Your Custom Text Here
The Australian Crime Writers Association is dedicated to promoting greater recognition for crime, thriller and mystery writing in Australia and to protect the general professional interests of all creators of crime and mystery works.
The Ned Kelly Awards 2026 winners announcement video - watch anytime and help celebrate all our amazing crime writers.
Congratulations to our 2026 Ned Kelly Awards Shortlist - Best Crime Ficton. Other Award categories coming soon. Winners announced September.
Congratulations to our 2026 Ned Kelly Awards Shortlist - Best International Crime Ficton. Other Award categories coming soon. Winners announced September.
A selection of new titles written and published by Australian Crime Writers Association members.
An outback murder mystery based on the author’s “true crime” experiences, sweeping from the back alleys of Sydney’s King’s Cross to the wilds of Queensland’s Gulf Country. A visceral journey into corruption, vengeance and one man’s fight to reclaim his name and reconnect with the people he loves.
Publisher: Wilkinson Publishing
Published: 23 October, 2025
Fire was only the beginning. Two men. Two infernos. Twenty-one dead. Both were serial arsonists. One would later return to court as a sexual predator.
Publisher: Big Sky Publishing
Published: 30 June, 2026
When betrayed political adviser Francis McGuire is thrust into a world of corruption and organised crime, she uncovers a deadly secret that links to the highest office in the land ... a secret the powerful will kill to keep buried.
Publisher: Ventura Press
Published: 26 May, 2026
The incredible exploits of Peter Grimes, the most audacious con artist of the twentieth century, reads like a wildly far-fetched Jazz Age novel, but it is all true. Given life’s gifts in abundance, he used those gifts in all the wrong ways. Would the piper eventually have to be paid?
Publisher: Silver Moon Press
Published: 1 May, 2026
590 Tahoe Keys Blvd, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150
