It’s shortlist season it seems, and the latest one I have found is the Ned Kelly Awards Shortlist. The Ned Kelly Awards are the oldest and most prestigious awards in Australia that recognise crime stories in the following categories: Best True Crime, Best International Crime (published in Australia), Best Debut Crime Fiction, and Best Crime Fiction published in the 12 months to the first of March each year. The Ned Kelly Awards started in 1995, and the annual award is run by the Australian Crime Writers Association, and this year’s shortlist is as below, which has been taken from the website:
2023 NED KELLY AWARDS SHORTLISTS
Congratulations to the following authors:
BEST TRUE CRIME
Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! by Officer A
Death Row at Truro by Geoff Plunkett
Rattled by Ellis Gunn
Betrayed by Sandi Logan
Out of the Ashes by Megan Norris
BEST INTERNATIONAL CRIME FICTION
(Published in Australia)
The Lemon Man by Keith Bruton
Paper Cage by Tom Baragwanath
The Favour by Nicci French
The Hitchhiker by Gerwin van der Werf
BEST DEBUT CRIME FICTION
Wake by Shelley Burr
No Country for Girls by Emma Styles
Dirt Town by Hayley Scrivenor
Black River by Matthew Spencer
How to Kill a Client by Joanna Jenkins
The House of Now and Then by Jo Dixon
Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder by Kerryn Mayne
Denizen by James McKenzie Watson
BEST CRIME FICTION
Soulmate by Sally Hepworth
When The Carnival is Over by Greg Woodland
Exiles by Jane Harper
When We Fall by Aoife Clifford
The Tilt by Chris Hammer
Those Who Perish Emma Viskic
Seven Sisters by Katherine Kovacic
Lying Beside You by Michael Robotham
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