Arthur Ellis Awards
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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.
The awards are named for Arthur Ellis
, the pseudonym of Canada's official hangman
. The award statue itself is wooden model of a hanging man. The arms and legs move when the statue's string is pulled.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
literary awards, presented annually by the Crime Writers of Canada
Crime Writers of Canada
Crime Writers of Canada is a national organization for Canadian crime writers, founded by Howard Engel.-Arthur Ellis Awards:Its annual awards are the Arthur Ellis Awards. The award statue itself is wooden model of a hanging man. The arms and legs move when the statue's string is pulled.The award is...
for the best Canadian crime and mystery
Mystery fiction
Mystery fiction is a loosely-defined term.1.It is often used as a synonym for detective fiction or crime fiction— in other words a novel or short story in which a detective investigates and solves a crime mystery. Sometimes mystery books are nonfiction...
writing.
The awards are named for Arthur Ellis
Arthur B. English
Arthur Bartholomew English was a British man who became Canada's hangman in 1912, when he was officially offered the job. Prior to this he had been an assistant to John Radclive, a veteran of twenty years of hangings. English served in this capacity until 1935...
, the pseudonym of Canada's official hangman
Hanging
Hanging is the lethal suspension of a person by a ligature. The Oxford English Dictionary states that hanging in this sense is "specifically to put to death by suspension by the neck", though it formerly also referred to crucifixion and death by impalement in which the body would remain...
. The award statue itself is wooden model of a hanging man. The arms and legs move when the statue's string is pulled.
Best Novel
- 1984 - Eric WrightEric Wright (writer)Eric Wright is a professor and Canadian writer of mystery novels.Wright was born on Kennington Park Road, in South London, England. He is the son of seamstress Caroline , and carter Joseph Wright. Wright was born to a large poor family of ten children...
, The Night the Gods Smiled - 1985 - Howard EngelHoward EngelHoward Engel CM is a Canadian mystery writer and CBC producer who resides in Toronto, Ontario. He is well known to Canadian readers for his series of Benny Cooperman detective novels, set in the Niagara Region in and around the city of Grantham, Ontario...
, Murder Sees the Light - 1986 - Eric WrightEric Wright (writer)Eric Wright is a professor and Canadian writer of mystery novels.Wright was born on Kennington Park Road, in South London, England. He is the son of seamstress Caroline , and carter Joseph Wright. Wright was born to a large poor family of ten children...
, Death in the Old Country - 1987 - Edward O. PhillipsEdward O. Phillips-Biography:Phillips is a Canadian who has lived most of his life in Westmount, Quebec. He earned a law degree from the Université de Montréal in 1956, but decided against legal practice. He subsequently graduated from Harvard University with a Master's Degree in Teaching, and later earned a...
, Buried on SundayBuried on SundayBuried on Sunday is a Canadian comedy film, released in 1992. It was directed by Paul Donovan, and written by Donovan and Bill Fleming.The film stars Paul Gross as Augustus Knickel, the mayor of Solomon Gundy, a fictional island off the coast of Nova Scotia... - 1988 - Carol ShieldsCarol ShieldsCarol Ann Shields, CC, OM, FRSC, MA was an American-born Canadian author. She is best known for her 1993 novel The Stone Diaries, which won the U.S. Pulitzer Prize for Fiction as well as the Governor General's Award in Canada.-Biography:Shields was born in Oak Park, Illinois...
, Swann: A MysterySwann: A MysterySwann: A Mystery is a novel by the late Carol Shields which details the impact of an obscure Canadian poet, Mary Swann, upon four individuals: a feminist literary critic, the poet's biographer, a small-town librarian, and a crusty, brilliant newspaper editor... - 1989 - Chris Scott, Jack
- 1990 - Laurence Gough, Hot Shots
- 1991 - L.R. Wright, A Chill Rain in January
- 1992 - Peter RobinsonPeter Robinson (novelist)Dr. Peter Robinson is an English crime writer, based in Canada. He is best known for his crime novels set in Yorkshire featuring Inspector Alan Banks...
