Davitt Award

Davitt Awards
Awarded forExcellence in Australian crime fiction, adult and young adult
CountryAustralia
Presented bySisters in Crime Australia
First awarded2001
Websitehttp://www.sistersincrime.org.au/node/2

The Davitt Awards are literary awards which are presented annually by the Sisters in Crime Australia association. The awards are named in honour of Ellen Davitt (1812–1879) who wrote Australia's first mystery novel, Force and Fraud in 1865. They are presented for Australian crime fiction, by women, for both adults and young adults. They were established in 2001 to mark the 10th anniversary of the association.[1]

Categories

  • Adult Novel
  • Young Adult Novel
  • True Crime
  • Debut Crime
  • Readers' Choice

Previous winners

2000s

Davitt Award winners 2000-2009
Year Category Author Title
2001[2] Adult Novel Caroline Shaw Eye to Eye
2002[3] Adult Novel Carolyn Morwood Simple Death
Adult Novel Kerry Greenwood The Three-Pronged Dagger
Readers' Choice Lindy Cameron Bleeding Hearts
2003[4] Adult Novel Gabrielle Lord Baby Did a Bad, Bad Thing
Alex Palmer Blood Redemption
Young Adult Novel Natalie Jane Prior Fireworks and Darkness
Readers' Choice Cathy Cole Skin Deep
2004[5] Adult Novel Janette Turner Hospital Due Preparations for the Plague
Young Adult Novel Ruth Starke Muck-Up Day
Readers' Choice Lindy Cameron Thicker Than Water
2005[6] Adult Novel Kathryn Fox Malicious Intent
Young Adult Novel Joanna Baker Devastation Road
Readers' Choice Leigh Redhead Peepshow
2006[7] Adult Novel Heather Rose The Butterfly Man
Young Adult Novel Catherine Jinks Evil Genius
Readers' Choice Kerry Greenwood Heavenly Pleasures
Leigh Redhead Rubdown
2007[8] Adult Novel Sydney Bauer Undertow
Young Adult Novel Jaclyn Moriarty The Betrayal of Bindy Mackenzie
True Crime Karen Kissane Silent Death: The Killing of Julie Ramage
Readers' Choice Kerry Greenwood Devil's Food
Karen Kissane Silent Death: The Killing of Julie Ramage
2008[9] Adult Novel Katherine Howell Frantic
Young Adult Novel Mandy Sayer The Night Has a Thousand Eyes
True Crime Janet Fife-Yeomans Killing Jodie
Readers' Choice Lindy Cameron Scarlet Stiletto: The First Cut
2009[10] Adult Novel Malla Nunn A Beautiful Place to Die
Young Adult Novel Catherine Jinks Genius Squad
True Crime Chloe Hooper The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island
Readers' Choice Katherine Howell The Darkest Hour

