- Ned Kelly Awards
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Ned Kelly Awards Awarded for Excellence in Australian Crime fiction & true crime Presented by Crime Writers Association of Australia Country Australia First awarded 1996 Official website http://www.nedkellyawards.com The Ned Kelly Awards (named for bushranger Ned Kelly) are Australia's leading literary awards for crime writing in both the crime fiction and true crime genres. They were established in 1996 by the Crime Writers Association of Australia to reward excellence in the field of crime writing within Australia.
The genre of crime writing has long been popular, but it wasn't until the early 1990s that a local growth of writing within the genre occurred in Australia. By the middle of the decade support for the field had grown sufficiently that it was decided to establish the Ned Kelly Awards.
The awards are affectionately referred to as 'The Neddies' within the community.
Contents
Categories
- Best First Novel
- Best True Crime
- Best Novel
- Best Teenage/Young Adult
- Readers Vote
- Best Non-Fiction
- Lifetime Achievement Awards
Previous winners
Year Best Novel Best First Novel Best True Crime Best teenage/Young Adult Reader's Vote Best Non-Fiction Lifetime Achievement 1996 (tie) The Malcontenta by Barry Maitland
Inside Dope by Paul ThomasDark Angel by John Dale NA NA NA NA Jon Cleary 1997 The Brush-Off by Shane Maloney (tie) Bad Debts by Peter Temple
Get Rich Quick by Peter DoyleNA NA NA How to Write Crime edited by Marele Day Alan Yates (aka Carter Brown) 1998 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 1999 Amaze Your Friends by Peter Doyle The Last Days by Andrew Masterson NA NA NA NA Peter Corris 2000 Shooting Star by Peter Temple The Wooden Leg of Inspector Anders by Marshall Browne (tie) Huckstepp: A Dangerous Life by John Dale
Underbelly 3 by Andrew Rule and John SilvesterNA NA NA NA 2001 (tie) Dead Point by Peter Temple
The Second Coming by Andrew MastersonLast Drinks by Andrew McGahan Broken Lives by Estelle Blackburn NA Bleeding Hearts by Lindy Cameron NA Professor Stephen Knight 2002 Death Delights by Gabrielle Lord (tie) Apartment 255 by Bunty Avieson
Who Killed Angelique? by Emma Darcy(tie) Razor by Larry Writer
The Hanged Man by Mike RichardsBlue Murder by Ken Catran Apartment 255 by Bunty Avieson NA Patrick Gallagher 2003 White Dog by Peter Temple Blood Redemption by Alex Palmer Blood Stain by Peter Lalor NA NA NA Kerry Greenwood 2004 Degrees of Connection by Jon Cleary (tie) The Walker by Jane R. Goodall
Junkie Pilgrim by Wayne GroganKilling Juanita by Peter Rees NA NA NA Bob Bottom 2005 Lost by Michael Robotham A Private Man by Malcolm Knox (tie) Joe Cinque's Consolation by Helen Garner
Mr Big by Tony ReevesNA NA NA Stuart Coupe 2006 (tie) Crook as Rookwood by Chris Nyst
The Broken Shore by Peter TempleOut of the Silence by Wendy James Packing Death by Lauchlin McCulloch NA NA NA Andrew Rule and John Silvester 2007 Chain of Evidence by Garry Disher Diamond Dove by Adrian Hyland (tie) Written On The Skin by Liz Porter
Killing For Pleasure: The Definitive Story of the Snowtown Murders by Debi MarshalNA NA NA Sandra Harvey and Lindsay Simpson 2008 Shatter by Michael Robotham The Low Road by Chris Womersley Red Centre, Dead Heart by Evan McHugh NA NA NA Marele Day 2009 Deep Water by Peter Corris
and Smoke & Mirrors by Kel RobertsonGhostlines by Nick Gadd The Tall Man by Chloe Hooper NA NA NA Shane Maloney 2010 Wyatt by Garry Disher Kings of the Cross by Mark Dapin Pitcairn: Paradise Lost by Kathy Marks NA NA NA Peter Doyle External links
See also
Categories:- Australian literary awards
- Awards established in 1996
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