DAVITT AWARDS: Sisters in Crime Australia

Sisters in Crime Australia announced the winners of this year's Davitt Awards. 

Congratulations to all.

Adult Crime Novel: 

To the River by Vikki Wakefield

Best Nonfiction: 

The Lasting Harm: Witnessing the Trial of the Century by Lucia Osborne-Crowley

Best Young Adult: 

Into the Mouth of the Wolf by Erin Gough

Children's Crime Novel: 

The Midwatch by Judith Rossell

Best Debut Crime Book:  

What I Would Do To You by Georgia Harper

Kerry Greenwood Readers Choice Award: 

What Happened To Nina? by Dervla McTiernan

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HT: The Rap Sheet

KERRY GREENWOOD: R.I.P.

Sad news. Australian Kerry Greenwood, author of the Phyrne Fisher mysteries, died on March 26, at the age of 70. I really enjoyed all of her books. She will be missed. 

Kerry Greenwood published the first Phryne Fisher novel, Cocaine Blues, in 1989 and went on to write 22 novels featuring the glamorous 1920s detective. An adaptation of the series, Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (2012), starred Essie Davis in the lead role and ran for three seasons.

Kerry Greenwood, who was also known for the Corinna Chapman mysteries, was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in 2020.

Alongside her career as a professional writer, Greenwood worked as a legal aid solicitor in Melbourne, Australia.

From ABC Australia:
A new Phryne Fisher novel in the works. Greenwood's latest novel, Murder in the Cathedral — number 23 in the Phryne Fisher series — is due out late in 2025.
On March 18, in her last Facebook post, Greenwood shared an update about the forthcoming book.
"Murder in the Cathedral (the newest Phryne) is undergoing transformation from an extensively edited Word file into proper pages. This is a slow process, involving mysterious alchemy, scattering of rose petals, muttered incantations and the like, but it progresses," she wrote.

THE NED KELLY AWARDS SHORTLISTS

The Australian Crime Writers Association announced all the categories for the Ned Kelly Award Shortlists. Congratulations to All! 

The Australian Crime Writers Association is proud to announce the 2024 Ned Kelly Awards Shortlist for Best International Crime Fiction:

Birnam Wood - By Eleanor Catton
Dice - By Claire Baylis
Resurrection Walk - By Michael Connelly
The Only Suspect - By Louise Candlish
The Search Party - By Hannah Richell
Zero Days - By Ruth Ware

The Australian Crime Writers Association is proud to announce the 2024 Ned Kelly Awards Shortlist for Best True Crime:

Crossing the Line - By Nick McKenzie
Killing for Country – By David Marr
The Murder Squad - By Michael Adams
Reckless - By Marele Day
The Teacher’s Pet - By Hedley Thomas

The Australian Crime Writers Association is proud to announce the 2024 Ned Kelly Awards Shortlist for Best Crime Fiction:

Killer Traitor Spy - Tim Ayliffe
Dark Corners - Megan Goldin
Dark Mode - Ashley Kalagian Blunt
Darling Girls - Sally Hepworth
The Seven - Chris Hammer
Ripper - Shelley Burr
The Tea Ladies - Amanda Hampson
Everyone on this train is a suspect - Benjamin Stevenson

The Australian Crime Writers Association is proud to announce the 2024 Ned Kelly Awards Shortlist for Best Debut Crime Fiction:

Four Dogs Missing - By Rhys Gard
Gus and the Missing Boy - By Troy Hunter
Lowbridge - By Lucy Campbell
Murder in the Pacific: Ifira Point - By Matt Francis
The Fall Between - By Darcy Tindale
The Beacon - By P.A. Thomas
Violet Kelly and the Jade Owl - By Fiona Britton