Sunday, September 8, 2024

DAVITT AWARDS: Sisters in Crime Australia


S
isters in Crime Australia announced the winners of their 24th Davitt Awards for the best crime and mystery books. Congratulations to all! 

2024 DAVITT AWARD WINNERS

Adult Novels 
Monica Vuu, When One of Us Hurts (Pan Macmillan Australia) Debut

Non-Fiction 
Rebecca Hazel, The Schoolgirl, her Teacher and his Wife (Penguin Random House)

Young Adult Novels
Amy Doak, Eleanor Jones Is Not a Murderer (Penguin Random House) Debut

Children’s Novels 
Lucinda Gifford, The Wolves of Greycoat Hall (Walker Books)

Christine Keighery’s The Half Brother was named the Best Debut Novel. 
Sisters in Crime Australia members chose Alison Goodman’s The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies as this year’s Readers’ Choice award.

The Davitt Awards are named for Ellen Davitt (1812-1879), Australia’s first crime novelist.

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