Mystery, Crime & Thriller Awards

The Golden Dagger Award is awarded by the British Crime Writer's Association. The Gold Dagger is award to the year's best crime novel. Recent awards:

2007 The Broken Shore by Peter Temple
2006 Raven Black by Ann Cleeves
2005 Silence of the Grave by Arnaldur Indridason
2004 Blacklist by Sara Paretsky
2003 Fox Evil by Minette Walters
2002 The Athenian Murders by Jose Carlos Somoza
2001 Sidetracked by Henning Mankell
2000 Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem

The Edgar Award is given each year by The Mystery Writers of American in honor of Edgar Allan Poe to the best mystery fiction and nonfiction produced in the previous year. Here are some of the recent awards:

2007 The Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin
2006 Citizen Vince: A Novel by Jess Walter
2005 California Girl by T. Jefferson Parker
2004 Resurrection Men: An Inspector Rebus Novelby Ian Rankin
2003 Winter and Night by S. J. Rozan
2002 Silent Joe by T. Jefferson Parker
2001 The Bottoms by Joe R. Lansdale
2000 Bones by Jan Burke

The International Thriller Writers are a relatively new group, having felt somewhat neglected by the 'crime' and 'mystery' groups and awards. Here are their 2007 nominations. Awards are given in July.

Best Novel
False Impression, Jeffrey Archer
Killer Instinct, Joseph Finder
Cold Kill, Stephen Leather
The Messenger, Daniel Silva
Beautiful Lies, Lisa Unger

Best First Novel
Shadow of Death, Patricia Gussin
Switchback, Matthew Klein
A Thousand Suns, Alex Scarrow
18 Seconds, George D. Shuman
Mr. Clarinet, Nick Stone

Best Paperback Original
Skeleton Coast, Clive Cussler with Jack DuBrul
The Deep Blue Alibi, Paul Levine
An Unquiet Grave, P.J. Parrish
Headstone City, Tom Piccirilli
Mortal Faults, Michael Prescott

Anyone should feel free to add awards to any of the threads in this group (please).

I've read three of the above listed novels, Silence of the Grave, Motherless Brooklyn, and Resurrection Men and thought them all excellent.

The Arthur Ellis Awards are presented by the Crime Writers of Canada

http://crimewriterscanada.com/cwc/pages/pastawards.html

Best Novel
2007 Barbara Fradkin, Honour Among Men, RendezVous Crime
2006 William Deverell, April Fool, McClelland & Stewart
2005 Barbara Fradkin, Fifth Son, RendezVous Crime
2004 Giles Blunt, The Delicate Storm, Random House Canada
2003 Rick Mofina, Blood of Others, Kensington Publishing
2002 Michelle Spring, In the Midnight Hour, Ballantine
2001 Peter Robinson, Cold Is the Grave, Penguin Canada

thanks, kathrynnd, I know a few reading friends who are great Peter Robinson and Giles Blunt fans.

2008 Edgar Awards

Nominees & winner* for best novel:
Christine Falls by Benjamin Black (Henry Holt and Company)
Priest by Ken Bruen (St. Martin's Minotaur)
The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon (HarperCollins)
Soul Patch by Reed Farrel Coleman (Bleak House Books)
* Down River by John Hart (St. Martin's Minotaur)* - winner

2010 Hammett Prize Nominees

Bury Me Deep by Megan Abbott
Devil's Garden by Ace Atkins
The Manual of Detection by Jedediah Berry
The Long Fall by Walter Mosley
The Way Home by George Pelecanos

The Hammet Prize is awarded annually for literary excellence in the field of crime-writing, as reflected in a book published in the English language in the US and/or Canada. The winner receives a "Thin Man" trophy.

The winner is announced in the fall.

2010 Edgar Nominees

The Missing by Tim Gautreaux
The Odds by Kathleen George
The Last Child by John Hart
Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death by Charlie Huston
Nemesis by Jo Nesbø
A Beautiful Place to Die by Malla Nunn

Winner is announced near the end of April.

