ARTHUR ELLIS AWARDS for Excellence in Canadian Crime Writing

2019 Arthur Ellis Awards for Excellence in Canadian Crime Writing

The annual Arthur Ellis Awards by Crime Writers of Canada recognizes the best in mystery, crime, and suspense fiction and crime nonfiction by Canadian authors. Winners were announced last night at the Arthur Ellis Awards Gala in Toronto. 

BEST CRIME NOVEL
Anne Emery, Though the Heavens Fall, ECW Press


BEST FIRST CRIME NOVEL (Sponsored by Rakuten Kobo)
A.J. Devlin, Cobra Clutch, NeWest Press


BEST CRIME NOVELLA – The Lou Allin Memorial Award
John Lawrence Reynolds, Murder Among the Pines, Orca Book Publishers


BEST CRIME SHORT STORY (Sponsored by Mystery Weekly Magazine)
Linda L. Richards, Terminal City, Vancouver Noir, Akashic Books


BEST CRIME BOOK IN FRENCH
Hervé Gagnon, Adolphus - Une enquête de Joseph Laflamme, Libre Expression

BEST JUVENILE/YOUNG ADULT CRIME BOOK
Linwood Barclay, Escape, Puffin Canada

BEST NONFICTION CRIME BOOK
Sarah Weinman, The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel that Scandalized the World, Alfred A. Knopf Canada


BEST UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT – aka The Unhanged Arthur (Sponsored by Dundurn Press)  
Liv McFarlane, The Scarlet Cross


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. Members include authors, publishers, editors, booksellers, librarians, reviewers, and literary agents as well as many developing authors. Past winners of the “Arthurs” 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.

For more information about the awards, please contact:
Ludvica Boota, Arthur Ellis Awards Manager, arthur_ellis@crimewriterscanada.com

ARTHUR ELLIS AWARD WINNERS: Crime Writers of Canada

2018 Arthur Ellis Awards for Excellence in Canadian Crime Writing Shortlists

The Annual Arthur Ellis Awards by Crime Writers of Canada recognizes the best in mystery, crime, and suspense writing in fiction and non-fiction by Canadian writers. Winners were announced tonight at the Arthur Ellis Awards Gala in Toronto. Congratulations to all!

  

BEST CRIME NOVEL

Sleeping in the Ground, by Peter Robinson, publisher McClelland & Stewart

BEST FIRST CRIME NOVEL sponsored by Rakuten Kobo

Full Curl, by Dave Butler, publisher Dundurn Press

BEST CRIME NOVELLA – The Lou Allin Memorial Award

How Lon Pruitt Was Found Murdered in an Open Field with No Footprints Around, by Mike Culpepper, published in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, by Dell

BEST CRIME SHORT STORY

The Outlier, by Catherine Astolfo, published in 13 Claws by Carrick Publishing

BEST NONFICTION CRIME BOOK

The Whisky King, by Trevor Cole, publisher HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.

BEST JUVENILE/YOUNG ADULT CRIME BOOK

Chase - Get Ready to Run, by Linwood Barclay, publisher Penguin Random House Puffin Canada

BEST CRIME BOOK IN FRENCH

Les Tricoteuses, by Marie Saur, publisher Héliotrope Noir

UNHANGED ARTHUR FOR BEST UNPUBLISHED FIRST CRIME NOVEL sponsored by Dundurn Press

Destruction in Paradise by Dianne Scott

The Crime Writers of Canada Grand Master Award for 2018 was presented to Gail Bowen

Gail Bowen is being recognized by Crime Writers of Canada for her long and illustrious career as a crime fiction author. She has almost 20 books in her long running Joanne Kilbourn series, several of which were either nominated for or received awards, including the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel in 1994, for A Colder Kind of Death. She has also written four Rapid Reads novellas and several plays. She is well established in Canada, highly respected in the writing community and much sought after by readers. She is frequently a guest at literary events. Several of her Joanne Kilbourn books were turned into a TV series.

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. 

Arthur Ellis Award Winners: Crime Writers of Canada

Announcing the Winners for the 2017 Arthur Ellis Awards for Excellence in Canadian Crime Writing (Toronto, May 25, 2017)

Crime Writers of Canada is pleased to announce the winners for the 2017 Arthur Ellis Awards for Excellence in Canadian Crime Writing.

