CWA Daggers 2008
CRIMESQUAD.COM was delighted to be invited to the CWA Dagger Awards presentation dinner by our friends at Quercus publishing. Now in their third year sponsored by Duncan Lawrie Bank the CWA awards are slowly but surely starting to establish themselves as 'serious' and - with a top prize of £20,000 - are among the richest in crime fiction worldwide.
The main Duncan Lawrie Dagger for the best crime novel of the year was a very popular choice in the room when it was presented by Peter Ostacchini, Deputy Managing Director of Duncan Lawrie, to Frances Fyfield for her book Blood From Stone. Clearly thrilled and emotional, Frances Fyfield thanked the CWA and sponsors along with her publishers, Sphere, and editor, Hillary Hale.
Other awards included;
DUNCAN LAWRIE INTERNATIONAL DAGGER Dominique Manotti (France) - LORRAINE CONNECTION - EuroCrime, Arcadia Books THE CWA IAN FLEMING STEEL DAGGER Tom Rob Smith – CHILD 44 – Simon & Schuster THE CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION Kester Aspden - NATIONALITY: WOG. THE HOUNDING OF DAVID OLUWALE - Jonathan Cape (Random House) THE CWA JOHN CREASEY (NEW BLOOD) DAGGER Matt Rees - THE BETHLEHEM MURDERS - Atlantic Books CWA DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY Craig Russell THE CWA SHORT STORY AWARD Martin Edwards - THE BOOKBINDER’S APPRENTICE CWA DEBUT DAGGER Amer Anwar (UK) - WESTERN FRINGES
Our picture shows (l-r) CRIMESQUAD.COM Online Editor, Chris Simmons, Frances Fyfield and CWA Dagger Liaison Officer, Margaret Murphy.

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