Crime Fiction Awards: The Best in Mysteries, Suspense Novels and Thrillers

List of Awards

Agatha

Anthony

Arthur Ellis

Audie

Barry

Benjamin Franklin

Best Books

Blóðdropinn

Bloody Scotland Crime Novel

Bloody Words

Bruce Alexander

CrimeFest

CWA Dagger

Danish Crime Novel

Daphne du Maurier

David

Davitt

Dilys

Edgar

EPIC

Falcon

Finnish Crime Novel

ForeWord

Friedrich Glauser

Glass Key

Grand Prix de Lit. Policière

Grant Allen

Gumshoe

Hammett

Harper Lee

Indie Lit

International Book

IPPY

Irish Book

John Spray

LA Times

Lambda

Lefty

Lovey

Macavity

National (UK)

National Indie

Ned Kelly

Nero

Next Generation

Ngaio Marsh

Petrona Award

Poloni Prize

Premier

Premio Azzeccagarbugli

Premio Fedeli

Prix Mystère

Quill

Reader Views

Reviewers' Choice

Riverton Prize

SCIBA

Shamus

SMM Crime Novel

SMM Private Eye

SMM Traditional

Spotted Owl

Strand Critics

Swedish Crime Novel

Theakstons

Thriller

Tony Hillerman

Whodunit

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The Ned Kelly Awards

The Ned Kelly Awards are awarded annually by the Crime Writers Association of Australia recognizing outstanding works in the field of crime fiction and non-fiction by Australian authors.

 

    2016
  • Best Novel: Before It Breaks by Dave Warner
  • Best First Novel: Resurrection Bay by Emma Viskic
  • Best True Crime: Certain Admissions by Gideon Haigh
  • Best Short Story: "Flesh" by Roni O'Brien
    2015
  • Best Novel: Eden by Candice Fox (Transworld)
  • Best First Novel: Quota by Jock Serong (Text)
  • Best True Crime: This House of Grief: The Story of a Murder Trial by Helen Garner (Text)
  • Best Short Story: "Short Term People" by Andrea Gillum
    2014
  • Best Novel: In the Morning I'll Be Gone by Adrian McKinty Review of In the Morning I'll Be Gone by Adrian McKinty
  • Best First Novel: Hades by Candice Fox
  • Best True Crime: Murder in Mississippi by John Safran
  • Best Short Story: "Web Design" by Emma Viskic
    2013
  • Best Novel: Blackwattle Creek by Geoffrey McGeachin
  • Best First Novel: The Midnight Promise by Zane Lovitt
  • Best True Crime: The People Smuggler by Robin de Crespigny
    2012
  • Best Novel: Pig Boy by J. C. Burke (Random House)
  • Best First Novel: The Cartographer by Peter Twohig (HarperCollins)
  • Best True Crime: Sins of the Father by Eamonn Duff (Allen & Unwin)
  • Best Short Story: "Summer of the 17th Poll" by A. J. Clifford
  • Lifetime Achievement: Gabrielle Lord
    2011
  • Best Novel: The Diggers Rest Hotel by Geoffrey McGeachin (Viking)
  • Best First Novel: Prime Cut by Alan Carter (Fremantle Press)
  • Best True Crime: The Sad Death of Dianne Brimble by Geesche Jacobsen (Allen & Unwin)
  • Best Short Story: "Hemisphere Travel Guides: Las Vegas for Vegans" by A. S. Patric
    2010
  • Best Novel: Wyatt by Garry Disher
  • Best First Novel: King of the Cross by Mark Dapin
  • Best Short Story: "Leaving the Fountainhead" by Zane Lovitt
  • Best True Crime: Pitcairn: Paradise Lost by Kathy Marks
  • Lifetime Achievement: Peter Doyle
    2009
  • Best Novel Tie:
    • Deep Water by Peter Corris
    • Smoke and Mirrors by Kel Robertson
  • Best First Novel: Ghostlines by Nick Gadd
  • Best True Crime: The Tall Man by Chloe Hooper
  • Best Short Story: "Fidget's Farewell" by Scott McDermott
  • Lifetime Achievement: Shane Maloney
    2008
  • Best Novel: Shatter by Michael Robotham
  • Best First Novel: The Low Road by Chris Womersley
  • Best True Crime: Red Centre, Dead Heart by Evan McHugh
  • Lifetime Achievement: Marele Day
    2007
  • Best Novel: Chain of Evidence by Garry Disher
  • Best First Novel: Diamond Dove by Adrian Hyland
  • Best True Crime Tie:
    • Killing for Pleasure: The Definitive Story of the Snowtown Murders by Debi Marshall
    • Written on the Skin by Liz Porter
  • Lifetime Achievement: Sandra Harvey and Lindsay Simpson
    2006
  • Best Novel Tie:
    • Crook as Rookwood by Chris Nyst
    • The Broken Shore by Peter Temple
  • Best First Novel: Out of Silence by Wendy James
  • Best True Crime: Packing Death by Lachlan McCulloch
  • Lifetime Achievement: Andrew Rule and John Silvester
    2005
  • Best Novel: Lost by Michael Robotham
  • Best First Novel: A Private Man by Malcolm Knox
  • Best True Crime Tie:
    • Jo Cinque's Consolation by Helen Garner
    • Mr. Big by Tony Reeves
    2004
  • Best Novel: Degrees of Connection by Jon Cleary
  • Best First Novel Tie:
    • The Walker by Jane Goodall
    • Junkie Pilgrim by Wayne Grogan
  • Best True Crime: Killing Juanita by Peter Rees
  • Lifetime Achievement: Bob Bottom
    2003
  • Best Novel: White Dog by Peter Temple
  • Best First Novel: Blood Redemption by Alex Palmer
  • Best True Crime: Blood Stain by Peter Lalor
  • Lifetime Achievement: Kerry Greenwood
    2002
  • Best Novel: Death Delights by Gabrielle Lord
  • Best First Novel Tie:
    • Apartment 255 by Bunty Avieson
    • Who Killed Angelique? by Emma Darcy
  • Best True Crime Tie:
    • The Hanged Man by Mike Richards
    • Razor by Larry Writer
  • Best Teenage/Young Adult Novel: Blue Murder by Ken Catran
  • Lifetime Achievement: Patrick Gallagher
    2001
  • Best Novel Tie:
    • The Second Coming by Andrew Masterson
    • Dead Point by Peter Temple
  • Best First Novel: Last Drinks by Andrew McGaham
  • Best True Crime: Broken Lives by Estelle Blackburn
  • Lifetime Achievement: Stephen Knight
    2000
  • Best Novel: Shooting Star by Peter Temple
  • Best First Novel: The Wooden Leg of Inspector Anders by Marshall Browne
  • Best True Crime Tie:
    • Huckstepp: A Dangerous Life by John Dale
    • Underbelly 3 by Andrew Rule and John Silvester
    1999
  • Best Novel: Amaze Your Friends by Peter Doyle
  • Best First Novel: The Last Days by Andrew Masterson
  • Lifetime Achievement: Peter Corris
    1998
  • No Award(s) Given
    1997
  • Best Novel: Brush Off by Shane Maloney
  • Best First Novel Tie:
  • Best Non-Fiction: How to Write Crime by Marele Day (editor)
  • Lifetime Contribution: Alan Yates
    1996
  • Best Novel Tie:
  • Best First Novel: Dark Angel by John Dale
  • Lifetime Achievement: Jon Cleary

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