Best Novel:  Donna Morrissey, The Fortunate Brother, Viking Canada

Best First Novel sponsored by Kobo: Elle Wild, Strange Things Done, Dundurn Press

Best Novella: The Lou Allin Memorial Award: Rick Blechta, Rundown, Orca Book Publishers

Best Short Story: Susan Daly, A Death at the Parsonage, The Whole She-Bang 3, Toronto Sisters in Crime

Best Book in French: Marie-Eve Bourassa, Red Light: Adieu, Mignonne, Groupe Ville-Marie Littérature, vlb éditions

Best Juvenile/YA Book: Gordon Korman, Masterminds: Criminal Destiny, HarperCollins Publishers

Best Nonfiction Book: Jeremy Grimaldi, A Daughter's Deadly Deception: The Jennifer Pan Story, Dundurn Press

Unhanged Arthur for Best Unpublished First Crime Novel sponsored by Dundurn Press: S.J. Jennings, The Golkonda Project


CWC announces the 2017 Derrick Murdoch Award recipient Christina Jennings. 

The Derrick Murdoch Award is a special achievement award for contributions to the crime genre. This year's recipient is Christina Jennings, founder, Chairman and CEO of Shaftesbury Films. She has won a number of awards, including Genies, Geminis and Canadian Screen Awards, among several other nominations and accolades throughout her career. Christina founded Shaftesbury Films in 1987 as a feature film company. She has produced movies and television series based upon the work of several Arthur Ellis Award-winning Canadian crime writers including the late novelist and playwright Timothy Findlay (External Affairs), novelists Gail Bowen (the Joanna Kilbourn TV movies) and Maureen Jennings (Murdoch Mysteries), as well as historian Marjorie Freeman Campbell (Torso).

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 from coast to coast. Our members include authors, publishers, editors, booksellers, librarians, reviewers, and literary agents as well as many developing authors.

For more info about the Arthur Ellis Awards and the shortlists, or for contact information about the winners, contact Arthur Ellis Awards Administrator Alison Bruce, at arthur_ellis@crimewriterscanada.com.

Arthur Ellis Awards: Crime Writers of Canada

Crime Writers of Canada 2015 Arthur Ellis Awards for Excellence in Canadian Crime Writing. Congratulations to all! 

Best Novel
C.C. Humphreys, Plague, Doubleday Canada

Best First Novel 
Steve Burrows, Siege of Bitterns, Dundurn Press

Best Novella
Jas. R. Petrin, A Knock on the Door, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine

Best Short Story 
Margaret Atwood, Stone Mattress, McClelland & Stewart 

Best Nonfiction Book 
Charlotte Gray, The Massey Murder, HarperCollins

Unhanged Arthur for Best Unpublished First Crime Novel
Strange Things Done by Elle Wild

Best Book in French 
Andrée Michaud, Bondrée, Editions Québec Amérique

Best Juvenile/YA Book 
Sigmund Brouwer, Dead Man's Switch, Harvest House

CWC 2015 Derrick Murdoch Award Winner, Sylvia McConnell

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!

Arthur Ellis Awards 2010: Crime Writers of Canada

Crime Writers of Canada announced the winners of its 2010 Arthur Ellis Awards.

Best Crime Novel: High Chicago by Howard Shrier (Vintage Canada/Random House)

Best First Crime Novel: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley (Doubleday Canada)
 
Best French Language Crime Novel: Le mort du chemin des Arsène by Jean Lemieux (La courte échelle)

Best Juvenile Crime Novel: Haunted by Barbara Hayworth Attard (HarperCollins)

Best Crime Non-fiction: Murder Without Borders by Terry Gould (Random House of Canada)

Best Crime Short Story: “Prisoner in Paradise” by Dennis Richard Murphy (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine [EQMM])

Best Unpublished First Crime Novel (The Unhanged Arthur): Corpse Flower by Gloria Ferris

Peter Robinson was given the Derrick Murdoch Award, “Crime Writers of Canada’s Presidential prize for outstanding contributions to crime writing.” Robinson said that it was “a great honor” to be given that commendation, adding: “So many fine people connected with Canadian crime writing over the years have been given it, and I’m honored to be in such august company. But if it gives anyone the least idea that it’s the culmination of anything, forget it! I’m not packing it in yet.”

Thanks to The Rap Sheet for Peter Robinson's comments.

Arthur Ellis Award Winners

CRIME WRITERS OF CANADA (CWC) announced the winners of the 2009 Arthur Ellis Awards on June 4 at Bloody Words.

Best Novel: Linwood Barclay, Too Close to Home (Bantam)

Best First Novel: Howard Shrier, Buffalo Jump (Vintage Canada)

Best Short Story: Pasha Malla, “Filmsong” in Toronto Noir (Akashic Books)

Best Non-Fiction: Michael Calce & Craig Silverman, Mafiaboy: How I Cracked the Internet and Why It’s Still Broken (Penguin Canada)

Best Juvenile: Sharon E. McKay, War Brothers (Penguin Canada)

Best Crime Writing in French: Jacques Côté, Le Chemin des brumes (Alire)

Best Unpublished First Crime Novel (the Unhanged Arthur): Douglas A. Moles, Louder

For all the nominees, go here.

Mystery Fanfare will begin a series of interviews between mystery author David Cole and some of the top Canadian Authors later this week.