Crime Writers’ Association Awards

CWA - Gold Dagger

Annual prize of Gold plated dagger and cheque (amount varies).

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• 1999 A Small Death in Lisbon by Robert Wilson
• 1998 Sunset Limited by James Lee Burke
• 1997 Black and Blue by Ian Rankin
• 1996 Popcorn by Ben Elton
• 1995 The Mermaids Singing by Val McDermid
• 1994 The Scold’s Bride by Minette Walters
• 1993 Cruel and Unusual by Patricia Cornwell
• 1992 The Way Through the Woods by Colin Dexter
• 1991 King Solomon’s Carpet by Barbara Vine
• 1990 Bones and Silence by Reginal Hill
• 1989 The Wench is Dead by Colin Dexter
• 1988 Ratking by Michael Dibdin
• 1987 A Fatal Inversion by Barbara Vine (Ruth Rendell)
• 1986 Live Flesh by Ruth Rendell
• 1985 Monkey Puzzle by Paula Gosing
• 1984 The Twelfth Juror by B M Gill
• 1983 Accidental Crimes by John Hutton
• 1982 The False Inspector Dew by Peter Lovesey
• 1981 Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith
• 1980 The Murder of the Maharajah by H R F Keating

CWA - Gold Dagger Non-Fiction

• 1999 The Case of Stephen Lawrence by Brian Cathcart
• 1998 Cries Unheard by Gitta Sereny
• 1997 The Jigsaw Man by Paul Britton
• 1996 The Gunpowder Plot by Antonia Fraser
• 1995 Dead Not Buried by Martin Beales
• 1994 Criminal Shadows by David Canter
• 1993 Murder in the Heart by Alexandra Artley
• 1992 The Reckoning by Charles Nicholl
• 1991 Giordano Bruno and the Embassy Affair by John Bossy
• 1990 The Passing of Starr by Jonathan Goodman
• 1989 A Gathering of Saints by Robert Lindsay
• 1988 The Secret Lives of Trebitsch Lincoln by Bernard Wasserstein
• 1987 Perfect Murder by Bernard Taylor and Stephen Knight
• 1986 Evil Angels by John Bryson
• 1985 Killing for Company by Brian Masters
• 1984 In God’s Name by David Yallop
• 1983 Double Dealer by Peter Watson
• 1982 Earth to Earth by John Cornwell
• 1981 Prisoner With a Name, Cell Without a Number by Jacobo Timerman
• 1980 Conspiracy by Anthony Summers

CWA - Silver Dagger

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• 1999 Vienna Blood by Adrian Matthews
• 1993 Fatlands by Sarah Dunant
• 1992 Bucket Nut by Liza Cody
• 1991 Deep Sleep by Frances Fyfield
• 1990 The Late Candidate by Mike Phillips
• 1989 The Shadow Run by Desmonde Lowden
• 1988 Toxic Shock by Sarah Paretsky
• 1987 Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow
• 1986 A Taste for Death by P D James
• 1985 Last Seen Alive by Dorothy Simpson
• 1984 The Tree of Hands by Ruth Rendell
• 1983 The Papers of Tony Veitch by William McIlvanney
• 1982 Ritual Murder by S T Harmon
• 1981 The Dead of Jericho by Colin Dexter
• 1980 Monk’s Hood by Ellis Peters
• 1994 Miss Smilla’s Feeling for Snow by Peter Hoeg

CWA - Silver Dagger Non-Fiction

• 1979 Fraud by Jon Connell and Douglas Sutherland
• 1978 The Capture of the Black Panther by Harry Hawkes

CWA - Cartier Diamond Dagger

Annual prize of Diamond Dagger

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• 1994 Reginald Hill
• 1993 Edith Pargeter
• 1992 Lesley Charteris
• 1991 Ruth Rendell
• 1990 Julian Symons
• 1989 Dick Francis
• 1988 John le Carré
• 1987 P D James
• 1986 Eric Ambler

CWA John Creasey Memorial Award

Cash Prize (under review), plus magnifying glass.

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• 1999 Lie in the Dark by Dan Fesperman
• 1994 Big Town by Doug J Swanson
• 1993 No award
• 1992 The Ice House by Minette Walters
• 1991 Deep Sleep by Frances Fyfield
• 1990 Postmorten by Patricia Daniels Cornwell
• 1989 A Real Shot in the Arm by Annette Roome
• 1988 Death’s Bright Angel by Janet Neel
• 1987 Dark Apostle by Denis Kilcommons
• 1986 Tinplate by Neville Steed
• 1985 The Latimer Mercy by Robert Richards
• 1984 A Very Private Enterprise by Elizabeth Ironside
• 1983 The Ariadne Clue by Carol Clemeau
• 1983 The Night the Gods Smiled by Eric Wright
• 1982 Caroline Miniscule by Andrew Taylor
• 1981 The Ludi Victor by James Leigh
• 1980 Dupe by Liza Cody