The Australian Crime Writers Association is pleased to announce the shortlists for the 2019 Ned Kelly Awards.
You can see our standout selections from the last twelve months in Australian crime writing below, separated out by category.
Shortlist: 2019 Best True Crime
Eggshell Skull
by Bri Lee
The Arsonist
by Chloe Hooper
Siege
by Deborah Snow
Waiting for Elijah
by Kate Wild
Shortlist: 2019 Best First Fiction
The Portrait of Molly Dean
by Katherine Kovacic
The Rúin
by Dervla McTiernan
The Yellow House
by Emily O’Grady
Greenlight
by Benjamin Stevenson
Shortlist: 2019 Best Fiction
Kill Shot
by Garry Disher
Gone by Midnight
by Candice Fox
The Spotted Dog
by Kerry Greenwood
The Lost Man
by Jane Harper
The Other Wife
by Michael Robotham
Live and Let Fry
by Sue Williams
Longlists
Previous Ned Kelly Award Winners
Best True Crime
Unmaking a Murder: The Mysterious Death of Anna-Jane Cheney (2018)
Graham Archer
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Getting Away With Murder (2017, tie)
Duncan McNab
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The Drowned Man (2017, tie)
Brendan James Murray
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Certain Admissions (2016)
Gideon Haigh
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This House of Grief: The Story of a Murder Trial (2015)
Helen Garner
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