, Past Reason HatedPast Reason HatedPast Reason Hated is the fifth novel by crime-writer Peter Robinson, published in 1989 and is fifth in the multi award-winning Inspector Alan Banks series, itself winning the 1991 Arthur Ellis Award.-Plot summary:... - 1993 - Carsten Stroud, Lizardskin
- 1994 - John Lawrence Reynolds, Gypsy Sins
- 1995 - Gail BowenGail BowenGail Dianne Bowen, née Bartholomew is a Canadian playwright and writer of mystery novels.Born in Toronto, Ontario, Bowen was educated at the University of Toronto, the University of Waterloo and the University of Saskatchewan...
, A Colder Kind of Death - 1996 - L.R. Wright, Mother LoveMother LoveMother Love is an American entertainer. From 1998 to 2000, she was the original host of Forgive or Forget. In addition, she has hosted on radio in Los Angeles radio stations KLSX, KACE FM, and a show on KFI. She came from Cleveland OH radio. She also appeared in such films as Volcano, Mr. Nanny and...
- 1997 - Peter RobinsonPeter Robinson (novelist)Dr. Peter Robinson is an English crime writer, based in Canada. He is best known for his crime novels set in Yorkshire featuring Inspector Alan Banks...
, Innocent GravesInnocent GravesInnocent Graves is the 10th novel by crime-writer Peter Robinson, published in 1996 and is 8th in the multi award-winning Inspector Alan Banks series... - 1998 - William DeverellWilliam DeverellWilliam Herbert Deverell is a Canadian novelist, activist, and criminal lawyer. He is among the most well known authors of crime fiction in Canada; the recipient of the 1997 and 2006 Arthur Ellis Awards for best Canadian crime novel, and the Dashiell Hammett Prize for literary excellence in crime...
, Trial of Passion - 1999 - Nora Kelly, Old Wounds
- 2000 - Rosemary Aubert, The Feast of Stephen
- 2001 - Peter RobinsonPeter Robinson (novelist)Dr. Peter Robinson is an English crime writer, based in Canada. He is best known for his crime novels set in Yorkshire featuring Inspector Alan Banks...
, Cold is the GraveCold is the GraveCold Is The Grave is the 13th novel by crime-writer Peter Robinson, published in 2000 and is 11th in the multi award-winning Inspector Alan Banks series... - 2002 - Michelle Spring, In the Midnight HourIn the Midnight Hour"In the Midnight Hour" is a song originally performed by Wilson Pickett in 1965 and released on the 1966 album The Exciting Wilson Pickett. It was composed by Pickett and Steve Cropper at the historic Lorraine Motel in Memphis where Martin Luther King, Jr. would later be murdered in April 1968...
- 2003 - Rick MofinaRick MofinaRick Mofina is a Canadian author of crime fiction and thriller novels. He grew up in Belleville, Ontario, and began writing short stories in school, selling his first short story at the age of fifteen...
, Blood of Others - 2004 - Giles BluntGiles BluntGiles Blunt is a Canadian novelist and screenwriter born in in Windsor, Ontario. His first novel, Cold Eye, was a psychological thriller set in the New York art world, which was made into the French movie Les Couleurs du diable ....
, The Delicate Storm - 2005 - Barbara FradkinBarbara FradkinBarbara Fradkin, née Currie, is a Canadian mystery writer, and a two-time winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel.-Biography:Fradkin was born in Montreal and obtained her B.A. at McGill University and M.A. at the University of Toronto, before moving to Ottawa to work and raise a family...
, Fifth Son - 2006 - William DeverellWilliam DeverellWilliam Herbert Deverell is a Canadian novelist, activist, and criminal lawyer. He is among the most well known authors of crime fiction in Canada; the recipient of the 1997 and 2006 Arthur Ellis Awards for best Canadian crime novel, and the Dashiell Hammett Prize for literary excellence in crime...
