CWA New Blood Dagger
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The CWA New Blood Dagger is an annual award given by the British Crime Writers' Association
for first books by previously unpublished writers. It is given in memory of CWA founder John Creasey
and was previously known as The John Creasey Memorial Award. The award is voted on by past winners and the prize consists of an ornamental dagger and £1,000. Publisher Chivers Press was the sponsor from the award's introduction in 1973 and BBC Audiobooks
is the sponsor from 2003.
Crime Writers' Association
The Crime Writers Association is a writers' association in the United Kingdom. Founded by John Creasey in 1953, it is currently chaired by Peter James and claims 450+ members....
for first books by previously unpublished writers. It is given in memory of CWA founder John Creasey
John Creasey
John Creasey MBE was an English crime and science fiction writer. The author of more than 600 novels, he published them using 28 different pseudonyms, including Anthony Morton, Michael Halliday, Kyle Hunt, J.J. Marric, Jeremy York, Richard Martin, Peter Manton, Norman Deane, Gordon Ashe, Henry St...
and was previously known as The John Creasey Memorial Award. The award is voted on by past winners and the prize consists of an ornamental dagger and £1,000. Publisher Chivers Press was the sponsor from the award's introduction in 1973 and BBC Audiobooks
BBC Audiobooks
BBC Audiobooks is a publisher of audiobooks and also a range of spoken word and large-print titles.BBC Audiobooks has published unabridged audio novels, and also the BBC Radio Collection which incorporates dramatisations and non-fiction output derived from BBC Radio programming.In 2010, BBC...
is the sponsor from 2003.
2000s
- 2011 S. J. WatsonS. J. WatsonSteve "S. J." Watson is an English writer. He debuted in 2011 with the thriller novel Before I Go to Sleep. Rights to publish the book have been sold in 37 different countries around the world and it has gone on to be an international bestseller....
, Before I Go to SleepBefore I Go to SleepBefore I Go to Sleep is the first novel by S. J. Watson published in Spring 2011. It became both a Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller and has been translated into over 30 languages, and has become a bestseller in France, Canada, Bulgaria and the Netherlands. It reached number 7 on the US... - 2010 Ryan David JahnRyan David JahnRyan David Jahn is an American novelist and screenwriter. His first book, Acts of Violence , is a literary thriller inspired by the 1964 murder of Catherine Genovese...
, Acts of Violence - 2009 Johan TheorinJohan TheorinJohan Theorin is a journalist and author, born in 1963 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Throughout his life, Johan Theorin has been a regular visitor to the island of Öland in the Baltic sea...
, Echoes from the Dead - 2008 Matt Rees, The Bethlehem Murders
- 2007 Gillian FlynnGillian FlynnGillian Flynn is an American author and former television critic for Entertainment Weekly. As of 2009, she has published two novels: Sharp Objects and Dark Places .-Biography:...
, Sharp Objects - 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 - 2005 Dreda Say MitchellDreda Say MitchellDreda Say Mitchell is a British crime novelist. She won the Crime Writers' Association's John Creasey Award for best first novel in 2004 with Running Hot....
, Running Hot - 2004 Mark MillsMark Mills (writer)Mark Mills is a British writer of screenplays and novels. His first screenplay was BAFTA nominated short film One Night Stand starring Jemma Redgrave and James Purefoy in 1993; this won Mills a 'Best Screenplay' award at the Angers European First Film Festival in 1995.Mills' first novel was...
, AmagansettThe Whaleboat HouseThe Whaleboat House is a 2004 crime novel by British writer Mark Mills. It is set shortly after the Second World War with the events taking place in and around the small Long Island fishing village of Amagansett.... - 2003 William LandayWilliam LandayWilliam Landay is an American novelist.His first novel, Mission Flats, was awarded the John Creasey Dagger as the best debut crime novel of 2003 by the British Crime Writers Association...
, Mission Flats - 2002 Louise WelshLouise WelshLouise Welsh is an author of short stories and novels, based in Glasgow, Scotland.Welsh studied History at Glasgow University and traded in second-hand books for several years before publishing her first novel....
, The Cutting RoomThe Cutting Room (book)The Cutting Room is the debut novel of Scottish author Louise Welsh. The book was first published in 2002 by Edinburgh-based publisher Canongate... - 2001 Susanna Jones, The Earthquake Bird
- 2000 Boston TeranBoston TeranBoston Teran is an American author, notable for writing books such as God is a Bullet and The Creed of Violence. Boston Teran is a pseudonym.-List of works:*God Is A Bullet *Never Count Out The Dead...
