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.
- 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:
- Get Rich Quick by Peter Doyle
- Bad Debts by Peter Temple
- Best Non-Fiction: How to Write Crime by Marele Day (editor)
- Lifetime Contribution: Alan Yates
- 1996
- Best Novel Tie:
- The Malcontenta by Barry Maitland
- Inside Dope by Paul Thomas
- Best First Novel: Dark Angel by John Dale
- Lifetime Achievement: Jon Cleary
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