Aden Polydoros ist ein Autor für Jugendliteratur im Bereich von Fantasy und Horror. Sein Gothic-Fantasy-Roman „The City Beautiful“ erhielt hervorragende Kritiken vom School Library Journal, von Publishers Weekly, Bookpage und Booklist. Er gewann auch den Sydney Taylor Book Award und war im Finale des Lambda Awards, des National Jewish Book Award, des Cybils Award und des World Fantasy Award von 2022.
Das Buch wurde zum besten Jugendliteratur-Werk im Jahr 2021 ernannt durch die New York Public Library sowie durch die Online-Plattformen BookPage und Buzzfeed.
YA Reading with Bill Konigsberg, Northern Arizona Book Festival, 4/21, virtual
HERE ALL YEAR: Pride Author Event, 06/2021, virtual
Magical Worlds, Historical Fantasies & Retellings, May 2021, virtual panel
Sydney Taylor Round Table, February 2022, virtual panel
Jewish History Month Panel, May 2022, virtual panel
Highlights Jewish Symposium Panel, 10/22, in person
Hudson Valley YA Society Horror Panel, 10/22, virtual
Queer Jewish Crime Fiction Panel, 2022 Jewish Writers’ Conference, 11/22, virtual
Project Pandora, Entangled Teen, 2017
YA Thriller
Print and E-Book (novel)
Project Prometheus, Entangled Teen, 2018
YA Thriller
Print and E-Book (novel)
Hades Rising, Entangled Teen, 2018
Young Adult Thriller
E-Book (novella)
The City Beautiful, Inkyard Press/HarperCollins, 2021
YA Historical Fantasy
Print, Audio, E-Book (novel)
The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror Page Street Kids, 2022 YA Horror Anthology (contributor) Short Story: “It Stays With You”
Scholastic Art and Writing Awards – 2015 National Gold Medalist, Science Fiction/Fantasy Category
Charles E. Bull Writing Award – 2017, 2018 Northern Arizona University
A. Elaine Bychinsky Writing Award – 2018 Northern Arizona University
National Jewish Book Award – 2021
Finalist, YA Novel
Bram Stoker Award – 2021
Preliminary Ballot, YA Novel
Sydney Taylor Book Award – 2022
Winner, YA Novel
World Fantasy Award – 2022
Finalist, Best Novel
Lambda Literary Award – 2022
Finalist, YA Novel