Hereunder copy of a message I just received and that could be
of interest for the list:
WINNERS OF THE CRIME WRITERS' ASSOCIATION DAGGERS 2000
THE MACALLAN GOLD DAGGER FOR FICTION
- JONATHAN LETHEM for Motherless Brooklyn (Faber &
Faber)
THE MACALLAN SILVER DAGGER FOR FICTION
- DONNA LEON for Friends in High Places (William
Heinemann)
Also nominated were
- Martin Cruz Smith for Havana Bay (Macmillan)
- James Lee Burke for Purple Cane Road (Orion)
- Eliot Pattison for The Skull Mantra (Century)
- Lucy Wadham for Lost (Faber & Faber)
THE MACALLAN GOLD DAGGER FOR NON FICTION
- EDWARD BUNKER for Mr Blue (No Exit Press)
Also nominated were
- Tony Barnes, Richard Elisa and Peter Walsh for Cocky
(Milo Books)
- Andrew Motion for Wainewright the Poisoner (Faber &
Faber)
- Tony Thompson for Bloggs 19 (Warner Books)
- Errol Trzebinski for The Life and Death of Lord Errol
(Fourth Estate)
THE MACALLAN SHORT-STORY DAGGER
- DENISE MINA for Helena and the Babies
(From Fresh Blood 3, edited by Mike Ripley and Maxim
Jakubowski - The Do Not Press)
Also nominated were
- Doug Allyn for Bad Boyz Klub (From Diagnosis: Dead -
Penguin)
- Gillian Linscott for For all the Saints (From Chronicles of
Crime - Headline)
- James Sallis for Blue Devils (From James Sallis - Toxic
Press)
The Macallan Daggers are sponsored by The Macallan,
distillers of the finest Single Highland Malt Whisky.
DAGGERS AWARDED EARLIER THIS YEAR
THE JOHN CREASEY MEMORIAL DAGGER
(For a first time novelist writing crime fiction)
- BOSTON TERAN for God is a Bullet (Macmillan)
Also nominated were
- Joolz Denby for Stone Baby (HarperCollins)
- Andrew Pyper for Lost Girls (Macmillan)
The Creasey Dagger is sponsored by Chivers Press, specialists
in crime reprints, large print and audio books.
THE DEBUT DAGGER
(For best chapter by an unpublished writer)
- SIMON LEVACK for A Flowery Death
The Debut Dagger is sponsored by Hodder-Headline,
LittleBrown, Macmillan and The Times.
CARTIER DIAMOND DAGGER
(Awarded for a lifetime's achievement in the genre of crime
writing)
- PETER LOVESEY
THE ELLIS PETERS HISTORICAL DAGGER
(For best historical crime novel)
- GILLIAN LINSCOTT for Absent Friends (Virago)
Also nominated were
- Rennie Airth for River Of Darkness (Macmillan)
- Clare Curzon for Guilty Knowledge (Virago)
- Pierre Magnan for The Murdered House (Collins
Harvill)
- Hannah March for The Devil's Highway (Headline)
- Michael Pearce for Death Of An Effendi (Harper
Collins)
- Laura Wilson for A Little Death (Orion)
The Historical Dagger is sponsored by the Estate of Ellis
Peters, Headline and LittleBrown.
CWA Publicity Officer: Adrian Muller. Email:
cwa@muller.demon.co.uk Visit the CWA website: http://www.twbooks.co.uk/cwa/cwa.html
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