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Diamond Dagger award for Sue Grafton

Sue Grafton has been awarded the UK Crime Writers' Association's major award, the Daimond Dagger, for her Kinsey Millhone series.

Readers Feast announces Crime and Justice festival

Melbourne CBD bookseller Reader's Feast has announced ambitious plans for a major Crime and Justice literary festival, to be held in Melbourne next July. At a launch earlier today at the Old Melb...

Polish author jailed for murder

Krystian Bala, a Polish crime writer, has been found guilty of murder and sentenced to 25 years. Prosecutors alleged that Bala had killed a businessman then published a novel containing deta...

Ned Kelly Award winners announced

The winners of the 2007 Ned Kelly Awards--Australia's premier prizes for crime writing--were announced on 29 August by the Crime Writers' Association of Australia, in conjunction with the Age and the ...

'The Broken Shore' wins Duncan Lawrie Dagger

Peter Temple's The Broken Shore (Text) has been named the winner of this year's Duncan Lawrie Dagger--previously known as the ‘Gold Dagger'--by the British Crime Writers Association (CWA). Templ...

Harvey wins Diamond Dagger

John Harvey has won the Diamond Dagger award for 'sustained excellence in the genre of crime writing' for his series featuring jazz-loving Nottingham policeman Charles Resnick.

Robotham, Cotterill shortlisted for Daggers

Books Alive ambassador Michael Robotham has been shortlisted for the £2000 (A$4100) CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for crime writing.  Robotham was nominated for Shatter (Little Brown), ...

'Down River' tops Edgar Awards

The Edgar Awards, one of the world's most prestigious awards for crime writing, have been presented in New York. John Hart took home the Edgar for Best Novel for Down River the story of a man wro...

Edgar Award finalists

The finalists for the 2008 Edgar Awards, one of the world's most prestigious awards for crime and mystery writers, have been announced. The winners will be known on 1 May.

Six-book global deal for Andrew Gross

Crime-writer Andrew Gross has signed a six-book deal with HarperCollins imprint Morrow, the first deal in a new global fiction branding and publishing strategy for Morrow.
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