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
Shortlist: 2019 Best First Fiction
Shortlist: 2019 Best Fiction
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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