CRIMEFEST AWARD WINNERS 2025

Crimefest announced their Award Winners tonight at CrimeFest in Bristol, U.K.  Congratulations to All! 

SPECSAVERS DEBUT CRIME NOVEL AWARD

Akira Otani (and translator Sam Bett) for The Night of Baba Yaga (Faber & Faber)

eDUNNIT AWARD 

Jean Hanff Korelitz for The Sequel (Faber & Faber)

H.R.F. KEATING AWARD

Mark Aldridge for Agatha Christie's Marple: Expert in Wickedness (HarperCollins)

LAST LAUGH AWARD

Mike Ripley for Mr Campion's Christmas (Severn House)

Best Crime Fiction Novel For Children

Sufiya Ahmed for Rosie Raja: Undercover Codebreaker (Bloomsbury Education)

Best Crime Fiction Novel For Young Adults

Kayvion Lewis for Heist Royale (Simon & Schuster Children's Books)

THALIA PROCTOR MEMORIAL AWARD for BEST ADAPTED TV CRIME DRAMA

 Slow Horses (series 4), based on the Slough House books by Mick Herron (Apple TV+)

CRIMEFEST AWARDS SHORTLISTS 2025

Crimefest announced their Award Shortlists. Winners will be announced at CrimeFest. Stay tuned!

Eligible titles were submitted by publishers, and a team of British crime fiction reviewers voted to establish the shortlist and the winning title. All winners will receive a commemorative Bristol Blue Glass Award. Congratulations to All! 

SPECSAVERS DEBUT CRIME NOVEL AWARD
In association with headline sponsor, the Specsavers Debut Crime Novel Award is for debut authors first published in the United Kingdom in 2024. The winning author receives a £1,000 prize.

The nominees:

- Tom Baragwanath for Paper Cage (Baskerville)

- Tasha Coryell for Love Letters to a Serial Killer (Orion Fiction)

- C. L. Miller for The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder (Pan Macmillan)

- Akira Otani (and translator Sam Bett) for The Night of Baba Yaga (Faber & Faber)

- Tracy Sierra for Nightwatching (Viking)

- Claire Wilson for Five by Five (Michael Joseph)

eDUNNIT AWARD 
For the best crime fiction ebook first published in both hardcopy and in electronic format in the United Kingdom in 2024.
 

The nominees are:

- Martin Edwards for Hemlock Bay (Head of Zeus)

- Laurie R. King for The Lantern's Dance (Allison & Busby)

- Jean Hanff Korelitz for The Sequel (Faber & Faber)

- Bella Mackie for What A Way To Go (The Borough Press)

- Liz Moore for The God of the Woods (The Borough Press)

- Peter Swanson for A Talent for Murder (Faber & Faber)

H.R.F. KEATING AWARD
The H.R.F. Keating Award is for the best biographical or critical book related to crime fiction first published in the United Kingdom in 2024. The award is named after H.R.F. ‘Harry’ Keating, one of Britain’s most esteemed crime novelists, crime reviewers and writer of books about crime fiction.
 

The nominees are:

- Mark Aldridge for Agatha Christie's Marple: Expert in Wickedness (HarperCollins)

- Jem Bloomfield for Allusion in Detective Fiction (Palgrave Macmillan)

- Ashley Bowden for Female Detectives in Early Crime Fiction 1841-1920 (Fabula Mysterium Press)

- Dan Coxon & Richard V. Hirst for Writing the Murder: Essays in Crafting Crime Fiction (Dead Ink)

- Sara Lodge for The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female (Yale University Press)

- Lynda La Plante for Getting Away With Murder: My Unexpected Life on Page, Stage and Screen (Zaffre)


LAST LAUGH AWARD
The Last Laugh Award is for the best humorous crime novel first published in the United Kingdom in 2024.

The nominees are:

- Cathy Ace for The Case of the Secretive Secretary (Four Tails Publishing Ltd.)

