Crime Writers of Canada (CWC) announced the shortlists for the 2024 Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence in Canadian Crime Writing. Since 1984, Crime Writers of Canada has recognized the best in mystery, crime, suspense fiction, and crime nonfiction by Canadian authors, including citizens abroad and new residents. Winners will be announced on Wednesday, May 29th, 2024. Congrats to all the honorees!
2024 Grand MasterAward: Maureen Jennings
The Peter Robinson Award for Best Crime Novel
- Robyn Harding, The Drowning Woman, Grand Central Publishing
- Shari Lapena, Everyone Here is Lying, Doubleday Canada
- Scott Thornley, Middlemen, House of Anansi Press
- Sam Wiebe, Sunset and Jericho, Harbour Publishing
- Loreth Anne White, The Maid's Diary, Montlake
Best Crime First Novel
- Jann Arden, The Bittlemores, Random House Canada
- Lisa Brideau, Adrift, Sourcebooks
- Charlotte Morganti, The End Game, Halfdan Press
- Amanda Peters, The Berry Pickers, Harper Perennial
- Steve Urszenyi, Perfect Shot, Minotaur
The Howard Engel Award for Best Crime Novel Set in Canada
- Gail Anderson-Dargatz, The Almost Widow, Harper Avenue/HarperCollins
- Renee Lehnen, Elmington, Storeyline Press
- Cyndi MacMillan, Cruel Light, Crooked Lane
- Joan Thomas, Wild Hope, Harper Perennial/HarperCollins
- Melissa Yi, Shapes of Wrath, Windtree Press
The Whodunit Award for Best Traditional Mystery
- Gail Bowen, The Legacy, ECW Press
- Vicki Delany, Steeped in Malice, Kensington Books
- Vicki Delany, The Game is a Footnote, Crooked Lane Books
- Nita Prose, The Mystery Guest, Viking
- Iona Whishaw, To Track a Traitor, TouchWood Editions
Best Crime Short Story
- M.H. Callway, "Wisteria Cottage," Wildside Press (for Malice Domestic)
- Marcelle Dubé, "Reversion," Mystery Magazine
- Mary Keenan "The Canadians," Killin' Time in San Diego, Down & Out Books
- Donalee Moulton, "Troubled Water," Black Cat Weekly, Wildside Press
- Zandra Renwick, "American Night," Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
The Best French Language Crime Book (Fiction and Nonfiction)
- Jean-Philippe Bernié, La punition, Glénat Québec
- Chrystine Brouillet, Le mois des morts, Éditions Druide
- Catherine Lafrance, Le dernier souffle est le plus lourd, Éditions Druide
- André Marois, La sainte paix, Héliotrope
- Jean-Jacques Pelletier, Rien, Alire
Best Juvenile/YA Crime Book
- Kelley Armstrong, Someone is Always Watching, Tundra Books
- Cherie Dimaline, Funeral Songs for Dying Girls, Tundra Books
- Rachelle Delaney, The Big Sting, Tundra Books
- Clara Kumagai, Catfish Rolling, Penguin Teen Canada
- Kevin Sands, Champions of the Fox, Puffin Canada
The Brass Knuckles Award for Best Nonfiction Crime
- Josef Lewkowicz and Michael Calvin, The Survivor: How I Survived Six Concentration Camps and Became a Nazi Hunter, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
- Michael Lista, The Human Scale, Véhicule Press
- David Rabinovitch, Jukebox Empire, Rowman & Littlefield
- Bill Waiser and Jennie Hansen, Cheated, ECW Press
- Carolyn Whitzman, Clara at the Door with a Revolver, UBC Press, On Point Press
Best Unpublished Crime Novel
- Tom Blackwell, The Patient
- Craig H. Bowlsby, Requiem for a Lotus
- Sheilla Jones and James Burns, Murder on Richmond Road: An Enquiry Bureau Mystery
- Nora Sellers, The Forest Beyond
- William Wodhams, Thirty Feet Under
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