CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction
The CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction is a British literary award established in 1978 by the Crime Writers' Association, who have awarded the Gold Dagger fiction award since 1955.
In 1978 and 1979 only there was also a silver award. From 1995 to 2002 it was sponsored by The Macallan (Scotch whisky brand) and known as The Macallan Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction. In 2008 the award was sponsored by Owatonna Media (a London-based literary brand investor and owner). Between 2006 and 2010 it was awarded every other year, in even-numbered years, but in 2011 it returned as an annual award.. The prize is now a cheque for £1,000 and a decorative dagger.
Winners and shortlists
2000s
- 2011[1]
- Douglas Starr, The Killer of Little Shepherds (The crimes and conviction of the nineteenth century French serial murderer Joseph Vacher)
- 2010[2]
- Ruth Dudley Edwards, Aftermath: The Omagh Bombing & the Families’ Pursuit of Justice (The successful civil case taken against the suspects for the Omagh bombing)
- 2008[3][4]
- Kester Aspden, Nationality: Wog - The Hounding of David Oluwale (Death of David Oluwale in Leeds in 1969)
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- Francisco Goldman,The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed Bishop Gerardi (Death of Juan José Gerardi Conedera in Guatemala in 1998)
- David Rose, Violation: Justice, Race and Serial Murder in the Deep South (Case of Carlton Gary, sentenced to death in 1986 in Georgia, USA)
- Duncan Staff The Lost Boy (Keith Bennett, victim of the Moors Murders, England, 1964)
- Kate Summerscale, The Suspicions of Mr Whicher or The Murder at Road Hill House (Murder in 1860 in Somerset, England, to which Constance Kent confessed)
- Peter Zimonjic, Into the Darkness: 7/7 (First-hand account of the 7 July 2005 London bombings)
- 2006[5]
- Linda Rhodes, Lee Shelden and Kathryn Abnett, The Dagenham Murder: The Brutal Killing of PC George Clark, 1846 (Murder of policeman George Clark in 1846 in Dagenham, London)
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- 2005[6]
- Gregg and Gina Hill, On The Run: a Mafia childhood (By the children of Henry Hill, American mobster)
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- Bella Bathurst,The Wreckers: A Story of Killing Seas, False Lights, and Plundered Shipwrecks. (Wrecking off the UK coast)
- Eric Jager, The Last Duel: A True Story of Crime, Scandal, and Trial by Combat in Medieval France (Trial by combat of Jean de Carrouges, France, 1386)
- Sadakat Kadri, The Trial: a history from Socrates to O. J. Simpson (History of trials).
- James Owen, A Serpent in Eden: The Greatest Murder Mystery of All Time (Murder of Harry Oakes in Nassau, Bahamas, in 1943)
- 2004[7]
Joint winners
- John Dickie, Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia (History of the Sicilian mafia from its 1860s beginnings)
- Sarah Wise, The Italian Boy: Murder and Grave Robbery in 1830s London (The Italian Boy murder, London, 1831)
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- Rebecca Gowers, The Swamp of Death: A True Tale of Victorian Lies and Murder (Death of Frederick Benwell, young Englishman who set off for Canada in 1890 and was found dead in a swamp shortly after arriving)
- Steve Holland, The Trials of Hank Janson (Censorship of crime writer Hand Janson in 1940s Britain)
- Mende Nazer and Damien Lewis, Slave: The True Story of a Girl's Lost Childhood and her Fight for Survival (Mende Nazer's own story)
- 2003[8]
- Samantha Weinberg, Pointing from the Grave: a True Story of Murder and DNA (Murder of Helena Greenwood in 1985 in California and early use of DNA profiling to identify her killer 15 years later)
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- Michael Bilton, Wicked Beyond Belief: the Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper (Peter Sutcliffe, serial killer convicted in 1981)
- Erik Larson, Devil In The White City:Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America (Serial killer H. H. Holmes and the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, USA)
- Chandak Sengoopta, Imprint of the Raj: the Colonial Origin of Fingerprinting and Its Voyage to Britain (The science of fingerprinting, developed in India and first used in court in England in 1902)
- Donald Thomas, An Underworld at War: Spivs, Deserters, Racketeers and Civilians in the Second World War (Events in Britain during World War II)
- Peter Walsh, Gang War: the Inside Story of the Manchester Gangs (Contemporary gangs in Manchester)
- 2002[9]
- Lillian Pizzichini, Dead Man's Wages: the secrets of a London conman and his family (Life of conman Charlie Taylor, the author's grandfather)
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- Miranda Carter, Anthony Blunt, His Lives (Anthony Blunt (1907-1983), British spy and art historian)
- Don Hale (with Marika Huns & Hamish McGregor), Town Without Pity: the Fight to Clear Stephen Downing of the Bakewell Murder (Stephen Downing, jailed for murder in 1974, conviction overturned in 2002)
- Special mention: Julian Earwaker & Kathleen Becker, Scene of the Crime: a Guide to the Landscapes of British Detective Fiction (Judged to be outside the scope of the award but worthy of commendation)
- 2001[10]
- Philip Etienne and Martin Maynard (with Tony Thompson), The Infiltrators: the First Inside Account of Life Deep Undercover with Scotland Yard's Most Secret Unit (Two members of SO10, the Metropolitan Police's undercover unit)
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- Zacaria Erzinçlioglu, Maggots, Murder and Men: Memories and Reflections of a Forensic Entomologist (Forensic entomology)
- Adrian Weale, Patriot Traitors: Roger Casement, John Amery and the Real Meaning of Treason (Roger Casement and John Amery, the only Britons to be executed for high treason in the 20th century)
- 2000[11]
- Edward Bunker, Mr. Blue: Memoirs of a Renegade (The author's own story of a life of crime)
1990s
- 1999
- Brian Cathcart, The Case of Stephen Lawrence
- 1998
- 1997
- Paul Britton, The Jigsaw Man
- 1996
- 1995
- Martin Beales, Dead Not Buried
- 1994
- David Canter, Criminal Shadows: Inside the Mind of the Serial Killer
- 1993
- Alexandra Artley, Murder in the Heart
- 1992
- 1991
- John Bossy, Giordano Bruno and the Embassy Affair
- 1990
- Jonathan Goodman, The Passing of Starr Faithfull
1980s
- 1989
- Robert Lindsey, A Gathering of Saints:a true story of money, murder and deceit
- 1988
- 1987
- 1986
- 1985
- 1984
- 1983
- Peter Watson, Double Dealer: How five art dealers, four policemen, three picture restorers, two auction houses and a journalist plotted to recover some of the world's most beautiful stolen paintings
- 1982
- 1981
- 1980
1970s
- 1979
- 1978
- Audrey Williamson, The Mystery of the Princes
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