Author record · 2010 to 2025

Alison McGhee: Awards and Best-of Lists

Alison McGhee has won 1 award, the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award (2011) for Bink and Gollie, with 7 year-end list picks in our archive.

Also credited with Kate DiCamillo, Kathi Appelt, Tony Fucile

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2025Weird Sad and SilentKirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Middle Grade
2024Telephone of the TreeHorn Book Fanfare source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction
2024Telephone of the TreeKirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Middle Grade
2018What I Leave BehindBooklist Editors' Choice source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books for Youth: Fiction, Older Readers
2017Pablo and BirdyPublishers Weekly Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Middle Grade
2016Maybe a FoxBooklist Editors' Choice source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books for Youth: Fiction, Middle Readers
2011Bink and GollieTheodor Seuss Geisel Award source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Beginning Reader
2010Bink & GollieKirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Children's

Books

  1. Bink and Gollie2 sources · 2010 to 2011
  2. Telephone of the Tree2 sources · 2024
  3. Maybe a Fox1 source · 2016
  4. Pablo and Birdy1 source · 2017
  5. Weird Sad and Silent1 source · 2025
  6. What I Leave Behind1 source · 2018