- DG Coutinho for The Light and Shade of Ellen Swithin (Harvill Secker)

- Bella Mackie for What A Way To Go (The Borough Press)

- Orlando Murrin for Knife Skills for Beginners (Transworld)

- Mike Ripley for Mr Campion's Christmas (Severn House)

- Antti Tuomianen (and translator David Hackston) for The Burning Stones (Orenda Books)

 

CRIMEFEST AWARDS FOR BEST CRIME NOVEL FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS
Eligible titles were submitted by publishers, and reviewers of fiction for children and young adults voted alongside volunteering members of the School Library Association (SLA) to establish the shortlist and the winning title.

Best Crime Fiction Novel For Children
This award is for the best crime novel for children (aged 8-12) first published in the United Kingdom in 2024.

The nominees are:

- Sufiya Ahmed for Rosie Raja: Undercover Codebreaker (Bloomsbury Education)

- Natasha Farrant for The Secret of Golden Island (Faber & Faber)

- A.M. Howell for Mysteries at Sea: The Hollywood Kidnap Case (Usborne Publishing)

- M. G. Leonard for The Twitchers: Feather (Walker Books)

- Beth Lincoln for The Swifts: A Gallery of Rogues (Penguin Random House Children's UK)

- Nicki Thornton for The Floating Witch Mystery (Faber & Faber)

Best Crime Fiction Novel For Young Adults
This award is for the best crime novel for young adults (aged 12-16) first published in the United Kingdom in 2024.

The nominees are:

- H.F. Askwith for A Cruel Twist of Fate (Penguin Random House Children's UK)

- Denise Brown for It All Started With a Lie (Hashtag Press)

- A.J. Clack for Lie or Die (Firefly Press)

- Amie  Jordan for All the Hidden Monsters (Chicken House)

- Kayvion Lewis for Heist Royale (Simon & Schuster Children's Books)

- Karen M. McManus for Such Charming Liars (Penguin Random House Children's UK)

 

THALIA PROCTOR MEMORIAL AWARD for BEST ADAPTED TV CRIME DRAMA
This award is for the best television crime drama based on a book and first screened in the UK in 2024.

Eligible titles were collated from the Radio Times and CrimeFest newsletter readers established the shortlist and the winning title. The winning author and production company each receive a Bristol Blue Glass commemorative award.

The award is named after Thalia Proctor, a true fan of crime fiction and drama. Thalia worked in specialist bookshops, and went on to work with many crime writers in publishing. She was a much loved and valued member of the CrimeFest team, and known and loved by many members of the crime writing community.

The nominees are:

- Bad Monkey, based on the book by Carl Hiaasen (Apple TV+)

- Dalgliesh (series 3), based on the Inspector Dalgliesh books by P.D. James (Channel 5)

- Lady in the Lake based on the book by Laura Lippman (Apple TV+)

- Moonflower Murders based on the book by Anthony Horowitz (BBC)

- Slow Horses (series 4), based on the Slough House books by Mick Herron (Apple TV+)

- The Turkish Detective, based on the Inspector Ikmen books by Barbara Nadel (BBC)

Visit the website for a list of all the submitted entries for the CrimeFest Awards.

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Sad News: Curtains for CrimeFest!

Sad News, indeed. 

From Donna Moore and Adrian Muller, CrimeFest co-hosts:

 

It is with sadness – but great pride – that we announce that our sixteenth CrimeFest, which takes place from 15^th-18^th May 2025, will be the final one.
 

CrimeFest was created following the hugely successful one-off visit to Bristol in 2006 of the American Left Coast Crime convention. The British hosts were encouraged to continue with a similar annual event and, as a result, the first CrimeFest was organised in June 2008. Like our American counterparts, CrimeFest runs on the US model where everyone who attends (other than Featured and Highlighted Guest Authors) pay to attend. Unlike any other major crime fiction event in the UK – where authors have to be invited to appear – any commercially published author who signs up for CrimeFest before all panel slots are allocated, is guaranteed at least one panel. In this way, CrimeFest has provided many authors with a platform they would not have been offered elsewhere in the UK. And, subsequently, readers have discovered and met writers they otherwise may never have heard of. During CrimeFest, all delegates – be they authors, readers, etc. – come together as equals to celebrate the genre they love.
 