>8 christiguc: I have Jedediah Berry's book. He's a nice guy, quiet. Works for Small Beer Press. It's his debut novel so Kudos for him.

2010 Edgar Winners were announced Thursday night, April 29.

Best Novel: The Last Child by John Hart

Best First Novel: In the Shadow of Gotham by Stefanie Pintoff

Best Paperback Original: Body Blows by Marc Strange

Best Critical/Biographical: The Lineup: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives edited by Otto Penzler

Best Fact Crime: Columbine by Dave Cullen

Best Short Story: "Amapola" by Luis Alberto Urrea in the anthology Phoenix Noir

Best Young Adult: Reality Check by Peter Abrahams

Best Juvenile: Closed for the Season by Mary Downing Hahn

I notice no one has posted on this year's Crime Writers' Association Dagger Awards. Shortlist were announced in mid-August and it is interesting to note some crossover with this year's Booker shortlist in the form of Snowdrops. I believe this is the first time a crime novel has been shortlisted for both the CWA and Booker prizes.

The four shortlisted books for the Gold Dagger, for best crime novel, are:

Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton
Snowdrops by A.D. Miller
The End of the Wasp Season by Denise Mina

The shortlisted books for the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger, for best thriller novel, are:

The Good Son by Michael Gruber
The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton
Cold Rain by Craig Smith
Before I Go To Sleep by S.J. Watson

Finally, there is the John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger, for best new crime writer. The shortlist is:

The Dogs of Rome by Conor Fitzgerald
The Dead Women of Juarez by Sam Hawken
Kiss Me Quick by Danny Miller
Before I Go To Sleep by S.J. Watson

Winners will be announced on 7 October, and shown on ITV3 on 11 October.

The winners have now been announced for CWA Daggers:

Gold Dagger: Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
Ian Fleming Steel Dagger: The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton
John Creasey Dagger: Before I Go To Sleep by S.J. Watson

The shortlists for the major awards (Daggers) presented by the Crime Writers' Association are now out.

Gold Dagger (Best Crime Novel of the Year):
Vengeance in Mind by N J Cooper
The Flight by M R Hall
The Rage by Gene Kerrigan
Bereft by Chris Womersley

Ian Fleming Steel Dagger (Best Thriller of the Year):
Dare Me by Megan Abbott
A Foreign Country by Charles Cumming
The Fear Index by Robert Harris
Reamde by Neal Stephenson

John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger:
Heart-Shaped Bruise by Tanya Byrne
A Land More Kind Than Home by Wiley Cash
Good People by Ewart Hutton
What Dies In Summer by Tom Wright

The winners will be announced in London on 18 October.

It's probably also worth updating some of the other CWA Dagger winners from 2012, which were all announced earlier in the year.

International Dagger: The Potter's Field by Andrea Camilleri
Dagger for Non-Fiction: The Eleventh Day by Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan
Historical Dagger: Icelight by Aly Monroe

I ought to add who won this year's CWA Daggers as it's nearly a month since they were announced!

Gold Dagger: The Rage by Gene Kerrigan
Ian Fleming Steel Dagger: A Foreign Country by Charles Cumming
John Creasey Dagger: A Land More Kind Than Home by Wiley Cash

Some of the Crime Writers' Associations Dagger awards were recently announced including the longlists for their main awards.

