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.

2012

Best Adult Novel Nominee:
- Beyond Fear by Jaye Ford (Bantam)
- A Decline in Prophets by Sulari Gentill (Pantera Press)
- Death and the Spanish Lady by Carolyn Morwood (Pulp Fiction Press)
- Love Honour & O'Brien by Jennifer Rowe (Allen & Unwin)
- The Courier's New Bicycle by Kim Westwood (Harper Voyager)
- Shattered Sky by Helene Young (Hachette)
Best Young Adult Novel Nominee:
- The Golden Day by Ursula Dubosarsky (Allen & Unwin)
- Dangerously Placed by Nansi Kunze (Random House)
- Surface Tension by Meg McKinlay (Walker Books)
Best True Crime Nominee:
- The Australian Book of Family Murders by Wendy Lewis (Pier 9/Murdoch Books)
- Cold Case Files: Past Crimes Solved by New Forensic Science by Liz Porter (Pan/Macmillan)

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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