Every year we have been able to showcase approximately 150 authors on some 50+ panels, interviews and events over a four day period. Over 1,100 authors have appeared on panels, many of them returning year after year. We’ve also brought in new initiatives as the years have passed. With the funds we received from Specsavers, our highly valued sponsor, we introduced reduced cost Community Passes for UK school and public librarians, full-time UK students and for recipients of Jobseekers Allowance, Income Support, Employment Support Allowance, Universal Credit and DLA/PIP (£25 - £50 for the full weekend). In 2021 we also created an annual bursary for crime fiction authors of colour, with the recipient receiving a full weekend pass to CrimeFest, a night’s accommodation and a guaranteed panel appearance. We’ve run community projects at local schools in the community; donated books to many schools and libraries across Bristol and the UK; our anthology Ten Year Stretch and our raffles each year have raised thousands of pounds for the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB); and the seven awards we present each year celebrate crime fiction, non-fiction, TV and crime fiction for children and young adults (the latter two being the first in the UK). We are immensely proud of these initiatives.

 

CrimeFest is a convention run by fans of the genre. Initially organised and co-hosted by Myles Allfrey, Liz Hatherell, Adrian and Donna, and more recently just the latter two. Throughout, we have had the help from a fabulous dream-team of volunteers, and each and every one of us has done so because we love crime fiction and its community. CrimeFest has been championed as one of most important and friendliest crime fiction events, which is the highest accolade we could have wished for.

The community is largely a wonderful, supportive, helpful and welcoming one and CrimeFest is a labour of love for us and our volunteers. We don’t have a big staff or many corporate backers. What we do have is a small team who come together every year and help out over the weekend at the registration desk; stuffing book bags; time-keeping panels, etc. We are immensely grateful to the authors, readers, publishers, booksellers, sponsors, volunteers and a whole host of other people who have supported us over the years. We are delighted to call many of you friends, and most likely will see you at many other crime fiction events in the UK and further afield. And, though we can’t thank you all by name here, we look forward to getting a chance to thank you next May.
 

Whilst this is the end of CrimeFest – certainly for the immediate future – Adrian and Donna both love the genre, the community and, most importantly the CrimeFest family, so who knows what the future may hold. One thing we can say for sure is that, whether it is your first visit, or whether you’ve been before, and likely are a regular, we hope you can join us to celebrate sixteen years of CrimeFest and say goodbye – for now – in style.

CRIMEFEST AWARDS 2024

THE 2024 CRIMEFEST AWARDS were presented this evening in Bristol, UK
Eligible titles were submitted by publishers, and a team of British crime fiction reviewers voted to establish the shortlist.

SPECSAVERS DEBUT CRIME NOVEL AWARD
In association with headline sponsor, the Specsavers Debut Crime Novel Award is for debut authors first published in the United Kingdom in 2023. The winning author receives a £1,000 prize. 
 
Stig Abell for Death Under a Little Sky (Hemlock Press/HarperCollins)


eDUNNIT AWARD
For the best crime fiction ebook first published in both hardcopy and in electronic format in the United Kingdom in 2023.
 
Laura Lippman for Prom Mom (Faber & Faber)


LAST LAUGH AWARD
The Last Laugh Award is for the best humorous crime novel first published in the United Kingdom in 2023.
 
Mick Herron for The Secret Hours (Baskerville)


H.R.F. KEATING AWARD
The H.R.F. Keating Award is for the best biographical or critical book related to crime fiction first published in the United Kingdom in 2023. The award is named after H.R.F. ‘Harry’ Keating, one of Britain’s most esteemed crime novelists, crime reviewers and writer of books about crime fiction.
 
Adam Sisman for The Secret Life of John Le Carré (Profile Books)

THALIA PROCTOR MEMORIAL AWARD FOR BEST ADAPTED TV CRIME DRAMA
This award is for the best television crime drama based on a book, and first screened in the UK in 2023. 
Eligible titles were collated from the Radio Times, and CrimeFest newsletter readers established the
shortlist and the winning title. The winning author and production company each receive a Bristol Blue Glass commemorative award.

Slow Horses (series 3), based on the Slough House books by Mick Herron (Apple)

Best Crime Fiction Novel For Children
This award is for the best crime novel for children (aged 8-12) first published in the United Kingdom in 2023.
 
