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Canadian literary awards

The Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence, formerly known as the Arthur Ellis Awards, are a group of Canadian literary awards, presented annually by the Crime Writers of Canada for the best Canadian crime and mystery writing published in the previous year. The award is presented during May in the year following publication.

Originally, the awards were named for Arthur Ellis, the pseudonym of several of Canada's official hangmen, the first and most famous being Arthur B. English. The award statuette was designed by actor and theatre designer Peter Blais.

In 2021 the Crime Writers of Canada announced that they were retiring Arthur Ellis's name from the awards, renaming them to their current name.

Best Novel

Main article: Crime Writers of Canada Award for Best Novel
Best Novel Award winners
Year Author Title Ref.
1984 Eric Wright The Night the Gods Smiled
1985 Howard Engel Murder Sees the Light
1986 Eric Wright Death in the Old Country
1987 Edward O. Phillips Buried on Sunday
1988 Carol Shields Swann
1989 Chris Scott Jack
1990 Laurence Gough Hot Shots
1991 L. R. Wright A Chill Rain in January
1992 Peter Robinson Past Reason Hated
1993 Carsten Stroud Lizardskin
1994 John Lawrence Reynolds Gypsy Sins
1995 Gail Bowen A Colder Kind of Death
1996 L. R. Wright Mother Love
1997 Peter Robinson Innocent Graves
1998 William Deverell Trial of Passion
1999 Nora Kelly Old Wounds
2000 Rosemary Aubert The Feast of Stephen
2001 Peter Robinson Cold is the Grave
2002 Michelle Spring In the Midnight Hour
2003 Rick Mofina Blood of Others
2004 Giles Blunt The Delicate Storm
2005 Barbara Fradkin Fifth Son
2006 William Deverell April Fool
2007 Barbara Fradkin Honour Among Men
2008 Jon Redfern Trumpets Sound No More
2009 Linwood Barclay Too Close to Home
2010 Howard Shrier High Chicago
2011 Louise Penny Bury Your Dead
2012 Peter Robinson Before the Poison
2013 Giles Blunt Until the Night
2014 Seán Haldane The Devil's Making
2015 C. C. Humphreys Plague: Murder Has a New Friend
2016 Peter Kirby Open Season
2017 Donna Morrissey The Fortunate Brother
2018 Peter Robinson Sleeping in the Ground
2019 Anne Emery Though the Heavens Fall
2020 Michael Christie Greenwood
2021 Will Ferguson The Finder
2022 Dietrich Kalteis Under an Outlaw Moon
2023 Anthony Bidulka Going to Beautiful
2024 Loreth Anne White The Maid's Diary

Best First Novel

Best First Novel Award winners
Year Author Title Ref.
1987 Medora Sale Murder on the Run
1988 Laurence Gough The Goldfish Bowl
1989 John Brady A Stone of the Heart
1990 John Lawrence Reynolds The Man Who Murdered God
1991 Carsten Stroud Sniper's Moon
1992 Paul Grescoe Flesh Wound
1993 Sean Stewart Passion Play
1994 Gavin Scott Memory Trace
1995 Sparkle Hayter What's A Girl Gotta Do?
1996 John Spencer Hill The Last Castrato
D.H. Toole Moonlit Days and Nights
1997 C. C. Benison Death At Buckingham Palace
1998 Kathy Reichs Déja Dead
1999 Liz Brady Sudden Blow
2000 Andrew Pyper Lost Girls
2001 Mark Zuehlke Hands Like Clouds
2002 Jon Redfern The Boy Must Die
2003 James W. Nichol Midnight Cab
2004 Jan Rehner Just Murder
2005 Jon Evans Dark Places
2006 Louise Penny Still Life
2007 Anne Emery Sign of the Cross
2008 Liam Durcan Garcia's Heart
2009 Howard Shrier Buffalo Jump
2010 Alan Bradley The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
2011 Avner Mandelman The Debba
2012 Ian Hamilton Water Rat of Wanchai
2013 Simone St. James The Haunting of Maddy Clare
2014 J. Kent Messum Bait
2015 Steve Burrows A Siege of Bitterns
2016 Ausma Zehanat Khan Unquiet Dead
2017 Elle Wild Strange Things Done
2018 Dave Butler Full Curl
2019 A.J. Devlin Cobra Clutch
2020 Philip Elliott Nobody Move
2021 Guglielmo D'Izzia The Transaction
2022 Ashley Audrain The Push
2023 Sam Shelstad Citizens of Light
2024 Amanda Peters The Berry Pickers

Best Novella

Best Novella Award winners
Year Author Title Ref.
2013 Lou Allin Contingency Plan
2014 Melodie Campbell The Goddaughter's Revenge
2015 Jas R. Petrin A Knock on the Door
2016 Jeremy Bates Black Canyon
2017 Rick Blechta Rundown
2018 Mike Culpepper How Lon Pruitt Was Found Murdered in an Open Field with No Footprints Around
2019 John Lawrence Reynolds Murder Among the Pines
2020 Wayne Arthurson The Red Chesterfield
2021 Sam Wiebe Never Going Back
2022 Wayne Ng Letters from Johnny

