The Body of Christopher
Creed, 2001

•        Amazon Editors’#1 Choice in Young Adult Literature; winner, What Happened to Lani
Garver, 2002

•        Junior Library Guild Premier Selection, honoree, Streams of Babel, 2008

•        Children’s Choice List, Readers International; honoree, The Body of Christopher Creed,
2001

•        Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults, American Library Association, YALSA, honoree,
What Happened to Lani Garver, 2003

•        Best Books for Young Adults, American Library Association, YALSA,, honoree, The Body
of Christopher Creed, 2001

•        Best Books for Young Adults, American Library Association, YALSA, honoree, What
Happened to Lani Garver, 2002

•        Quik Piks for Reluctant Readers, American Library Association, YALSA, honoree, The
Night My Sister Went Missing, 2007

•        Most Popular Paperbacks, American Library Association, YALSA, honoree, What
Happened to Lani Garver, 2005

•        Most Popular Paperbacks, American Library Association, YALSA, honoree, The Body of
Christopher Creed, 2004

•        Best Books for Young Adults, American Library Association, YALSA, nominee, The She,
2003

•        Best Books for Young Adults, American Library Association, YALSA, nominee, Streams of
Babel, 2008

State Awards:

•        Black-Eyed Susan Award, Maryland Association of School Librarians, nominee, Streams
of Babel, 2009

•        Rhode Island Teen Book Award, Rhode Island Educational Media Association (RIEMA);
nominee, Streams of Babel, 2009

•        Book of the Year Award, South Carolina Association of High School Libraries, winner,
The Body of Christopher Creed, 2005

•        Gateway Reader’s Award, Missouri Association of School Librarians, honoree, What
Happened to Lani Garver, 2004-2005

•        One Book New Jersey, New Jersey Library Association, young adult winner, The Body of
Christopher Creed, 2004

•        Iowa Teen Book Awards List, selected annually by Iowa students grades 6-9; honoree,
What Happened to Lani Garver, 2002-2003

•        Gateway Teen Readers’ Award, Missouri Association of School Librarians; second place,
The Body of Christopher Creed, 2002-2003

•        Top Ten Books for Young Readers, High School Level, Virginia State Reading
Association (VSRA); honoree, The Body of Christopher Creed, 2002

•        Rhode Island Teen Book Award, Rhode Island Educational Media Association (RIEMA);
finalist, The Body of Christopher Creed, 2001

•        Evergreen Award for Young Adult Literature, Washington State Library Association;
winner, The Body of Christopher Creed, 2001

•        Best of the Best List, Missouri Library Association’s Young Adult Services Interest Group
(YASIG); honoree, The Body of Christopher Creed, 1999-2000

Professional Honors:

2001 Movie option on The Body of Christopher Creed, DreamWorks.

1996 Dalton Penn Award, Warwick Publications, Miss America Program Book, Winner, Special
Publications Division

1993 International Who’s Who Among Professional & Business Women; honoree

1992 IRIS Award of Excellence, International Association of Business Communicators (IABC),
Miss America Program Book; division winner

1979 Kneale Award in Journalism for Excellence in Feature Writing, Purdue University; winner

literary & professional honors