2010s

Davitt Award winners 2010-2019
Year Category Author Title
2010[11] Adult Novel Marianne Delacourt Sharp Shooter
Young Adult Novel Justine Larbalestier Liar
True Crime Ellen Connolly and Candace Sutton Ladykiller
Readers' Choice Kerry Greenwood Forbidden Fruit
2011[12] Adult Novel Katherine Howell Cold Justice
Young Adult Novel Penny Matthews A Girl Like Me
True Crime Colleen Egan Murderer No More
Readers' Choice P. M. Newton The Old School
2012[13] Adult Novel Sulari Gentill A Decline in Prophets
Young Adult Novel Meg McKinlay Surface Tension
True Crime Liz Porter Cold Case Files: Past Crimes Solved by New Forensic Science
Debut Novel Jaye Ford Beyond Fear
Readers' Choice YA Erskine The Brotherhood
Jaye Ford Beyond Fear
2013[14] Adult Novel Maggie Groff Mad Men, Bad Girls and the Guerilla Knitters Institute
Young Adult Novel Jennifer Walsh The Tunnels of Tarcoola
True Crime Pamela Burton The Waterlow Killings
Debut Novel Maggie Groff Mad Men, Bad Girls and the Guerilla Knitters Institute
Readers' Choice Kerry Greenwood Tamam Shud: The Somerton Man Mystery
2014[15] Adult Novel Honey Brown Dark Horse
Young Adult Novel Karen Foxlee The Midnight Dress
Children's Novel Jen Storer Spooked!
True Crime Anna Krien Night Games: Sex, Power and Sport
Debut Novel Hannah Kent Burial Rites
Readers' Choice Hannah Kent Burial Rites
2015[16] Adult Novel Liane Moriarty Big Little Lies
Young Adult Novel Ellie Marney Every Word
Children's Novel Judith Rossell Withering-By-Sea
True Crime Caroline Overington Last Woman Hanged
Debut Novel Christine Bongers Intruder
Readers' Choice Sandi Wallace Tell Me Why
2016[17] Adult Novel Emma Viskic Resurrection Bay
Young Adult Novel Fleur Ferris Risk
Children's Novel R. A. Spratt Friday Barnes, Under Suspicion
True Crime Alecia Simmonds Wild Man
Debut Novel Emma Viskic Resurrection Bay
Fleur Ferris Risk
Readers' Choice Emma Viskic Resurrection Bay
2017[18] Adult Novel Jane Harper The Dry
Young Adult Novel Shivaun Plozza Frankie
Children's Novel Judith Rossell Wormwood Mire: A Stella Montgomery Intrigue
True Crime Megan Norris Look What You Made Me Do: Fathers Who Kill
Debut Novel Cath Ferla Ghost Girls
Readers' Choice Jane Harper The Dry
2018[19] Adult Novel Emma Viskic And Fire Came Down
Young Adult Novel Vikki Wakefield Ballad for a Mad Girl
Children's Novel Allison Rushby The Turnkey
True Crime Gabriella Coslovich Whiteley on Trial
Debut Novel Sarah Bailey The Dark Lake
Readers' Choice Jane Harper Force of Nature
2019[20] Adult Novel Dervla McTiernan The Rúin
Young Adult Novel Sarah Epstein Small Spaces
Children's Novel Judith Rossell Wakestone Hall
True Crime Chloe Hooper The Arsonist: A Mind on Fire
Debut Novel Bri Lee Eggshell Skull
Readers' Choice Jane Harper The Lost Man

2020s

Davitt Award winners 2020-2029
Year Category Author Title
2020[21] Adult Novel Meg Mundell The Trespassers
Young Adult Novel Astrid Scholte Four Dead Queens
Children's Novel Jenny Blackford The Girl in the Mirror
True Crime Adele Ferguson Banking Bad: Whistleblowers. Corporate cover-ups. One Journalist's Fight for the Truth
Debut Novel Susan Hurley Eight Lives
Readers' Choice Dervla McTiernan The Scholar
Emma Viskic Darkness for Light
2021[22] Adult Novel Sally Hepworth The Good Sister
Young Adult Novel Christie Nieman Where We Begin
Children's Novel Lian Tanner A Clue for Clara
True Crime Louise Milligan Witness: An Investigation into the Brutal Cost of Seeking Justice
Debut Novel Leah Swann Sheerwater
Readers' Choice Katherine Kovacic The Shifting Landscape
2022[23] Adult Novel Charlotte McConaghy Once There Were Wolves
Young Adult Novel Leanne Hall The Gaps
Children's Novel Nicki Greenberg The Detective’s Guide to Ocean Travel
Non-Fiction Kate Holden The Winter Road: A story of legacy, land and a killing at Croppa Creek
Debut Jacqueline Bublitz Before You Knew My Name
Readers' Choice Jacqueline Bublitz Before You Knew My Name
2023[24] Adult Novel Tracey Lien All That’s Left Unsaid
Young Adult Novel Fleur Ferris Seven Days
Children's Novel Charlie Archbold The Sugarcane Kids and the Red-bottomed Boat
Non-Fiction Megan Norris Out of the Ashes
Debut Hayley Scrivenor Dirt Town
Readers' Choice Vikki Petraitis The Unbelieved
2024[25] Adult Novel Monica Vuu When One of Us Hurts
Young Adult Novel Amy Doak Eleanor Jones Is Not a Murderer
Children's Novel Lucinda Gifford The Wolves of Greycoat Hall
Non-Fiction Rebecca Hazel The Schoolgirl, Her Teacher and His Wife
Debut Christine Keighery The Half Brother
Readers' Choice Alison Goodman The Benevolent Society of Ill-Manered Ladies

See also

References

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