Best Crime Book in French

Best Crime Book in French Award winners
Year Author Title Ref.
2000 Lionel Noël Louna
2001 Norbert Spehner Le roman policier en Amérique française
2002 Anne-Michèle Lévesque Fleur invitait au troisième
2003 Jacques Côté Le rouge ideal
2004 Jean Lemieux On finit toujours par payer
2005 Ann Lamontagne Les douze pierres
2006 Gérard Galarneau Motel Riviera
2007 No award presented
2008 Mario Bolduc Tsiganes
2009 Jacques Côté Le Chemin des brumes
2010 Jean Lemieux Le mort du chemin des Arsene
2011 Jacques Côté Dans le quartier des agités
2012 Martin Michaud La chorale du diable
2013 Mario Bolduc La Nuit des albinos: Sur les traces de Max O'Brien
2014 Maureen Martineau L’enfant promis
2015 Andrée A. Michaud Bondrée
2016 Luc Chartrand L'Affaire Myosotis
2017 Marie-Ève Bourassa Red Light: Adieu, Mignonne
2018 Marie Saur Les Tricoteuses
2019 Hervé Gagnon Adolphus - Une enquête de Joseph Laflamme
2020 Andrée A. Michaud Tempêtes
2021 Roxanne Bouchard La mariée de corail
2022 Patrick Senécal Flots

Best Juvenile or Young Adult Crime Book

Best Juvenile or Young Adult Crime Book Award winners
Year Author Title Ref.
1994 John Dowd Abalone Summer
1995 James Heneghan Torn Away
1996 Norah McClintock Mistaken Identity
1997 Linda Bailey How Can a Frozen Detective Stay Hot on the Trail?
1998 Norah McClintock The Body in the Basement
1999 Norah McClintock Sins of the Father
2000 Linda Bailey How Can a Brilliant Detective Shine in the Dark?
2001 Tim Wynne-Jones The Boy in the Burning House
2002 Norah McClintock Scared to Death
2003 Norah McClintock Break and Enter
2004 Graham McNamee Acceleration
2005 Carrie Mac The Beckoners
2006 Vicki Grant Quid Pro Quo
2007 Sean Cullen Hamish X and the Cheese Pirates
2008 Shane Peacock Eye of the Crow
2009 Sharon E. McKay War Brothers
2010 Barbara Haworth-Attard Haunted
2011 Alice Kuipers The Worst Thing She Ever Did
2012 Tim Wynne-Jones Blink & Caution
2013 Shane Peacock Becoming Holmes
2014 Elizabeth MacLeod Bones Never Lie
2015 Sigmund Brouwer Dead Man's Switch
2016 Stephanie Tromly Trouble Is a Friend of Mine
2017 Gordon Korman Masterminds
2018 Linwood Barclay Chase: Get Ready to Run
2019 Linwood Barclay Escape
2020 Tom Ryan Keep This to Yourself
2021 Frances Greenslade Red Fox Road
2022 Kevin Sands The Traitor's Blade
2023 Jo Treggiari Heartbreak Homes
2024 Cherie Dimaline Funeral Songs for Dying Girls

Best Crime Nonfiction

Best Crime Nonfiction Award winners
Year Author Title Ref.
1985 Martin Friedland The Trials of Israel Lipsky
1986 Maggie Siggins A Canadian Tragedy
1987 Elliott Leyton Hunting Humans
1988 Gary Ross Stung
1989 Mick Lowe Conspiracy of Brothers
1990 Lisa Priest Conspiracy of Silence
1991 Susan Mayse Ginger: The Life and Death of Albert Goodwin
1992 William Lowther Arms and the Man
1993 Kirk Makin Redrum the Innocent
1994 David R. Williams With Malice Aforethought
1995 Michael Harris The Prodigal Husband
1996 Lois Simmie The Secret Lives of Sgt. John Wilson
1997 Jean Monet The Cassock and the Crown
1998 Patricia Pearson When She Was Bad
1999 Derek Finkle No Claim to Mercy
2000 Gordon Sinclair, Jr. Cowboys and Indians
2001 A.B. McKillop The Spinster and the Prophet
2002 Stevie Cameron and Harvey Cashore The Last Amigo
2002 Andrew Nikiforuk Saboteurs
2003 Andrew Mitrovica Covert Entry
2004 Julian Sher and William Marsden The Road to Hell
2005 Matthew Hart The Irish Game
2006 Rebecca Godfrey Under the Bridge
2007 Brian O'Dea High
2008 Julian Sher One Child at a Time
2009 Michael Calce and Craig Silverman Mafiaboy
2010 Terry Gould Murder Without Borders
2011 Stevie Cameron On the Farm
2012 Joshua Knelman Hot Art
2013 Steve Lillebuen The Devil's Cinema
2014 No award presented
2015 Charlotte Gray The Massey Murder
2016 Dean Jobb Empire of Deception: The Incredible Story of a Master Swindler Who Seduced a City and Captivated the Nation
2017 Jeremy Grimaldi A Daughter's Deadly Deception: The Jennifer Pan Story
2018 Trevor Cole The Whisky King: remarkable true story of Canada's most infamous bootlegger and the undercover Mountie on his trail
2019 Sarah Weinman The Real Lolita: Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel that Scandalized the World
2020 Charlotte Gray Murdered Midas: A Millionaire, His Gold Mine, and a Strange Death on an Island Paradise
2021 Justin Ling Missing from the Village
2022 Nate Hendley The Beatle Bandit

