Authors are nominated by UK libraries and Readers’ Groups and judged by a panel of librarians. The Dagger is awarded to an author for a body of work, rather than a single title. The prize money is £1500 to the author, plus £300 to a participating library's readers' group.
The shortlist will be announced at the CWA reception at CrimeFest, Bristol on May 20. The winner will be announced, along with other Daggers, during the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, Harrogate, on the evening of July 22
Dagger longlist 2011
- Bolton, SJ
- Brodrick, William
- Ellory, RJ
- Goodwin, Jason
- Griffths, Elly
- Hannah, Sophie
- Harvey, John
- Hayder, Mo
- Hill, Susan
- Hurley, Graham
- James, Peter
- Kerr, Philip
- Rickman, Phil
- Sansom, CJ
- Taylor, Andrew
- Tyler, LC
I hope CJ Sansom makes the shortlist.
ReplyDeleteSHADOW SISTER was originally published in Dutch in 2005, but has recently become Van Der Vlugt's second psychological thriller to be translated into English. Here is the blurb for the English-language version (pictured):
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