CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger 2025

The British Crime Writers’ Association awarded the 2025 Cartier Diamond Dagger to Mick Herron. Congratulations, Mick!

Mick Herron is the author of the Slough House series and other mystery and thriller novels.

A CWA press release explains that this prize “recognises authors whose crime writing careers have been marked by sustained excellence, and who have made a significant contribution to the genre.” Herron is quoted as saying: “I’ve spent the best part of my life—not the majority of it; just the best part—in the crime writers’ community, and to receive this accolade from these friends and colleagues is both a career highlight and a personal joy. I’m touched and thrilled beyond measure, and will try to live up to the honour.” 

Past Diamond Dagger honorees include Ian Rankin, Lynda La Plante, Walter Mosley, Ann Cleeves, Andrew Taylor, Lindsey Davis, Michael Connelly, Val McDermid, and John le Carré.

HT: The Rap Sheet

CRIME FICTION WRITERS FROM WEST AFRICA

THURSDAY, JUNE 22 / 3:00 PM PDT

The Commonwealth Club of California
110 The Embarcadero

Toni Rembe Rock Auditorium 
San Francisco, CA 94105

Join The Commonwealth Club of California for an exciting presentation with Crime Writers from West Africa. Two successful crime fiction writers with deep West African roots share their creative process of writing to include culture, customs and social issues in the context of creative and strong images within the genre of mystery fiction.

Ghana and Nigeria both have a rich literary tradition of great writers. Join us for this unique opportunity to meet two of them. Kwei Quartey is a bestselling crime fiction writer and physician born in Ghana and now based in Pasadena, California. He is author of two series—the Darko Dawson series and the Emma Djan series—writes from a perspective of Ghana. His latest novel is Last Seen in Lapaz. Stella Oni, from Nigeria, works as a technical writer in aviation by day and a crime fiction author by night. She took a powerful journey to write Deadly Sacrifice, which focuses on the Nigerian diaspora in the United Kingdom

These two writers have transformed their life experiences into crime fiction. Reading their novels is to become engaged with another country and culture while at the same time challenging your sleuthing skills. 

MLF ORGANIZER:

Frank Price

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