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The William C. Morris YA Debut Award is an annual award given to a work of young adult literature by a first-time author writing for teens. It is administered by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) a division of the American Library Association (ALA). It was named for twentieth-century American publisher William C. Morris whom YALSA calls an innovator and an influential innovator in the publishing world and an advocate for marketing books for children and young adults.