The International Dagger
Joint winners: The Ghost Riders of Ordebec by Fred Vargas and Alex by Pierre Lemaitre

The CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger 2013
Winner: The Scent of Death by Andrew Taylor

Non-Fiction Dagger
Winner: Midnight in Peking by Pail French

Gold Dagger Longlist
Rubbernecker by Belinda Bauer
The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes
Tequila Sunset by Moira Rogers
Dead Lions by Mick Herron
Rage Against The Dying by Becky Masterman
Breakdown by Sara Paretsky
Say You're Sorry by Michael Robotham
The Kings of Cool by Don Winslow

Ian Fleming Steel Dagger
Ghostman by Roger Hobbs
The Uninvited by Liz Jensen
The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter by Malcolm MacKay
Ratlines by Stuart Neville
The Sentinel by Mark Oldfield
The Poison Tide by Andrew Williams
Capital Punishment by Robert Wilson

John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger
Ghostman by Roger Hobbs
Something You Are by Hanna Jameson
The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter by Malcolm MacKay
Rage Against The Dying by Becky Masterman
Norwegian by Night by Derek B. Miller
Shadow of the Rock by Thomas Mogford
The City of Shadows by Michael Russell
City of Blood by M D Villiers

An update with the winners of the awards for which I had listed the longlists earlier in the year.

The Gold Dagger was won by Mick Herron for Dead Lions.
The other shortlisted books were Rubbernecker, The Shining Girls and Rage Against The Dying.

The Ian Fleming Steel Dagger was won by Roger Hobbs for Ghostman.
The other shortlisted books were Ratlines, The Sentinel and Capital Punishment.

The John Creasey Dagger was won by Derek B. Miller for Norwegian by Night.
The other shortlisted books were Something You Are, The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter and Shadow of the Rock.

CWA Dagger Awarded in Glittering Ceremony
13/10/2016 by The CWA
All 10 winners of this year’s CWA Daggers were announced at a glittering black-tie occasion at the Grange City Hotel in Cooper’s Row, London on Tuesday October 11.

The CWA Daggers, which are probably the awards crime writers and publishers alike most wish to win, are awarded every year in 10 categories but this was the first time in many years that all 10 were announced at the same occasion.

The Diamond Dagger, for a career’s outstanding contribution to crime fiction as nominated by CWA members, was announced earlier in the year and was awarded to chart-topper author Peter James, who received the stunning Cartier Diamond Dagger.

The other nine Dagger winners are as follows.

Goldsboro Gold – for the best crime novel of the year: Bill Beverly with Dodgers

Ian Fleming Steel – for the best crime thriller of the year; Don Winslow with The Cartel

John Creasey New Blood – for the best debut crime novel; Bill Beverly with Dodgers

Endeavour Historical – for the best historical crime novel; David Young with Stasi Child

Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction – for non-fiction crime; Andrew Hankinson with You Could Do Something Amazing With Your Life You Are Raoul Moat

Short Story – for a short crime story published in the UK; John Connolly with On the Anatomization of an Unknown Man (1637) by Frans Mier from Nocturnes 2: Night Music

International – for crime fiction translated into English and published in the UK; Pierre Lemaître with The Great Swindle, translated by Frank Wynne

Dagger in the Library – for the author of the most enjoyed collection of work in libraries; Elly Griffiths

2017 CWA Dagger Awards
Gold Dagger - The Dry, Jane Harper
Ian Fleming Steel Dagger - Spook Street, Mick Herron
John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger - Tall Oaks, Chris Whitaker
ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-fiction - Close But No Cigar: A True Story of Prison Life in Castro’s Cuba, Stephen Purvis
Historical Dagger - A Rising Man, Abir Mukherjee
Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger - The Dying Detective, Leif G W Persson, tr. Neil Smith

2018 CWA Dagger awards
Gold Dagger - The Liar, Steve Cavanagh
Ian Fleming Steel Dagger - Bluebird, Bluebird, Attica Locke
John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger - Lola, Melissa Scrivner Love
ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-fiction - Blood on the Page, Thomas Harding
Historical Dagger - Nucleus, Rory Clements
Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger - After the Fire, Henning Mankell tr. Marlaine Delargy

2019 CWA Dagger Awards
Gold Dagger - The Puppet Show, M W Craven
Ian Fleming Steel Dagger - To The Lions, Holly Watt
John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger - Scrublands, Chris Hammer
ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-fiction - The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War, Ben Macintyre
Historical Dagger - Destroying Angel, S G MacLean
Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger - A Long Night in Paris, Dov Alfon, tr. Daniella Zamir