, April Fool - 2007 - Barbara FradkinBarbara FradkinBarbara Fradkin, née Currie, is a Canadian mystery writer, and a two-time winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel.-Biography:Fradkin was born in Montreal and obtained her B.A. at McGill University and M.A. at the University of Toronto, before moving to Ottawa to work and raise a family...
, Honour Among Men - 2008 - Jon Redfern, Trumpets Sound No More
- 2009 - Linwood BarclayLinwood BarclayLinwood Barclay is a Canadian-American humourist, author and former columnist. He has published books of autobiography and both humorous and dramatic detective fiction, and he formerly wrote the thrice-weekly humour column in the Toronto Star, as well as releasing a podcast with his articles. He...
, Too Close to HomeToo Close to HomeToo Close to Home is a novel written by Canadian author Linwood Barclay, the author of the Richard & Judy Summer read winner "No Time For Goodbye". -Summary:... - 2010 - Howard Shrier, High Chicago
Best First Novel
- 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 StewartSean StewartSean Stewart is a U.S.-Canadian science fiction and fantasy author.Born in Lubbock, Texas, Sean Stewart moved to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in 1968...
, Passion Play - 1994 - Gavin Scott, Memory Trace
- 1995 - Sparkle HayterSparkle HayterSparkle Hayter is a Canadian journalist and author.Hayter was born in Pouce Coupe, British Columbia, Canada and grew up in Edmonton, Alberta. In 1986, she graduated in film and television production from New York University. Among other things, she worked for CNN in Atlanta, WABC in New York and...
, What's A Girl Gotta Do? - 1996 - (tie) John Spencer Hill, The Last Castrato and D.H. Toole, Moonlit Days and Nights
- 1997 - C. C. Benison, Death At Buckingham Palace
- 1998 - Kathy ReichsKathy ReichsKathleen Joan Toelle "Kathy" Reichs is an American crime writer, forensic anthropologist and academic . She is a professor of anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, but is currently on indefinite leave...
, Déja Dead - 1999 - Liz Brady, Sudden Blow
- 2000 - Andrew PyperAndrew PyperAndrew Pyper is a Canadian writer of fiction. Born in 1968, he received a BA and an MA in English Literature from McGill University, as well as a law degree from the University of Toronto. Although called to the bar in 1996, he has never practiced. He lives in Toronto.-Published works: A collection...
, Lost Girls - 2001 - Mark Zuehlke, Hands Like Clouds
- 2002 - Jon Redfern, The Boy Must Die
- 2003 - James W. NicholJames W. NicholJames W. Nichol is a Canadian playwright and novelist. His first novel, Midnight Cab, won the Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel, and was shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger.-External links:*...
, Midnight Cab - 2004 - Jan Rehner, Just Murder
- 2005 - Jon EvansJon Evans (author)Jon Evans is a Canadian novelist and journalist.Born to an expatriate Rhodesian father and Canadian mother, he grew up in Waterloo, Ontario, and is a graduate of the University of Waterloo....
, Dark Places - 2006 - Louise PennyLouise PennyLouise Penny is a Canadian author of mystery novels set in the Canadian province of Quebec centred on the work of Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec. Penny's first career was as a radio broadcaster for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation...
, Still Life - 2007 - Anne Emery, Sign of the Cross
- 2008 - Liam Durcan, Garcia's Heart
- 2009 - Howard Shrier, Buffalo JumpBuffalo jumpA buffalo jump is a cliff formation which North American Indians historically used in mass killings of plains bison. Hunters herded the bison and drove them over the cliff, breaking their legs and rendering them immobile. Tribe members waiting below closed in with spears and bows to finish the kills...
- 2010 - Alan BradleyAlan Bradley (writer)Alan Bradley is a Canadian Mystery writer known for the Flavia de Luce series, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie being the first in the series. The character emerged while he was trying to write a different book. He had written the memoir The Shoebox Bible before he wrote mysteries.- External...
, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the PieThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the PieThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie is a mystery by Alan Bradley published in 2009. Set in the English countryside in 1950, it features Flavia de Luce, an 11-year-old amateur sleuth who pulls herself away from her beloved chemistry lab in order to clear her father in a murder investigation...
Best Short Story
- 1988 - Eric WrightEric Wright (writer)Eric Wright is a professor and Canadian writer of mystery novels.Wright was born on Kennington Park Road, in South London, England. He is the son of seamstress Caroline , and carter Joseph Wright. Wright was born to a large poor family of ten children...
, "Looking for an Honest Man" - 1989 - Jas. R. Petrin, "Killer in the House"
- 1990 - Josef SkvoreckyJosef ŠkvoreckýJosef Škvorecký, CM is a leading contemporary Czech writer and publisher who has spent much of his life in Canada. He and his wife were long-time supporters of Czech dissident writers before the fall of communism in that country...
, "Humbug" - 1991 - Peter RobinsonPeter Robinson (novelist)Dr. Peter Robinson is an English crime writer, based in Canada. He is best known for his crime novels set in Yorkshire featuring Inspector Alan Banks...
, "Innocence" - 1992 - Eric WrightEric Wright (writer)Eric Wright is a professor and Canadian writer of mystery novels.Wright was born on Kennington Park Road, in South London, England. He is the son of seamstress Caroline , and carter Joseph Wright. Wright was born to a large poor family of ten children...
, "Two in the Bush" - 1993 - Nancy Kilpatrick, "Mantrap"
- 1994 - Robert J. SawyerRobert J. SawyerRobert James Sawyer is a Canadian science fiction writer. He has had 20 novels published, and his short fiction has appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Amazing Stories, On Spec, Nature, and many anthologies. Sawyer has won over forty awards for his fiction, including the Nebula Award ,...
, "Just Like Old Times" - 1995 - Rosemary Aubert, "The Midnight Boat Toronto Palermo"
- 1996 - Mary Jane MaffiniMary Jane MaffiniMary Jane Maffini is a Canadian mystery writer. She has created three mystery series and written 12 novels.Ladies Killing Circle & RendezVous Crime anthologies as well as Chatelaine magazine, Storyteller Magazine, and Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine have published her short stories...
, "Cotton Armour" - 1997 - Richard K. Bercuson, "Dead Run"
- 1998 - Sue Pike, "Widow's Weeds"
- 1999 - Scott MackayScott MackayScott Mackay is a Canadian science fiction author from Toronto, where he still lives with his wife and two children. He is the award-winning author of eleven novels and over forty short stories. His short story, Last Inning, won the 1999 Arthur Ellis Award for best short mystery fiction...
, "Last Inning" - 2000 - Matt HughesMatt Hughes (writer)Matthew Hughes is a British-born Canadian author who now lives wherever his secondary career as a housesitter takes him, while continuing to write science fiction under the name Matthew Hughes, crime fiction as Matt Hughes and media tie-ins as Hugh Matthews...
, "One More Kill" - 2001 - Peter RobinsonPeter Robinson (novelist)Dr. Peter Robinson is an English crime writer, based in Canada. He is best known for his crime novels set in Yorkshire featuring Inspector Alan Banks...
, "Murder in Utopia" - 2002 - Mary Jane MaffiniMary Jane MaffiniMary Jane Maffini is a Canadian mystery writer. She has created three mystery series and written 12 novels.Ladies Killing Circle & RendezVous Crime anthologies as well as Chatelaine magazine, Storyteller Magazine, and Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine have published her short stories...
, "Sign of the Times" - 2003 - James Powell, "Bottom Walker"
- 2004 - Gregory Ward, "Dead Wood"
- 2005 - Leslie Watts, "Crocodile Tears"
- 2006 - Rick MofinaRick MofinaRick Mofina is a Canadian author of crime fiction and thriller novels. He grew up in Belleville, Ontario, and began writing short stories in school, selling his first short story at the age of fifteen...
