The Crime Writers’ Association

CWA Dagger Awards Winners Announced

The Crime Writers’ Association have presented their final 2015 CWA Dagger Awards to authors Smith Henderson, Karin Slaughter and Michael Robotham. At the CWA Dagger Awards reception, which took place at Malmaison, London on Tuesday evening, the...


How Did I Get Ready for Entering the Debut Dagger? by Sherryl Clark

Well, first I had to get past my nerves! I’d written mostly children’s books, and to be honest, my first couple of drafts of my novel received the feedback, ‘sounds too much like a young adult novel’. Oops. I knew that really I needed to do a...


Short Story Dagger 2021

Shortlisted


Robert Scragg

A Dog Is for Life, Not Just for Christmas

Criminal Minds Group


2022 CWA Dagger Awards Announced

Ray Celestin, MW Craven, Janice Hallett and Mark Billingham awarded 2022 CWA Daggers. The winners of the 2022 CWA Daggers, which honour the very best in the crime writing genre, have been announced. [For photos of the event, see: https://thecw...


Short Story Dagger 2021

Shortlisted


Victoria Selman

Hunted

Criminal Minds Group


Debut Dagger Tips: Greg Keen

  Words of advice from award-winning authors…   His day job involves training and coaching businesses to deliver barnstorming presentations and wow their clients, so it’s no wonder that Greg Keen was a natural storyteller. In 2015, he w...


Short Story Dagger 2021

Shortlisted


Elle Croft

Deathbed

Criminal Minds Group


Staying Accountable

Even writers don’t feel like writing all of the time. When you’re part-way through your book and the rest of it stretches out ahead of you like an insurmountable task, the temptation to do something else instead can become strong, and if you’ve...


Short Story Dagger 2021

Shortlisted


Dominic Nolan

Daddy Dearest

Criminal Minds Group


Short Story Dagger 2021

Shortlisted


James Delargy

Planting Nan

Criminal Minds Group


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