Crime Writers of Canada (CWC) announced the winners for the 2022 Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence in Canadian Crime Writing. Started in 1984, the annual Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence, then known as the Arthur Ellis Awards, recognizes the best in mystery, crime, and suspense fiction, and crime nonfiction by Canadian authors. Congratulations to all this year's winner and finalists!
Best Crime Novel sponsored by Rakuten Kobo, with a $1000 prize: Dietrich Kalteis, Under an Outlaw Moon (ECW Press)
Also nominated:
Linwood Barclay, Find You First, William Morrow
Daniel Kalla, Lost Immunity, Simon & Schuster
Shari Lapena, Not a Happy Family, Doubleday Canada
Roz Nay, The Hunted, Simon & Schuster
Best Crime First Novel: Ashley Audrain, The Push (Viking Canada)
Also nominated:
Fiona King Foster, The Captive, HarperCollins Publishers
Byron TD Smith, Windfall, Shima Kun Press
Katherine Walker, All Is Well, Thistledown Press
David Whitton, Seven Down, Rare Machines
The Whodunit Award for Best Traditional Mystery: Candas Jane Dorsey, What’s the Matter with Mary Jane? (ECW Press)
Also nominated:
Alice Bienia, Three Dog Knight, Cairn Press
Jackie Elliott, Hell's Half Acre, Joffe Books
Catherine Macdonald, So Many Windings, At Bay Press
Vicki Delany, Murder in a Teacup, Kensington Publishing Corp
Howard Engel Award for Best Crime Novel Set in Canada: C. S. Porter, Beneath Her Skin (Vagrant Press)
Also nominated:
Cathy Ace, Corpse with an Iron Will, Four Tails Publishing
Alice Walsh, Death on Darby’s Island, Vagrant Press/Nimbus Publishing
Sam Wiebe, Hell and Gone, Harbour Publishing Co.
Kevin Major, Three for Trinity, Breakwater Books
Best Crime Novella: Wayne Ng, Letters From Johnny (Guernica Editions)
Also nominated:
Marcelle Dube, Identity Withheld, Falcon Ridge Publishing
Brenda Gayle, Murder in Abstract, Bowstring Books
Elvie Simons, Not So Fast, Dr. Quick, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July/August 2021
Best Crime Short Story: Elizabeth Elwood, Number 10 Marlborough Place, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
Also nominated:
Pam Barnsley, What can You Do?, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November/December 2021
Hilary Davidson, Weed Man, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September/October 2021BR
Charlotte Morganti, All My Darlings, Die Laughing
Melissa Yi, Dead Man's Hand, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, March/April 2021
Best French Crime Book (Fiction and Nonfiction): Patrick Senécal, Flots (Editions Alire)
Also nominated:
Roxanne Bouchard, Le murmure des hakapiks, Libre Expression
Marc-Andre Chabot, Dis-moi qui doit vivre…, Libre Expression
Guillaume Morrissette, Conduite dangereuse, Saint-Jean
Richard Ste-Marie, Stigmates, Editions Alire
Best Juvenile or YA Crime Book: Kevin Sands, The Traitor's Blade, Aladdin (Simon & Schuster)
Also nominated:
Karen Bass, Blood Donor, Orca Book Publishers
Rachelle Delaney, Alice Fleck's Recipes for Disaster, Puffin Canada
Cherie Dimaline, Hunting By Stars, Penguin Teen
Jordyn Taylor, Don't Breathe a Word, HarperTeen
The Brass Knuckles Award for Best Nonfiction Crime Book: Nate Hendley, The Beatle Bandit (Dundurn Press)
Also nominated:
Sarah Berman, Don't Call it a Cult, Viking Canada
Aaron Chapman, Vancouver Vice: Crime and Spectacle in the City's West End, Arsenal Pulp Press
Catherine Fogarty, Murder on the Inside: The True Story of the Deadly Riot at Kingston Penitentiary, Biblioasis
Lorna Poplak, The Don: The Story of Toronto's Infamous Jail, Dundurn Press
The Award for Best Unpublished Manuscript: Renee Lehnen, Elmington
Also nominated:
Delee Fromm, The Strength to Rise
Pam Isfeld, Captives
Katie Mac, Ken's Corner
Mark Thomas, Part Time Crazy
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