 J.T. Williams for The Lizzie and Belle Mysteries: Portraits and Poison, illustrated by Simone Douglas (Farshore)

Best Crime Fiction Novel For Young Adults
This award is for the best crime novel for young adults (aged 12-16) first published in the United Kingdom in 2023.
 
Elizabeth Wein for Stateless (Bloomsbury YA) 

2024 CRIMEFEST AWARD SHORTLISTS

THE 2024 CRIMEFEST AWARD SHORTLISTS
Eligible titles were submitted by publishers, and a team of British crime fiction reviewers votes to establish the shortlist.

SPECSAVERS DEBUT CRIME NOVEL AWARD
In association with headline sponsor, the Specsavers Debut Crime Novel Award is for debut authors first published in the United Kingdom in 2023. The winning author receives a £1,000 prize. 
 
- Stig Abell for Death Under a Little Sky (Hemlock Press/HarperCollins)
- Jo Callaghan for In The Blink Of An Eye (Simon & Schuster)
- Megan Davis for The Messenger (Zaffre)
- Jenny Lund Madsen for Thirty Days of Darkness translated by Megan Turney (Orenda Books)
- Natalie Marlow for Needless Alley (Baskerville)
- Alice Slater for Death of a Bookseller (Hodder & Stoughton)

eDUNNIT AWARD
For the best crime fiction ebook first published in both hardcopy and in electronic format in the United Kingdom in 2023.
 
- Rachel Abbott for Don't Look Away (Wildfire)
-Jane Casey for The Close (HarperCollins)
-Martin Edwards for Sepulchre Street (Head of Zeus)
-Christina Koning for Murder at Bletchley Park (Allison & Busby)
-Laura Lippman for Prom Mom (Faber & Faber)
-Craig Russell for The Devil's Playground (Constable)

LAST LAUGH AWARD
The Last Laugh Award is for the best humorous crime novel first published in the United Kingdom in 2023.
 
- Mark Billingham for The Last Dance (Sphere)
- Elly Griffiths for The Great Deceiver (Quercus)
- Mick Herron for The Secret Hours (Baskerville)
- Mike Ripley for Mr Campion's Memory (Severn House)
- Jesse Sutanto for Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (HQ)
- Antti Tuomianen for The Beaver Theory (Orenda Books)

H.R.F. KEATING AWARD
The H.R.F. Keating Award is for the best biographical or critical book related to crime fiction first published in the United Kingdom in 2023. The award is named after H.R.F. ‘Harry’ Keating, one of Britain’s most esteemed crime novelists, crime reviewers and writer of books about crime fiction.
 
- M, J, F & A Dall'Asta, Migozzi, Pagello & Pepper for Contemporary European Crime Fiction: Representing History and Politics (Palgrave)
- Lisa Hopkins for Ocular Proof and the Spectacled Detective in British Crime Fiction (Palgrave)
- Kate Jackson for How To Survive a Classic Crime Novel (British Library Publishing)
- Steven Powell for Love Me Fierce In Danger: The Life of James Ellroy (Bloomsbury Academic)
- Nicholas Shakespeare for Ian Fleming: The Complete Man (Harvill Secker)
- Adam Sisman for The Secret Life of John Le Carré (Profile Books)

THALIA PROCTOR MEMORIAL AWARD FOR BEST ADAPTED TV CRIME DRAMA
This award is for the best television crime drama based on a book, and first screened in the UK in 2023. 
Eligible titles were collated from the Radio Times, and CrimeFest newsletter readers established the
shortlist and the winning title.
The winning author and production company each receive a Bristol Blue Glass commemorative award.
 
- Dalgliesh (series 2), based on the Inspector Dalgliesh books by P.D. James (Channel 5)
- Reacher (series 2), based on the Jack Reacher books by Lee Child (Amazon Prime)
- Shetland (series 8), based on the Shetland books by Ann Cleeves (BBC)
- Slow Horses (series 3), based on the Slough House books by Mick Herron (Apple)
- The Serial Killer's Wife, based on the Serial Killer books by Alice Hunter (Paramount+)
- Vera (series 12), based on the Vera Stanhope books by Ann Cleeves (ITV)


CRIMEFEST AWARDS FOR BEST CRIME NOVEL FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS
Eligible titles were submitted by publishers, and reviewers of fiction for children and young adults voted alongside volunteering members of the School Library Association (SLA) to establish the shortlist and the winning title.
The winners receive a commemorative Bristol Blue Glass award.

