The winners of the 2024 Ngaio Marsh Awards were announced last night as part of a special event held in association with the WORD Christchurch Festival in the hometown of Dame Ngaio. The awards were launched in 2010 by lawyer-turned-journalist Craig Sisterson, who wanted a way for excellence in New Zealand crime, mystery, and thriller writing to be celebrated, choosing to name the award after Dame Ngaio Marsh, one of the four Queens of Crime of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. Congrats to all the winners and finalists!
Best Novel: Ritual of Fire, by D.V. Bishop (Macmillan)
Also nominated:
Dice, by Claire Baylis (Allen & Unwin)
The Caretaker, by Gabriel Bergmoser (HarperCollins)
Pet, by Catherine Chidgey (Te Herenga Waka University Press)
Devil’s Breath, by Jill Johnson (Black & White)
Going Zero, by Anthony McCarten (Macmillan)
Expectant. by Vanda Symon (Orenda)
Best First Novel: Dice, by Claire Baylis (Allen & Unwin)
Also nominated:
El Flamingo, by Nick Davies (YBK)
Devil’s Breath, by Jill Johnson (Black & White)
A Better Class of Criminal. by Cristian Kelly (Cristian Kelly)
Mama Suzuki: Private Eye, by Simon Rowe (Penguin)
Best Kids/YA: Miracle, by Jennifer Lane (Cloud Ink Press)
Also nominated:
Caged, by Susan Brocker (Scholastic)
Katipo Joe: Wolf’s Lair, by Brian Falkner (Scholastic)
Nikolai’s Quest, by Diane Robinson (Rose & Fern)
Nor’east Swell, by Aaron Topp (One Tree House)
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