, "Lightning Rider" - 2007 - Dennis Richard Murphy, "Fuzzy Wuzzy"
- 2008 - Leslie Watts, "Turners"
- 2009 - L.M Falcone, The Devil, The Banshee, And Me
Best True Crime Book
- 1985 - Martin FriedlandMartin FriedlandMartin Lawrence Friedland, is a Canadian lawyer, academic and author.He received a B.Comm. , LL.B. , and honorary LL.D. from the University of Toronto, and a Ph.D. and LL.D from Cambridge University. He was called to the Ontario Bar in 1960...
, The Trials of Israel Lipsky - 1986 - Maggie SigginsMaggie SigginsMaggie Siggins is a Canadian journalist and writer. She was a recipient of the 1992 Governor General's Award for Literary Merit for her non-fiction work Revenge of the Land: A Century of Greed, Tragedy and Murder on a Saskatchewan Farm...
, A Canadian Tragedy - 1987 - Elliott LeytonElliott LeytonElliott Leyton Ph.D. is a Canadian social-anthropologist, educator and author who, according to the CTV television news network, is amongst the most widely consulted experts on serial homicide worldwide....
, Hunting Humans - 1988 - Gary RossGary RossGary Ross is an American writer, director, and actor. He is best known for directing Pleasantville and Seabiscuit, both of which featured Tobey Maguire in the lead role...
, Stung: The Incredible Obsession of Brian Moloney - 1989 - Mick LoweMick LoweMick Ellenwood Lowe is an award-winning author, journalist, and writer, whose work has appeared in a diverse range of Canadian publications including the Globe and Mail, the Financial Post Magazine, and Northern Ontario Business....
, 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: Dr. Gerald Bull, Iraq and the Supergun
- 1993 - Kirk Makin, Redrum the Innocent
- 1994 - David R. Williams, With Malice Aforethought
- 1995 - Michael HarrisMichael HarrisMichael Harris is an award-winning Canadian author, investigative journalist, and radio personality who hosts an afternoon radio talk show, "Michael Harris Live", on Ottawa-based CFRA, and was a columnist for The Ottawa Sun newspaper until March 2011.Born in Toronto, Ontario, to Audrey McDonald ...
, The Prodigal Husband - 1996 - Lois Simmie, The Secret Lives of Sgt. John Wilson
- 1997 - Jean Monet, The Cassock And The Crown
- 1998 - Patricia PearsonPatricia PearsonPatricia Pearson is a Canadian writer and journalist. She's published three non-fiction books and two novels.-Life and work:...
, When She Was Bad: Violent Women and The Myth of Innocence - 1999 - Derek Finkle, No Claim to Mercy
- 2000 - Gordon Sinclair, Jr., Cowboys and Indians
- 2001 - A.B. McKillop, The Spinster and the Prophet: Florence Deeks, H.G. Wells and the Mystery of the Purloined Past
- 2002 - Stevie CameronStevie CameronStevie Cameron is an award-winning Canadian investigative journalist and best-selling author. Born in Belleville, Ontario in 1943, she now lives in Toronto with her husband, David Cameron, a professor at the University of Toronto. They have two daughters; both Toronto-based screenwriters.-Early...
and Harvey Cashore, The Last Amigo - 2003 - Andrew Mitrovica, Covert Entry
- 2004 - Julian SherJulian SherJulian Sher is a Canadian investigative journalist and author based in Montreal. He was an investigative producer with the CBC's the fifth estate for 10 years...
and William MarsdenWilliam MarsdenWilliam Marsden DCL FRS was an English orientalist, linguist, numismatist and pioneer in the scientific study of Indonesia...
, The Road to Hell - 2005 - Matthew Hart, The Irish Game
- 2006 - Rebecca GodfreyRebecca GodfreyRebecca Godfrey is a novelist and non-fiction writer. She is also a writing mentor with the Creative Nonfiction mentoring program.She was born in Toronto, Ontario, to writers Dave Godfrey and Ellen Godfrey. As a child her family relocated to Victoria, British Columbia...