Best Crime Fiction Novel For Children
This award is for the best crime novel for children (aged 8-12) first published in the United Kingdom in 2023.
 
- A.M. Howell for Mysteries At Sea: Peril On The Atlantic (Usborne Publishing)
- Lis Jardine for The Detention Detectives (Penguin Random House Children's UK)
- Beth Lincoln for The Swifts (Penguin Random House Children's UK)
- Marcus Rashford (with Alex Falase-Koya) for The Breakfast Club Adventures: The Ghoul in the School (Macmillan Children's Books)
- Robin Stevens for The Ministry of Unladylike Activity 2: The Body in the Blitz (Penguin Random House Children's UK)
- J.T. Williams for The Lizzie and Belle Mysteries: Portraits and Poison, illustrated by Simone Douglas (Farshore)

Best Crime Fiction Novel For Young Adults
This award is for the best crime novel for young adults (aged 12-16) first published in the United Kingdom in 2023.
 
- Jennifer Lynn for Barnes The Brothers Hawthorne (Penguin Random House Children's UK)
- Nick Brooks for Promise Boys (Macmillan Children's Books)
- Ravena Guron for This Book Kills (Usborne Publishing)
- Ravena Guron for Catch Your Death (Usborne Publishing)
- Karen M. McManus for One of Us is Back (Penguin Random House Children's UK)
- Elizabeth Wein for Stateless (Bloomsbury YA) 

CRIMEFEST AWARDS: 2023 WINNERS

 Crimefest announced the Winners of the 2023 Awards. Congratulations to all. 

CrimeFest 2023 Award Nominees: Updated List

CrimeFest announced its 2023 Awards nominees. The 2023 CrimeFest Awards will be presented at the CrimeFest Awards Dinner on May 13. This is an updated list that includes the Thalia Proctor Memorial Award for Best Adapted TV Crime Drama. Congratulations to all!

 Specsavers Crime Fiction Debut Award nominees:

– Amen Alonge for A Good Day to Die (Quercus)
– Graham Bartlett for Bad for Good (Allison & Busby)
– Nita Prose for The Maid (HarperCollins)
– Oriana Rammuno (translator: Katherine Gregor) for Ashes in the Snow (HarperCollins)
– Joachim B. Schmidt (translator: Jamie Lee Searle) for Kalmann (Bitter Lemon)
– Hayley Scrivenor for Dirt Town (Macmillan)
– John Sutherland for The Siege (Orion Fiction)
– Stacy Willingham for A Flicker in the Dark (HarperCollins)

eDunnit Award nominees:
– Chris Brookmyre for The Cliff House (Abacus)
– Michael Connelly for Desert Star (Orion Fiction)
– M.W. Craven for The Botanist (Constable)
– Sara Gran for The Book of the Most Precious Substance (Faber & Faber)
– Ian Rankin for A Heart Full of Headstones (Orion Fiction)
– Peter Swanson for Nine Lives (Faber & Faber)

H.R.F. Keating Award nominees:
– J.C. Bernthal & Mary Anna Evans for The Bloomsbury Handbook to Agatha Christie (Bloomsbury Academic)
– John le Carré (edited by Tim Cornwell) for A Private Spy: The Letters of John le Carré 1945-2020 (Viking)
– Martin Edwards for The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators (Collins Crime Club)
– Barry Forshaw for Simenon: The Man, The Books, The Films (Oldcastle Books)
– Sian MacArthur for Gender Roles and Political Contexts in Cold War Spy Fiction (Palgrave Macmillan)
– Lucy Worsley for Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman (Hodder & Stoughton)

Last Laugh Award nominees:
– Christopher Fowler for Bryant & May’s Peculiar London (Doubleday)
– Elly Griffiths for The Locked Room (Quercus)
– Mick Herron for Bad Actors (Baskerville)
– Cara Hunter for Hope to Die (Viking)
– Mike Ripley for Mr Campion’s Mosaic (Severn House)
– Antti Tuomainen for The Moose Paradox (Orenda Books)

