Lynda La Plante and James Lee Burke share Diamond Dagger lifetime award
After hotly contested judging, the Crime Writers’ Association presents prestigious honour to two writers with ‘incredible bodies of work’
October 2021
Robert Richardson obituary
Crime writer who drew on his experience as a Fleet Street journalist to colour his thrillers
November 2020
Val McDermid: 'The Mermaids Singing felt like a narrative emergency'
The award-winning crime writer on how the plot of the novel that became ITV’s hit series Wire in the Blood arrived, fully formed, while she was driving on the M6
December 2017
Kinsey Millhone Alphabet author Sue Grafton dies at 77
US novelist who wrote murder mysteries beginning with a different letter died just months after publishing Y is for Yesterday
October 2016
US debut writer wins gold dagger at UK's top crime writing awards
American novelist Bill Beverly beats Christopher Brookmyre and Mick Herron to scoop two prizes for debut novel Dodgers at Crime Writers’ Association awards
September 2015
Australian ghostwriter beats Stephen King and JK Rowling to top UK crimewriting award
Michael Robotham, who ghosted for Geri Halliwell and Rolf Harris, wins Golden Dagger for crime novel of the year at Crime Writers’ Association awards
October 2014
Robert Harris’s novel about Dreyfus affair named thriller of the year
Crime Writers’ Association honours An Officer and a Spy for its ‘masterly storytelling’ and ‘beautiful’ writing
June 2014
Josephine Pullein-Thompson obituary
Novelist known for her pony books loved by generations of girls
November 2013
Agatha Christie wins vote to steal crown as crime writers' favourite crime writer
Crime Writers' Association poll votes Poirot creator best writer, and her Murder of Roger Ackroyd the best ever crime novel
February 2013
Lee Child gets away with major crime writing award
Crime Writers' Association gives multimillion-selling author its Diamond Dagger lifetime achievement honour
October 2012
The Guardian Children's Books podcast
Guardian children's books podcast: Tanya Byrne on Heart-Shaped Bruise
Tanya Byrne's first book is a young adult crime novel about a teenager who is out to get the girl who stabbed her criminal father. It's written in the form of a diary and is the first young adult novel to be shortlisted for a Crime Writers Association prize
September 2012
Children's books
If you like books like these: crime fiction for teens
Tanya Byrne, author of Heart-Shaped Bruise, the only YA book to have been shortlisted for a Crime Writers Association award, explains the appeal of writing crime for teens and suggests some gripping, gruesome reads
Writers from Michael Frayn to Deborah Moggach celebrate Independent Booksellers' Week by telling us about the local store they love
October 2011
Dagger crime fiction awards unsheathed
SJ Watson, Tom Franklin, Steve Hamilton and Peter James all winners of the Crime Writers' Association honours
June 2011
Children's books
Read the winning story in the Young Crime Writers' competition
Survey anatomises British taste for murder
July 2010
Johan Theorin beats Stieg Larsson to crime writing award
Author of The Darkest Room sees off competition from fellow Swede to win Crime Writers' Association's International Dagger award
July 2009
Fred Vargas holds off Scandinavians at Dagger awards
French author bucks hegemony of northern European writers to win Crime Writers' Association prize with The Chalk Circle Man
November 2005
If English crime writing isn't very good, why shouldn't a foreigner win the coveted Golden Dagger?
Marcel Berlins
Marcel Berlins: The Golden Dagger is the much-coveted prize awarded by the Crime Writers' Association (CWA) for the best crime fiction novel of the year, a sort of Man Booker for the murdering classes. Last week, the 2005 award went to Silence of the Grave, by Arnaldur Indridason. He is Icelandic.
The Guardian Children's Books podcastGuardian children's books podcast: Tanya Byrne on Heart-Shaped Bruise
