2016 Ned Kelly Awards shortlist announced

The Australian Crime Writers Association recently announced their shortlist for the 2016 Ned Kelly Awards for best in Australian crime writing. We were thrilled to spot a couple of familiar faces among the acclaimed authors. Candice Fox, our amazing presenter of our How to Write About Murder course, is up for her THIRD Nelly Kelly Award, with her novel Fall. And AWC Life Writing graduate, Rebecca Poulson has been shortlisted in Best True Crime for her memoir Killing Love. We are so proud of these two talented writers!

From the Australian Crime Writers Association website:

The Ned Kelly Awards are Australia’s oldest and most prestigious prizes honouring our crime fiction and true crime writing. Our judging panels are made up of bookseller, book industry luminaries, readers, critics, reviewers and commentators.

The 2016 shortlists are:

Best Fiction

• Mark Dapin, R&R
• Garry Disher, The Heat
• Candice Fox, Fall
• Adrian McKinty, Rain Dogs
• Barry Maitland, Ash Island
• Dave Warner, Before it Breaks

Best True Crime

• Gideon Haigh, Certain Admissions
• Kate Kyriacou, The Sting
• Martin McKenzie-Murray, A Murder Without Motive
• Rebecca Poulson, Killing Love
• Mark Tedeschi, Kidnapped

Best First Fiction

• Tania Chandler, Please Don’t Leave Me Here
• J.M. Green, Good Money
• Mark Hollands, Amplify
• Gary Kemble, Skin Deep
• Iain Ryan, Four Days
• Emma Viskic, Resurrection Bay