CWA Gold Dagger finalists Belinda Bauer, S J Bolton, George Pelecanos and Karen Campbell
“Discover the best crime writing in the UK”
CWA Dagger Awards finalists announced
August 9th 2010: The CWA, in partnership with Specsavers, Cactus TV and ITV3, have today announced the finalists for the three top CWA Daggers. The winners will be announced on Friday 8th October at The Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards 2010, and be screened on ITV3 on Tuesday, November 12th.
CWA Chairman Tom Harper said: “The CWA Dagger Awards have always enjoyed huge prestige among crime fiction fans and authors. The shortlists this year are incredibly strong, from exciting new talents to established masters, all working at the top of their game. It’s particularly gratifying to see two authors who've come through the CWA Debut Dagger for unpublished authors now shortlisted for these major awards.
“We’re thrilled with the way Cactus TV and ITV3 have embraced the Daggers to bring them to the widest possible audience. Together with the retail promotion, more people than ever are now getting the chance to discover the best crime writing in the UK.”
The finalists are:
For the CWA Gold Dagger:
Belinda Bauer with Blacklands,
S J Bolton with Blood Harvest,
George Pelecanos with The Way Home and
Karen Campbell with Shadowplay;
For the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger:
Simon Conway with A Loyal Spy,
Scott Turow with Innocent,
Henry Porter with The Dying Light and
Don Winslow with The Gentlemen’s Hour;
For the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger:
Ryan David Jahn with Acts of Violence,
Simon Lelic with Rupture,
William Ryan with The Holy Thief and
Diane Janes with The Pull of the Moon.
Photo credits (left to right): Belinda Bauer © Johnny Ring; S.J. Bolton © Michael Webberley; George Pelecanos © Ian Allen; Karen Campbell © Ian Watson
Johan Theorin, Ariana Franklin and Ruth Dudley Edwards win Daggers
Friday July 23rd: The first set of winners of the 2010 CWA Daggers were announced this evening at a ceremony at the The Crown Hotel, Harrogate during the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival.
Johan Theorin has won the CWA International Dagger with The Darkest Room, Ariana Franklin the Dagger in the Library, and Ruth Dudley Edwards the Non-Fiction Dagger for Aftermath: The Omagh Bombing & the Families’ Pursuit of Justice.
The CWA Short Story Dagger was won by Robert Ferrigno with Can You Help Me Out Here, and the Debut Dagger for a previously unpublished author by Patrick Eden for the opening chapter of his story A Place of Dying.
Follow those links for more details of the winners, runners up, and other shortlisted authors.
Another week of crime
The CWA has announced that next year it will again run two highly successful initiatives introduced this year.
National Crime Writing Week will run between June 13 and 19, 2011. A nationwide celebration of crime writing, the week will also see the culmination of the successful CWA Young Crime Writers’ Competition.
Both the week and competition ran for the first time this year and CWA Chair Tom Harper said: “We were delighted with the way both initiatives went. Our idea was to raise the profile of crime writing with all age groups and the success of both the dedicated crime writing week and the competition achieved just that.”
During the week, members of the CWA will take part in readings, discussions, readers’ group events and workshops all over the country. More information on the National Crime Writing Week website.
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