, God Is a Bullet
1990s
- 1999 Dan FespermanDan FespermanDan Fesperman is a reporter for The Baltimore Sun and a published author of several thrillers. The plots were inspired by the author's own international assignments in countries such as Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, and Germany.- List of works :...
, Lie in the Dark - 1998 Denise MinaDenise MinaDenise Mina is a Scottish crime writer and playwright. She has written the Garnethill trilogy and another three novels featuring the character Patricia "Paddy" Meehan, a Glasgow journalist. Described as an author of Tartan Noir, she has also dabbled in comic book writing, having recently written...
, Garnethill - 1997 Paul Johnston, Body Politic
- 1996 no award
- 1995 Janet EvanovichJanet EvanovichJanet Evanovich is an American writer. She began her career writing short contemporary romance novels under the pen name Steffie Hall, but gained fame authoring a series of contemporary mysteries featuring Stephanie Plum, a lingerie buyer from Trenton, New Jersey, who becomes a bounty hunter to...
, One for the MoneyOne For the Money (novel)One For the Money is the first novel by Janet Evanovich featuring the bounty hunter Stephanie Plum. It was published in 1994 in the United States and in 1995 in Great Britain... - 1994 Doug J. Swanson, Big Town
- 1993 no award
- 1992 Minette WaltersMinette WaltersMinette Walters is an English crime writer.- Life and work :After her birth in Bishop’s Stortford to a serving army officer, Capt Samuel Jebb and his wife Colleen, the first 10 years of Minette’s life were spent moving between army bases in the north and south of England...
, The Ice HouseThe Ice House (novel)The Ice House is the first crime novel by English writer Minette Walters. The story was the recipient of a John Creasey award for best debut.-Synopsis:... - 1991 Walter MosleyWalter MosleyWalter Ellis Mosley is an American novelist, most widely recognized for his crime fiction. He has written a series of best-selling historical mysteries featuring the hard-boiled detective Easy Rawlins, a black private investigator and World War II veteran living in the Watts neighborhood of Los...
, Devil in a Blue Dress - 1990 Patricia CornwellPatricia CornwellPatricia Cornwell is a contemporary American crime writer. She is widely known for writing a popular series of novels featuring the heroine Dr. Kay Scarpetta, a medical examiner.-Early life:...
, Postmortem
1980s
- 1989 Annette Roome, A Real Shot in the Arm
- 1988 Janet Neel, Death's Bright Angel
- 1987 Denis Kilcommons, Dark Apostle
- 1986 Neville Steed, Tinplate
- 1985 Robert Richards, The Latimer Mercy
- 1984 Elizabeth Ironside, A Very Private Enterprise
- 1983 Carol Clemeau, The Ariadne Clue
- 1983 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 - 1982 Andrew TaylorAndrew Taylor (author)Andrew Taylor is a British author best known for his crime novels, which include the Dougal series, the Lydmouth series, the Roth Trilogy and the historical novel The American Boy.-Biography:...
, Caroline Minuscule - 1981 James Leigh, The Ludi Victory
- 1980 Liza CodyLiza CodyLiza Cody is an English crime fiction writer.She is the author of twelve novels and many short stories. Her Anna Lee series introduced the professional female private detective to British mystery fiction. The entire Anna Lee series was adapted for television and broadcast in both the U.K...
, Dupe
1970s
- 1979 David Serafin, Saturday of Glory
- 1978 Paula GoslingPaula GoslingPaula Gosling is a US-born crime writer. She has lived in the UK since the 1960s. Gosling started her writing career as a copy-writer. She published her first novel, A Running Duck, in 1974. It won the John Creasey Award for the best first novel of the year. She has also received the Gold Dagger...
, A Running Duck - 1977 Jonathan Gash, The Judas PairThe Judas PairThe Judas Pair is a crime novel by Jonathan Gash, author of the Lovejoy series of novels. The story was first published in 1977 and won a John Creasey Award....
- 1976 Patrick Alexander, Death of a Thin-Skinned Animal
- 1975 Sara George, Acid Drop
- 1974 Roger L. SimonRoger L. SimonRoger Lichtenberg Simon is an American novelist and screenwriter. He is currently CEO of Pajamas Media. He is the author of ten novels, including the Moses Wine detective series, and six screenplays...
, The Big Fix - 1973 Kyril BonfiglioliKyril BonfiglioliKyril Bonfiglioli was born Cyril Emmanuel George Bonfiglioli in Eastbourne, to an Italo-Slovene father, Emmanuel Bonfiglioli, and English mother, Dorothy née Pallett. Having served in the army from 1947 to 1952, and been widowed, he applied to Balliol College, Oxford where he took his degree...
, Don't Point That Thing at Me