Thalia Proctor Memorial Award for Best Adapted TV Crime Drama

– Babylon Berlin (series 4), based on the books by Volker Kutscher. Produced by X-Filme Creative Pool, ARD Degeto Film, Beta Film, Sky Deutschland, Westdeutscher Rundfunk. Shown on Sky Atlantic.
– Grace (series 2), based on the books by Peter James. Produced by ITV Studios. Shown on ITV.
– Karin Pirie, based on the books by Val McDermid. Produced by ITV Studios. Shown on ITV.
– Magpie Murders, based on the books by Anthony Horowitz. Produced by Britbox and Eleventh Hour Films. Shown on BritBox.
– Reacher, based on the books by Lee Child. Produced by Amazon Studios, Blackjack Films, Paramount Television, and Skydance Television. Shown on Amazon Prime.
– Shetland (season 7), based on the books by Ann Cleeves. Produced by Silverprint Pictures. Shown on BBC.
– Slow Horses (seasons 1 & 2), based on the books by Mick Herron. Produced by See-Saw. Shown on Apple TV+.
– Vienna Blood (season 3), based on the books by Frank Tallis. Produced by Endor Productions, Seven.One Studios. Shown on BBC.

Best Crime Novel for Children (ages 8-12) nominees:
– Elly Griffiths for A Girl Called Justice: The Spy at the Window (Quercus Children’s Books)
– Anthony Horowitz for Where Seagulls Dare: A Diamond Brothers Case (Walker Books)
– Sharna Jackson for The Good Turn (Puffin)
– M.G. Leonard for Spark (Walker Books)
– Robin Stevens for The Ministry of Unladylike Activity (Puffin)
– Sarah Todd Taylor for Alice Éclair, Spy Extraordinaire! A Recipe for Trouble (Nosy Crow)

Best Crime Novel for Young Adults (ages 12-16) nominees:
– Holly Jackson for Five Survive (Electric Monkey)
– Patrice Lawrence for Needle (Barrington Stoke)
– Finn Longman for The Butterfly Assassin (Simon & Schuster Children’s)
– Sophie McKenzie for Truth or Dare (Simon & Schuster Children’s)
– Ruta Sepetys for I Must Betray You (Hodder Children’s Books)
– Jonathan Stroud for The Notorious Scarlett and Browne (Walker Books)

CrimeFest Award Nominees 2023

CrimeFest announced its 2023 Awards nominees. The 2023 CrimeFest Awards will be presented at the CrimeFest Awards Dinner on May 13. Congratulations to all!

 Specsavers Crime Fiction Debut Award nominees:

– Amen Alonge for A Good Day to Die (Quercus)
– Graham Bartlett for Bad for Good (Allison & Busby)
– Nita Prose for The Maid (HarperCollins)
– Oriana Rammuno (translator: Katherine Gregor) for Ashes in the Snow (HarperCollins)
– Joachim B. Schmidt (translator: Jamie Lee Searle) for Kalmann (Bitter Lemon)
– Hayley Scrivenor for Dirt Town (Macmillan)
– John Sutherland for The Siege (Orion Fiction)
– Stacy Willingham for A Flicker in the Dark (HarperCollins)

Dunnit Award nominees:
– Chris Brookmyre for The Cliff House (Abacus)
– Michael Connelly for Desert Star (Orion Fiction)
– M.W. Craven for The Botanist (Constable)
– Sara Gran for The Book of the Most Precious Substance (Faber & Faber)
– Ian Rankin for A Heart Full of Headstones (Orion Fiction)
– Peter Swanson for Nine Lives (Faber & Faber)

H.R.F. Keating Award nominees:
– J.C. Bernthal & Mary Anna Evans for The Bloomsbury Handbook to Agatha Christie (Bloomsbury Academic)
– John le Carré (edited by Tim Cornwell) for A Private Spy: The Letters of John le Carré 1945-2020 (Viking)
– Martin Edwards for The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators (Collins Crime Club)
– Barry Forshaw for Simenon: The Man, The Books, The Films (Oldcastle Books)
– Sian MacArthur for Gender Roles and Political Contexts in Cold War Spy Fiction (Palgrave Macmillan)
– Lucy Worsley for Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman (Hodder & Stoughton)

