2015 Ned Kelly Awards Shortlist Announced!

The Ned Kelly Awards are Australia’s oldest and most prestigious prizes honouring our crime fiction and true crime writing, and this year they’re celebrating their big 2-0!

The winners of the 2015 Ned Kelly Awards will be announced at the Melbourne Writers Festival on Saturday August 22 – and they’ve just released the shortlist.

From the Ned Kelly Awards website:

2014 BEST CRIME NOVEL:

• Peter Docker, Sweet One
• Candice Fox, Eden
• Sulari Gentill, A Murder Unmentioned
• Barry Maitland, Crucifixion Creek
• Adrian McKinty, Gun Street Girl
• Malla Nunn, Present Darkness

2014 BEST FIRST CRIME NOVEL:

• Nigel Bartlett, King of the Road
• Anna George, What Came Before
• Nicholas J Johnson, Chasing the Ace
• Jock Serong, Quota

2014 BEST TRUE CRIME:

• Amy Dale, The Fall
• Helen Garner, This House of Grief: The Story of a Murder Trial
• Debi Marshall: The Family Court Murders
• Kate McClymont and Linton Besser, He Who Must Be Obeid
• David Murray, The Murder of Allison Baden-Clay
• Liam Pieper, The Feel-Good Hit of the Year

SD HARVEY SHORT STORY (IN CONJUNCTION WITH KILL YOUR OWN DARLINGS):

• Aoife Clifford, A Watched Pot
• Andrea Gillum, Short Term People
• Stephen Gray, Prisoner’s Dilemma
• Grace Heyer, Sweetie
• Adriane Howell, Daddy Played the Trumpet
• Darcy-Lee Tindale, Roux’s Sister

Congratulations to all the shortlisted authors, and an extra special congrats to Australian Writers’ Centre presenter Candice Fox. We think it’s quite fitting Candice is nominated for Best Crime Novel while also teaching everyone How to Write About Murder!