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.
- 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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