The 2020 Ned Kelly Awards shortlists are here!

The 2020 Ned Kelly Awards shortlists were revealed today, with authors such as Christian White, Dervla McTiernan, Pip Drysdale and Dan Box all enjoying a nomination.

The Ned Kelly Awards are an initiative of the Australian Crime Writers Association, of which Booktopia is a proud sponsor. They recognise the finest of Australian crime writing each year, and are awarded in the categories of best fiction, first fiction and true crime, in addition to an international writers’ category.

The Australian Crime Writers Association chair Robert Goodman praised the quality of local crime writing and the prolific numbers of entries in the 2020 awards.

‘This is not just evident in the number of submissions but the diversity and quality of the entries,’ he said. ‘Fiction entries include page turning thrillers, police procedurals, lone detectives and dirty dealings with many fascinating characters across a range of vividly portrayed settings.’

The lucky winners will be announced in early October. Scroll down to see all of the books on the 2020 Ned Kelly Awards shortlists!

Best Crime Fiction

Death of a Typographer by Nick Gadd

The Strangers We Know by Pip Drysdale

The Scholar by Dervla McTiernan

The Wife and the Widow by Christian White

Rivers of Salt by Dave Warner

True West by David Whish-Wilson

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Best Debut Crime Fiction

Present Tense by Natalie Conyer

Eight Lives by Susan Hurley

Where the Truth Lies by Karina Kilmore

The Nancys by R. W. R. McDonald

Six Minutes by Petronella McGovern

Lapse by Sarah Thornton

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Best True Crime

Bowraville by Dan Box

Dead Man Walking by Kate McClymont

Shark Arm by Phillip Rooper and Kevin Meagher

Snakes and Ladders by Angela Williams

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Best International Crime Fiction

Cruel Acts by Jane Casey

The Night Fire by Michael Connelly

The Chain by Adrian McKinty

The Last Widow by Karin Slaughter

Congratulations to all of the authors on the 2020 Ned Kelly Awards shortlists!

Find out more about the Ned Kelly Awards and the Australian Crime Writers Association here.

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