Best Crime Short Story

Best Crime Short Story Award winners
Year Author Story Publication Ref.
1988 Eric Wright Looking for an Honest Man Cold Blood: Murder in Canada
1989 Jas. R. Petrin Killer in the House Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, December 1988
1990 Josef Skvorecky Humbug The End of Lieutenant Boruvka
1991 Peter Robinson Innocence Cold Blood III
1992 Eric Wright Two in the Bush Christmas Stalkings
1993 Nancy Kilpatrick Mantrap Murder, Mayhem, and the Macabre
1994 Robert J. Sawyer Just Like Old Times On Spec, Summer 1993
1995 Rosemary Aubert The Midnight Boat to Palermo Cold Blood IV
1996 Mary Jane Maffini Cotton Armour Ladies Killing Circle
1997 Richard K. Bercuson Dead Run Story Teller, Winter 1996-97
1998 Sue Pike Widow's Weeds Cottage Country Killers
1999 Scott Mackay Last Inning Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, February 1998
2000 Matt Hughes One More Kill Blue Murder Magazine, December 1999
2001 Peter Robinson Murder in Utopia Crime Through Time III
2002 Mary Jane Maffini Sign of the Times Fit to Die
2003 James Powell Bottom Walker Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May 2002
2004 Gregory Ward Dead Wood Hard Boiled Love
2005 Leslie Watts Crocodile Tears Revenge: A Noir Anthology
2006 Rick Mofina Lightning Rider Murder in Vegas
2007 Dennis Richard Murphy Fuzzy Wuzzy Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, August 2006
2008 Leslie Watts Turners Kingston Whig-Standard, July 7, 2007
2009 Pasha Malla Filmsong Toronto Noir
2010 Dennis Richard Murphy Prisoner in Paradise Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
2011 Mary Jane Maffini So Much in Common Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
2012 Catherine Astolfo What Kelly Did
2013 Yasuko Thanh Spring-blade Knife Floating Like The Dead
2014 Twist Phelan Footprints in Water
2015 Margaret Atwood Stone Mattress
2016 Jeremy Bates Black Canyon
2017 Susan Daly A Death at the Parsonage
2018 Catherine Astolfo The Outlier
2019 Linda L. Richards Terminal City
2020 Peter Sellers Closing Doors
2021 Marcelle Dubé Cold Wave, Sisters in Crime
2022 Elizabeth Elwood Number 10 Marlborough Place

Best Unpublished First Novel - "Unhanged Arthur"

First awarded in 2007 as part of the CWC mandate to recognize and promote the careers of promising new crime writers.

Best Unpublished First Novel Award winners
Year Author Title Ref.
2007 Phyllis Smallman Margarita Nights
2008 D.J. McIntosh The Witch of Babylon
2009 Douglas A. Moles Louder
2010 Gloria Ferris The Corpse Flower
2011 John Jeneroux Better Off Dead
2012 Sam Wiebe Last of the Independents
2013 Coleen Steele Sins Revisited
2014 Rachel Greenaway Cold Girl
2015 Elle Wilde Strange Things Done
2016 Jayne Barnard When the Flood Falls
2017 S. J. Jennings The Golkonda Project
2018 Dianne Scott Destruction in Paradise
2019 Liv McFarlane The Scarlet Cross
2020 Liz Rachel Walker The Dieppe Letters
2021 Raymond Bazowski The Future
2022 Renee Lehnen Elmington

Howard Engel Award

Howard Engel Award winners
Year Author Title Ref.
2007 Katrina Onstad Stay Where I Can See You
2008 C. S. Porter Beneath Her Skin

Derrick Murdoch Award

This is a special achievement award for contributions to the genre of crime and mystery writing, awarded at the discretion of the president of the Crime Writers of Canada. When first presented in 1984, it was known as the Chairman's Award; it was later renamed in honour of its first recipient, Derrick Murdoch. Since 2013, it has only been presented in years when the new biennial Grand Master Award, listed below, is not presented.

Grand Master Award

The Grand Master Award is presented every two years as a lifetime achievement award, to a crime writer with a distinguished and successful national and international career.

Best Genre Criticism/Reference

The award for Best Genre Criticism or Reference has only been presented twice.

  • 1991 - Donald A. Redmond, Sherlock Holmes Among the Pirates
  • 1992 - Wesley A. Wark, Spy Fiction, Spy Films and Real Intelligence

Best Play

The award for Best Play has only been presented once.

References

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