We' couldn't be happier to announce that the winner of the 25th NE Teen Book Award is Josh Silver with his dark dystopian thriller, Happy Head.
Our judges loved the tension, the discussion of mental health issues and the LGBTQ+friendly themes.
Huge congratulations to Josh on his NETBA win and to his publisher, Rock the Boat.
Luckily, the sequel, Dead Happy, was published just last month and is every bit as electrifying as Josh's debut novel. We know his many NETBA fans are going to love it just as much!
Voting was exceptionally close this year so we just had to give a special mention to previous NETBA winner, Cynthia Murphy, for her unguessable, unputdownable thriller, The Midnight Game.
Huge thanks for another spine-chilling read!