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Arthur Ellis Awards Announced

The Arthur Ellis Awards, presented for Canadian crime writing were presented on Thursday June 2 at a gala in Victoria, BC. 

Bury Your Dead, the sixth book in the Armand Gamache series by Louise Penny won the Best Crime Novel prize.  Earlier this year, Bury Your Dead won Agatha and Dilys awards.  It has also been nominated for the Barry and Anthony Awards which will be announced in October. 

The prize for Best Crime Non-Fiction was won by Stevie Cameron for On the Farm, a book about serial killer Robert Pickton. 

The Best First Novel award was presented to Avner Mandelman for The Debba, a book previously longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize.

Jacques Côté's book Dans le quartier des agités won the award for Best French Language Crime Book.

The award for Best Juvenille/YA Crime Book was given to Alice Kuipers for The Worst Thing She Ever Did, previously nominated for the OLA White Pine Award.

 

 

 

ARTHUR ELLIS AWARDS WINNERS 2009

  

Once a year in the spring, Crime Writers of Canada presents the Arthur Ellis Awards for the best in Canadian crime writing of the previous year. The awards competition is open to any writer living in Canada, regardless of nationality, and to Canadian writers living outside Canada.

Best Novel
Linwood Barclay, Too Close to Home

Best First Novel
Howard Shrier, Buffalo Jump

Best Non-Fiction
Michael Calce & Craig Silverman, Mafiaboy: How I Cracked the Internet and Why It's Still Broken

Best Juvenile
Sharon E. McKay, War Brothers

Best Short Story
Pasha Malla, "Filmsong" in Toronto Noir

Best Crime Writing in French
Jacques Côté, Le Chemin des brumes

You can also see a list of past winners on the Crime Writers of Canada site.

Here at Toronto Public Library, Gail Bowen is our Mystery Writer-in-Residence. She gives her last workshop today:

Missed Opportunities: Why Writing Ends up in the Bottom Drawer instead of on the Best Seller List
Sat., June 6, 1-4 p.m.
at the Beeton Auditorium
Toronto Reference Library - 789 Yonge Street
416 393-7131 for information

Gail Bowen was also our guest on Book Buzz last month.
If you missed her live chat, you may read a transcript of the conversation here.