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Friday, May 30, 2025

Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence Winners


Crime Writers of Canada (CWC)
announced the Winners of the 2025 Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence in Canadian Crime Writing. 

THE 2025 AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE WINNERS

The Miller-Martin Award for Best Crime Novel
Sponsored by the Boreal Benefactor with a $1000 prize

Conor Kerr, Prairie Edge Strange Light, an imprint of Penguin Random House Canada

Best Crime First Novel
Sponsored by Melodie Campbell with a $1000 prize

Ashley Tate, Twenty-Seven Minutes, Doubleday Canada

Best Crime Novel Set in Canada
Sponsored by Shaftesbury with a $500 prize

Shane Peacock, As We Forgive Others, Cormorant Books

The Whodunit Award for Best Traditional Mystery
Sponsored by Jane Doe with a $500 prize

Thomas King, Black Ice, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.

Best Crime Novella
Sponsored by Carrick Publishing with a $200 prize

Pamela Jones, The Windmill Mystery, Austin Macauley Publishers

Best Crime Short Story

Therese Greenwood, “Hatcheck Bingofrom The 13th Letter, Mesdames and Messieurs of Mayhem,
Carrick Publishing


Best French Language Crime Book

Guillaume MorrissetteUne mémoire de lionSaint-Jean

Best Juvenile / YA Crime Book
Sponsored by Superior Shores Press with a $250 prize

Sigmund Brouwer, Shock Wave, Orca Book Publishers

The Brass Knuckles Award for Best Nonfiction Crime Book
Sponsored by David Reid Simpson Law Firm (Hamilton) with a $300 prize
It’s a tie!

Denise Chong, Out of Darkness: Rumana Monzur's Journey through Betrayal, Tyranny and Abuse 
and 
Tanya Talaga, The Knowing.

Denise ChongOut of Darkness: Rumana Monzur's Journey through Betrayal, Tyranny and Abuse,
Random House Canada


Tanya Talaga, The Knowing, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.


Best Unpublished Crime Novel manuscript written by an unpublished author
Sponsored by ECW Press with a $500 prize

Luke Devlin, Govern Yourself Accordingly

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About Crime Writers of Canada
Crime Writers of Canada was founded in 1982 as a professional organization designed to raise the
profile of Canadian crime writers. Our members include authors, publishers, editors, booksellers,
librarians, reviewers, and literary agents as well as many developing authors. Past winners of the
Awards have included such major names in Canadian crime writing as Mario Bolduc, Gail Bowen,
Stevie Cameron, Howard Engel, Barbara Fradkin, Louise Penny, Peter Robinson and Eric Wright. We
thank our sponsors and volunteers, and the many participating publishers, authors and judges for their
continued support.


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