2020 CWA Dagger Awards
Gold Dagger - Good Girl, Bad Girl, Michael Robotham
Ian Fleming Steel Dagger - November Road, Lou Berney
John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger - The Man on the Street, Trevor Wood
ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-fiction - Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper Lee, Casey Cep
Historical Dagger - Death in the East, Abir Mukherjee
Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger - The Godmother, Hannelore Cayre, tr. Stephanie Smee

2021 CWA Dagger Awards
Gold Dagger - We Begin at the End, Chris Whitaker
Ian Fleming Steel Dagger - When She Was Good, Michael Robotham
John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger - The Creak on the Stairs, Eva Björg Ægisdóttir
ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-fiction - Written in Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind, Sue Black
Historical Dagger - Midnight at Malabar House, Vaseem Khan
Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger - The Disaster Tourist, Yun Ko-eun, tr. Lizzie Buehler

2011 Hammett Award Shortlist and Winner*
The Killer is Dying: A Novel, by James Sallis*
Feast Day of Fools: A Novel, by James Lee Burke
Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead, by Sara Gran
The Cat's Table, by Michael Ondaatje
The Informant, by Thomas Perry

2012 Hammett Award Shortlist and Winner*
Oregon Hill, by Howard Owen*
Defending Jacob: A Novel, by William Landay
Truth Like the Sun, by Jim Lynch
Patient Number 7, by Kurt Palka
Alif the Unseen, by G. Willow Wilson

2013 Hammett Award Shortlist and Winner*
Angel Baby: A Novel, by Richard Lange*
Cataract City: A Novel, by Craig Davidson
Green Light for Murder, by Heywood Gould
Caught, by Lisa Moore
The Double, by George P. Pelecanos

2014 Hammett Award Shortlist and Winner*
Mr. Mercedes: A Novel, by Stephen King*
Wayfaring Stranger: A Novel, by James Lee Burke
Smoke River, by Krista Foss
Gangsterland: A Novel, by Tod Goldberg
Goodhouse: A Novel, by Peyton Marshall

2015 Hammett Award Shortlist and Winner*
The Do-Right, by Lisa Sandlin*
The Stranger, by Harlan Coben
Sorrow Lake: A March and Walker Crime Novel, by Michael J. McCann
The Whites: A Novel, by Richard Price, writing as Harry Brandt
The Organ Broker: A Novel, by Stu Strumwasser

2016 Hammett Award Shortlist and Winner*
The White Devil, by Domenic Stansberry*
The Second Life of Nick Mason, by Steve Hamilton
The Drifter, by Nicholas Petrie
Revolver, by Duane Swierczynski
The Big Nothing, by Bob Truluck

2017 Hammett Award Shortlist and Winner*
August Snow, by Stephen Mack Jones*
The Marsh King's Daughter, by Karen Dionne
The Tragedy of Brady Sims, by Ernest J. Gaines
Two Days Gone: A Novel, by Randall Silvis

2018 Hammett Award Shortlist and Winner*
November Road, by Lou Berney*
Paris in the Dark, by Robert Olen Butler
The Lonely Witness, by William Boyle
Cut You Down, by Sam Wiebe
Under My Skin, by Lisa Unger

2019 Hammett Award Shortlist and Winner*
Bluff, by Jane Stanton Hitchcock*
The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols, by Nicholas Meyer
Blood Relations, by Jonathan Moore
The Murals, by William Bayer
Norco '80: The True Story of the Most Spectacular Bank Robbery in American History, by Peter Houlahan

2020 Hammett Award Shortlist and Winner*
When These Mountains Burn, by David Joy*
Three Hours in Paris, by Cara Black
The Mountains Wild, by Sarah Stewart Taylor
Winter Counts, by David Heska Wanbli Weiden
Murder in Old Bombay, by Nev March