Ned Kelly Awards
| Ned Kelly Awards | |
|---|---|
| Description | Excellence in Australian Crime fiction & true crime |
| Country | Australia |
| Presented by | Crime Writers Association of Australia |
| First awarded | 1996 |
| Website | http://www.nedkellyawards.com |
The Ned Kelly Awards (na#ed 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#
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## | Paul Thomas## | Dark Angel## by ##John Dale #writer#|John Dale## | NA | NA | NA | NA | ##Jon Cleary## |
| 1997## | ##The Brush-Off## by ##Shane Maloney## | Get Rich Quick## by ##Peter Doyle #writer#|Peter Doyle## | NA | NA | NA | How to Write Crime edited by ##Marele Day## | Alan Yates #aka ##Carter Brown### |
| 1998## | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1999## | 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## | John Dale## Underbelly 3 by Andrew Rule and John Silvester |
NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 2001## | The Second Coming## by ##Andrew Masterson## | ##Last Drinks## by ##Andrew McGahan## | Broken Lives by ##Estelle Blackburn## | NA | Bleeding Hearts by Lindy Cameron | NA | 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 Richards |
Blue 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## | The Walker## by ##Jane R# Goodall## ##Junkie Pilgrim## by ##Wayne Grogan## |
Killing Juanita by Peter Rees | NA | NA | NA | Bob Bottom |
| 2005## | Lost## by ##Michael Robotham## | Malcolm Knox## | #tie# ##Joe Cinque's Consolation## by ##Helen Garner## Mr Big by Tony Reeves |
NA | NA | NA | Stuart Coupe |
| 2006## | #tie# ##Crook as Rookwood## by ##Chris Nyst## ##The Broken Shore## by ##Peter Temple## |
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 Marshal |
NA | 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 #novel#|Smoke & Mirrors## by ##Kel Robertson## |
##Ghostlines## 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## |
| 2011 | The ##Diggers Rest Hotel## by ##Geoffrey McGeachin## | Alan Carter## | Abandoned - The Sad Death of Dianne Brimble by ##Geesche Jacobsen## | NA | NA | NA | NA |
External links
- http://www#nedkellyawards#com Ned Kelly Awards#