CWA New Blood Dagger
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CWA New Blood Dagger is an annual award given by the British Crime Writers' Association for first books by previously unpublished writers.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.
Winners
2000s
- 2011 S. J. Watson, Before I Go to Sleep
- 2010 Ryan David Jahn, Acts of Violence
- 2009 Johan Theorin, Echoes from the Dead
- 2008 Matt Rees, The Bethlehem Murders
- 2007 Gillian Flynn, Sharp Objects
- 2006 Louise Penny, Still Life
- 2005 Dreda Say Mitchell, Running Hot
- 2004 Mark Mills, Amagansett
- 2003 William Landay, Mission Flats
- 2002 Louise Welsh, The Cutting Room
- 2001 Susanna Jones, The Earthquake Bird
- 2000 Boston Teran, God Is a Bullet
1990s
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 Wright, The Night the Gods Smiled
- 1982 Andrew Taylor, Caroline Minuscule
- 1981 James Leigh, The Ludi Victory
- 1980 Liza Cody, Dupe
1970s
References
- Notes
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