Crime Writers of Canada presents the

2018 Arthur Ellis Awards for

Excellence in Canadian Crime Writing

WINNERS

 

BEST CRIME NOVEL

Sleeping in the Ground, by Peter Robinson, publisher McClelland & Stewart

 

BEST FIRST CRIME NOVEL sponsored by Rakuten Kobo

Full Curl, by Dave Butler, publisher Dundurn Press

 

 BEST CRIME NOVELLA – The Lou Allin Memorial Award

How Lon Pruitt Was Found Murdered in an Open Field with No Footprints Around
by Mike Culpepper, published in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, by Dell

 

BEST CRIME SHORT STORY

The Outlier, by Catherine Astolfo, published in 13 Claws by Carrick Publishing

 

BEST NONFICTION CRIME BOOK

The Whisky King, by Trevor Cole, publisher HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.

 

BEST JUVENILE/YOUNG ADULT CRIME BOOK

Chase - Get Ready to Run, by Linwood Barclay, publisher Penguin Random House Puffin Canada

 

BEST CRIME BOOK IN FRENCH

Les tricoteuses, by Marie Saur, publisher Héliotrope Noir

 

BEST UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT sponsored by Dundurn Press

Destruction in Paradise by Dianne Scott

 

 Click here for the 2017 Arthur Ellis Awards Winners

 

For details of the 2018 Awards Gala: click here.

Click here for past finalists and winners.

 

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Guidelines are available in the AWARDS section of this website.