Last Laugh Award nominees:
– Christopher Fowler for Bryant & May’s Peculiar London (Doubleday)
– Elly Griffiths for The Locked Room (Quercus)
– Mick Herron for Bad Actors (Baskerville)
– Cara Hunter for Hope to Die (Viking)
– Mike Ripley for Mr Campion’s Mosaic (Severn House)
– Antti Tuomainen for The Moose Paradox (Orenda Books)

Nominees for the CRIMEFEST Award for Best Crime Novel for Children (ages 8-12):
– Elly Griffiths for A Girl Called Justice: The Spy at the Window (Quercus Children’s Books)
– Anthony Horowitz for Where Seagulls Dare: A Diamond Brothers Case (Walker Books)
– Sharna Jackson for The Good Turn (Puffin)
– M.G. Leonard for Spark (Walker Books)
– Robin Stevens for The Ministry of Unladylike Activity (Puffin)
– Sarah Todd Taylor for Alice Éclair, Spy Extraordinaire! A Recipe for Trouble (Nosy Crow)

Nominees for the CRIMEFEST Award for Best Crime Novel for Young Adults (ages 12-16):
– Holly Jackson for Five Survive (Electric Monkey)
– Patrice Lawrence for Needle (Barrington Stoke)
– Finn Longman for The Butterfly Assassin (Simon & Schuster Children’s)
– Sophie McKenzie for Truth or Dare (Simon & Schuster Children’s)
– Ruta Sepetys for I Must Betray You (Hodder Children’s Books)
– Jonathan Stroud for The Notorious Scarlett and Browne (Walker Books)

CRIMEFEST AWARDS 2022

CRIMEFEST announced the winners of their Awards this evening at the banquet. Congratulations to All!

Adrian Muller, Co-host of CRIMEFEST, said: “After two years of hosting our awards online due to Covid restrictions, we’re thrilled we will be announcing and celebrating the winners of 2022’s CrimeFest Awards in person at our convention in Bristol in May. 

CRIMEFEST has had to postpone its 2020 and 2021 conventions, due to Covid restrictions. Hosted in Bristol, it is one of the biggest crime fiction events in Europe, and one of the most popular dates in the international crime fiction calendar, with circa 60 panel events and 150 authors over four days. CrimeFest is taking place in Bristol, U.K. as I write.

CRIMEFEST 2022 AWARDS

SPECSAVERS DEBUT CRIME NOVEL AWARD

In association with headline sponsor, the Specsavers Debut Crime Novel Award is for crime novels by previously unpublished authors bring vital fresh blood to the genre.

David Heska Wanbli Weiden, Winter Counts
(Simon & Schuster)

 

AUDIBLE SOUNDS OF CRIME AWARD

The Audible Sounds of Crime Award is for the best unabridged crime audiobook available for download from audible.co.uk, Britain’s largest provider of downloadable audiobooks.

Richard Osman, The Man Who Died Twice read by Lesley Manville (Penguin Random House Audio) 

eDUNNIT AWARD

The eDunnit Award is for the best crime fiction eBook

Abigail Dean, Girl A (HarperCollins)

 

H.R.F. KEATING AWARD

The H.R.F. Keating Award is for the best biographical or critical book related to crime fiction. The award is named after H.R.F. ‘Harry’ Keating, one of Britain’s most esteemed crime novelists.

Patricia Highsmith, Patricia Highsmith: Her Diaries and Notebooks (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)

 

LAST LAUGH AWARD

The Last Laugh Award is for the best humorous crime novel.

Mick Herron, Slough House (Baskerville, John Murray Press)

 

BEST CRIME FICTION NOVEL FOR CHILDREN

This award is for the best crime fiction novel for children (aged 8-12)

M.G. Leonard, Twitch (Walker Books)

 

BEST CRIME FICTION NOVEL FOR YOUNG ADULTS

This award is for the best crime fiction novel for young adults (aged 12-16).

Angeline Boulley, Firekeeper's Daughter (Rock the Boat)

BEST ADAPTED TV CRIME DRAMA AWARD

Shetland (season 6), based on the books by Ann Cleeves. Produced by Silverprint Pictures, part of ITV Studios. Shown on BBC1. 

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