, Under the Bridge: The True Story of the Murder of Reena Virk - 2007 - Brian O'DeaBrian O'DeaBrian O'Dea is a Canadian former drug smuggler.Born in Newfoundland, he first worked as a minor drug dealer in the province. Moving up he became an importer of marijuana to Canada from the United Kingdom...
, High: Confessions of a Pot Smuggler - 2008 - Julian SherJulian SherJulian Sher is a Canadian investigative journalist and author based in Montreal. He was an investigative producer with the CBC's the fifth estate for 10 years...
, One Child at a Time: The Global Fight to Rescue Children from Online Predators - 2009 - Michael Calce and Craig Silverman, 'Mafiaboy: How I Cracked the Internet and Why It’s Still Broken'
- 2010 - Terry GouldTerry GouldTerry Gould is a Canadian author and investigative journalist. His bestselling books and articles on organized crime and social issues have earned 48 awards and honors from numerous foundations, including the Canadian Association of Journalists, Canadian Journalists for Free Expression and the...
, Murder Without Borders - 2011 - Stevie CameronStevie CameronStevie Cameron is an award-winning Canadian investigative journalist and best-selling author. Born in Belleville, Ontario in 1943, she now lives in Toronto with her husband, David Cameron, a professor at the University of Toronto. They have two daughters; both Toronto-based screenwriters.-Early...
, On the Farm
Best Juvenile Crime Book
- 1994 - John Dowd, Abalone Summer
- 1995 - James HeneghanJames HeneghanJames Heneghan is a British Canadian author. Heneghan grew up Liverpool, England, and currently lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. He earned Canadian citizenship in 1963...
, Torn Away - 1996 - Norah McClintockNorah McClintockNorah McClintock is a Canadian award winning Young-adult fiction writer.Born and raised in Montreal, McClintock received a degree in history from McGill University. She now lives in Toronto...
, Mistaken Identity - 1997 - Linda Bailey, How Can a Frozen Detective Stay Hot on the Trail?
- 1998 - Norah McClintockNorah McClintockNorah McClintock is a Canadian award winning Young-adult fiction writer.Born and raised in Montreal, McClintock received a degree in history from McGill University. She now lives in Toronto...
, The Body in the Basement - 1999 - Norah McClintockNorah McClintockNorah McClintock is a Canadian award winning Young-adult fiction writer.Born and raised in Montreal, McClintock received a degree in history from McGill University. She now lives in Toronto...
, Sins of the Father - 2000 - Linda Bailey, How Can a Brilliant Detective Shine in the Dark?
- 2001 - Tim Wynne-JonesTim Wynne-JonesTim Wynne-Jones is an English–Canadian author of children's literature, including picture books and novels for children and young adults, novels for adults, radio dramas, songs for the CBC/Jim Henson production Fraggle Rock, as well as a children's musical and an opera libretto.-Biography:Born...
, The Boy in the Burning House - 2002 - Norah McClintockNorah McClintockNorah McClintock is a Canadian award winning Young-adult fiction writer.Born and raised in Montreal, McClintock received a degree in history from McGill University. She now lives in Toronto...
, Scared to Death - 2003 - Norah McClintockNorah McClintockNorah McClintock is a Canadian award winning Young-adult fiction writer.Born and raised in Montreal, McClintock received a degree in history from McGill University. She now lives in Toronto...
, Break and Enter - 2004 - Graham McNameeGraham McNameeGraham McNamee was a pioneering broadcaster in American radio, the medium's most recognized national personality in its first international decade....
, Acceleration - 2005 - Carrie Mac, The Beckoners
- 2006 - Vicki Grant, Quid Pro Quo
- 2007 - Sean CullenSeán CullenSeán Cullen is a Canadian comedian. He is known for combining improvisation with mimicry and music. Cullen has been described in Time as the "vanguard of comedy's next generation". He is best known for voicing Four, Five & Seven in Seven Little Monsters. -Career:Cullen entered into the public eye...
