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The Davitt Award
The Davitt Award is given out each year by Sisters of Crime Australia for the best crime novel by a woman and published in Australia in book form in the previous year. The award is named in honor of Ellen Davitt (1812-1879) who wrote Australia's first mystery novel, Force and Fraud, in 1865.
2016- Best Adult Novel: Resurrection Bay by Emma Viskic (Echo)
- Best Debut Novel: Resurrection Bay by Emma Viskic (Echo)
- Best Young Adult Novel: Risk by Fleur Ferris (Random House)
- Best Children's Novel: Under Suspicion by R. A. Spratt (Random House)
- Best Non-Fiction: Wild Man by Alecia Simmonds (Affirm Press)
2015- Best Adult Novel: Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty (Pan Macmilla)
- Best Debut Novel: Intruder by Christine Bongers (Woolshed Press)
- Best Young Adult Novel: Every Word by Ellie Marney (Allen & Unwin)
- Best Children's Novel: Whitering-by-Sea by Judith Rossell (HarperCollins)
- Best Non-Fiction: Last Woman Hanged by Caroline Overington (HarperCollins)
- Readers Choice Award: Tell Me Why by Sandi Wallace (Clan Destine Press)
2014- Best Adult Novel: Dark Horse by Honey Brown (Penguin)
- Best Debut Novel: Burial Rites by Hannah Kent (Picador)
- Best Young Adult Novel: The Midnight Dress by Karen Foxlee (Univ. of Queensland Press)
- Best Children's Novel: Spooked! by Jen Storer (HarperCollins)
- Best Non-Fiction: Night Games: Sex, Power and Sport by Anna Krien (Black Inc.)
- Readers Choice Award: Burial Rites by Hannah Kent (Picador)
2013- Best Adult Novel: Mad Men, Bad Girls and the Guerilla Knitters Institute by Maggie Groff (Pan)
- Best Debut Novel: Mad Men, Bad Girls and the Guerilla Knitters Institute by Maggie Groff (Pan)
- Best Young Adult Novel: The Tunnels of Tarcoola by Jennifer Walsh (Allen & Unwin)
- Best True Crime: The Waterlow Killings by Pamela Burton (Victory)
- Readers Choice Award: Tamam Shud: The Somerton Man Mystery by Kerry Greenwood (NewSouth Publishing)
2012- Best Adult Novel: A Decline in Prophets by Sulari Gentill (Pantera Press)
- Best Young Adult Novel: Surface Tension by Meg McKinlay (Walker Books)
- Best True Crime: Cold Case Files: Past Crimes Solved by New Forensic Science by Liz Porter (Pan/Macmillan)
- Best Debut Novel: Beyond Fear by Jaye Ford (Bantam)
- Readers Choice Award Tie:
- The Brotherhood by Y. A. Erskine (Bantam)
- Beyond Fear by Jaye Ford (Bantam)
2011- Best Adult Novel: Cold Justice by Katherine Howell (Pan/Macmillan)
- Best Young Adult Novel: A Girl Like Me by Penny Matthews (Penguin)
- Readers Choice Award: The Old School by P. M. Newton (Penguin)
- Best True Crime: Murderer No More by Colleen Egan (Allen & Unwin)
2010- Best Adult Novel: Sharp Shooter by Marianne Delacourt
- Best Young Adult Novel: Liar by Justine Larbalestier
- Readers Choice Award: Forbidden Fruit by Kerry Greenwood
- Best True Crime: Lady Killer by Candace Sutton and Ellen Connolly
2009- Best Adult Novel: A Beautiful Place to Die by Malla Nunn
- Best Young Adult Novel: Genius Squad by Catherine Jinks
- Readers Choice Award: The Darkest Hour by Katherine Howell
2008- Best Adult Novel: Frantic by Katherine Howell
- Best Young Adult Novel: The Night Has a Thousand Eyes by Mandy Sayer
- Readers Choice Award: Scarlet Stiletto: The First Cut by Lindy Cameron
2007- Best Adult Novel: Undertow by Sydney Bauer
- Best Young Adult Novel: The Betrayal of Bindy Mackenzie by Jaclyn Moriarty
- Readers Choice Award: Silent Death: The Killing of Julie Ramage by Karen Kissane
- Readers Choice Award: Devil's Food by Kerry Greenwood
2006- Best Adult Novel: The Butterfly Man by Heather Rose
- Best Young Adult Novel: Evil Genius by Catherine Jinks
- Readers Choice Award: Rubdown by Leigh Redhead
- Readers Choice Award: Heavenly Pleasures by Kerry Greenwood
2005- Best Adult Novel: Malicious Intent by Kathryn Fox
- Best Young Adult Novel: Devastation Road by Joanna Baker
- Readers Choice Award: Peepshow by Leigh Redhead
2004- Best Adult Novel: Due Preparation for the Plague by Janette Turner Hospital
- Best Young Adult Novel: Muck-Up Day by Ruth Starke
- Readers Choice Award: Thicker Than Water by Lindy Cameron
2003- Best Adult Novel: Baby Did a Bad, Bad Thing by Gabrielle Lord
- Best Adult Novel: Blood Redemption by Alex Palmer
- Best Young Adult Novel: Fireworks and Darkness by Natalie Jane Prior
- Readers Choice Award: Skin Deep by Cathy Cole
2002- Best Adult Novel: A Simply Death by Carolyn Morwood
- Best Young Adult Novel: Three-Pronged Dagger by Kerry Greenwood
- Readers Choice Award: Bleeding Hearts by Lindy Cameron
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