Arthur Ellis Award Winners: 2011

Crime Writers of Canada 2011 Arthur Ellis Awards were announced last night during Bloody Words, held in Victoria, Canada.

Best Novel:
Bury Your Dead, by Louise Penny (Little, Brown UK)

Best Short Story:
 “So Much in Common,” by Mary Jane Maffini (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)

Best Non-Fiction:
On the Farm, by Stevie Cameron (Knopf Canada)

Best Juvenile/Young Adult:
The Worst Thing She Ever Did, by Alice Kuipers (HarperCollins)

Best Crime Writing in French:
Dans le quartier des agités, by Jacques Côté (Alire)

Best First Novel:
The Debba, by Avner Mandleman (Other Press)

Unhanged Arthur (Best Unpublished First Crime Novel):
Better Off Dead, by John Jeneroux

Congratulations to all!