, Hamish X and the Cheese Pirates - 2008 - Shane PeacockShane PeacockShane Peacock , author of The Boy Sherlock Holmes series and many other books, plays, documentaries and articles for young readers and adults.-Biography:...
, Eye of the Crow
Best French Crime Writing
- 2000 - Lionel Noël,
- 2001 - Norbert Spehner,
- 2002 - Anne-Michèle Lévesque,
- 2003 - Jacques CôtéJacques CôtéJacques Côté was a politician and notary in Quebec, Canada. He was a Parti Québécois member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the electoral district of Dubuc from 1998 to 2008....
, - 2004 - Jean LemieuxJean LemieuxJean Louis Lemieux is a retired Canadian ice hockey defenceman.Selected by the Atlanta Flames in the 1972 NHL Draft, Lemieux played parts of two and a half seasons with the Flames before he was traded to the Washington Capitals in the deal that sent Bill Clement to Atlanta...
, - 2005 - Ann Lamontagne,
- 2006 - Gérard Galarneau,
- 2007 - Because of the low number of submissions to this category, unfortunately, there was no French award for 2007.
- 2008 - Mario Bolduc,
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.- 1984 - Derrick Murdoch
- 1985 - Tony Aspler
- 1986 - Margaret MillarMargaret MillarMargaret Ellis Millar was an American-Canadian mystery and suspense writer.Born in Kitchener, Ontario, she was educated there and in Toronto. She moved to the United States after marrying Kenneth Millar...
- 1987 - The CBCCanadian Broadcasting CorporationThe Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...
Drama Department - 1988 - J.D. Singh and Jim Reicker
- 1990 - Eric Wilson
- 1992 - William Bankier, James Powell and Peter Sellers
- 1995 - Jim and Margaret McBride
- 1998 - Howard EngelHoward EngelHoward Engel CM is a Canadian mystery writer and CBC producer who resides in Toronto, Ontario. He is well known to Canadian readers for his series of Benny Cooperman detective novels, set in the Niagara Region in and around the city of Grantham, Ontario...
and Eric WrightEric Wright (writer)Eric Wright is a professor and Canadian writer of mystery novels.Wright was born on Kennington Park Road, in South London, England. He is the son of seamstress Caroline , and carter Joseph Wright. Wright was born to a large poor family of ten children... - 1999 - Ted WoodTed WoodEdward Robert "Ted" Wood is an American former professional baseball player. An outfielder, Wood played in Major League Baseball for the San Francisco Giants and Montreal Expos from 1991-93...
- 2000 - Eddie Barber, Rick Blechta, John North and David Skene-Melvin
- 2001 - L.R. Wright
- 2002 - James Dubro and Caro Soles
- 2003 - Margaret Cannon
- 2004 - Cheryl Freedman
- 2005 - Max HainesMax HainesMax Haines is a syndicated crime columnist.Haines was born in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. At a young age he attended St George's College, Weybridge. He began researching murders from around the world, past and present as a hobby. His "Crime Flashbacks" column made its debut in the Toronto Sun in 1972...
- 2005 - Mary Jane MaffiniMary Jane MaffiniMary Jane Maffini is a Canadian mystery writer. She has created three mystery series and written 12 novels.Ladies Killing Circle & RendezVous Crime anthologies as well as Chatelaine magazine, Storyteller Magazine, and Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine have published her short stories...
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.- 1994 - Timothy FindleyTimothy FindleyTimothy Irving Frederick Findley, OC, O.Ont was a Canadian novelist and playwright. He was also informally known by the nickname Tiff or Tiffy, an acronym of his initials.-Biography:...
, The Stillborn Lover
Best Unpublished First Crime Novel: the Unhanged Arthur
- 2007 - Phyllis Smallman, Margarita Nights
- 2008 - D.J. McIntosh, The Witch of Babylon