Novel...Derrick Murdoch Award...Non-Fiction...First Novel...Short Story...Juvenile...Criticism/Reference...Play...French...Unhanged Arthur

And the winners were...

Best Novel
2007 Barbara Fradkin, Honour Among Men, RendezVous Crime
2006 William Deverell, April Fool, McClelland & Stewart
2005 Barbara Fradkin, Fifth Son, RendezVous Crime
2004 Giles Blunt, The Delicate Storm, Random House Canada
2003 Rick Mofina, Blood of Others, Kensington Publishing
2002 Michelle Spring, In the Midnight Hour, Ballantine
2001 Peter Robinson, Cold Is the Grave, Penguin Canada
2000 Rosemary Aubert, The Feast of Stephen, Bridge Works Publishing
1999 Nora Kelly, Old Wounds, HarperCollins Canada
1998 William Deverell, Trial of Passion, McClelland & Stewart
1997 Peter Robinson, Innocent Graves, Viking
1996 L. R. Wright, Mother Love (A Karl Alberg Mystery), Doubleday
1995 Gail Bowen, A Colder Kind Of Death, McClelland & Stewart
1994 John Lawrence Reynolds, Gypsy Sins, HarperCollins
1993 Carsten Stroud, Lizardskin, Bantam
1992 Peter Robinson, Past Reason Hated, Viking Penguin
1991 L.R. Wright, A Chill Rain in January, Macmillan
1990 Laurence Gough, Hot Shots, Gollancz
1989 Chris Scott, Jack, Macmillan
1988 Carol Shields, Swann: A Mystery, Viking
1987 Edward O. Phillips, Buried on Sunday, McClelland & Stewart
1986 Eric Wright, Death in the Old Country, Scribner's
1985 Howard Engel, Murder Sees the Light, St. Martin's
1984 Eric Wright. The Night the Gods Smiled, Scribner's
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Derrick Murdoch Award
2006 Mary Jane Maffini
2005 Max Haines
2004 Cheryl Freedman
2003 Margaret Cannon
2002 James Dubro, Caro Soles
2001 L.R. Wright
2000 Eddie Barber, Rick Blechta, John North, David Skene-Melvin
1999 Ted Wood
1998 Howard Engel and Eric Wright
1995 Jim and Margaret McBride
1992 William Bankier, James Powell & Peter Sellers
1990 Eric Wilson
1988 J.D. Singh and Jim Reicker
1987 The CBC Drama Department
1986 Margaret Millar
1985 Tony Aspler
1984 Derrick Murdoch *
* This award was originally named the Chairman's Award but was later renamed to honour its first recipient, Derrick Murdoch.
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Best Non-Fiction (formerly Best True Crime)
2007 Brian O'Dea, High: Confessions of a Pot Smuggler, Random House Canada
2006 Rebecca Godfrey, Under the Bridge: The True Story of the Murder of Reena Virk, HarperCollins Canada
2005 Matthew Hart, The Irish Game, Viking Canada
2004 Julian Sher & William Marsden, The Road to Hell, Knopf Canada
2003 Andrew Mitrovica, Covert Entry, Random House Canada
2002 Stevie Cameron & Harvey Cashore, The Last Amigo, Macfarlane Walter & Ross
2001 A.B. McKillop, The Spinster and the Prophet, Macfarlane, Walter & Ross
2000 Gordon Sinclair, Jr., Cowboys and Indians, McClelland & Stewart
1999 Derek Finkle, No Claim to Mercy, Penguin Canada
1998 Patricia Pearson, When She Was Bad: Violent Women and The Myth of Innocence, Random House
1997 Jean Monet, The Cassock And The Crown, McGill/Queen's University Press
1996 Lois Simmie, The Secret Lives of Sgt. John Wilson (A True Story of Love & Murder), Greystone Books
1995 Michael Harris, The Prodigal Husband, McClelland & Stewart
1994 David R. Williams, With Malice Aforethought, Sono Nis
1993 Kirk Makin, Redrum the Innocent, Viking Penguin
1992 William Lowther, Arms and the Man: Dr. Gerald Bull, Iraq and the Supergun, Doubleday Canada
1991 Susan Mayse, Ginger: The Life and Death of Albert Goodwin, Harbour
1990 Lisa Priest, Conspiracy of Silence, McClelland & Stewart
1989 Mick Lowe, Conspiracy of Brothers, Macmillan of Canada
1988 Gary Ross, Stung: The Incredible Obsession of Brian Moloney, McClelland & Stewart
1987 Elliott Leyton, Hunting Humans, McClelland & Stewart
1986 Maggie Siggins, A Canadian Tragedy, McClelland & Stewart
1985 Martin Friedland, The Trials of Israel Lipsky, Beaufort
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Best First Novel
2007 Anne Emery, Sign of the Cross, ECW Press
2006 Louise Penny, Still Life, McArthur & Company
2005 Jon Evans, Dark Places, HarperCollinsCanada
2004 Jan Rehner, Just Murder, Sumach Press
2003 James W. Nichol, Midnight Cab, Knopf Canada
2002 Jon Redfern, The Boy Must Die, ECW Press
2001 Mark Zuehlke, Hands Like Clouds, Dundurn Group
2000 Andrew Pyper, Lost Girls, Harper Flamingo
1999 Liz Brady, Sudden Blow, Second Story Press
1998 Kathy Reichs, Deja Dead, Scribner
1997 C. C. Benison, Death At Buckingham Palace, Bantam
1996 (Tie) John Spencer Hill, The Last Castrato, Constable & D.H. Toole, Moonlit Days and Nights, Cormorant
1995 Sparkle Hayter, What's A Girl Gotta Do?, Soho Press
1994 Gavin Scott, Memory Trace, Cormorant
1993 Sean Stewart, Passion Play, Beach Holme
1992 Paul Grescoe, Flesh Wound, Douglas & McIntyre
1991 Carsten Stroud, Sniper's Moon, Viking Penguin
1990 John Lawrence Reynolds, The Man Who Murdered God, Viking
1989 John Brady, A Stone of the Heart, Collins
1988 Laurence Gough, The Goldfish Bowl, Gollancz
1987 Medora Sale, Murder on the Run, PaperJacks
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Best Short Story
2007 Dennis Richard Murphy, "Fuzzy Wuzzy" in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
2006 Rick Mofina, "Lightning Rider" in Murder in Vegas, Forge Books
2005 Leslie Watts, "Crocodile Tears" in Revenge, Insomniac
2004 Gregory Ward, “Dead Wood” in Hard Boiled Love, Insomniac
2003 James Powell, “Bottom Walker” in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
2002 Mary Jane Maffini, "Sign of the Times" in Fit to Die
2001 Peter Robinson, "Murder in Utopia" in Crime Through Time III, Berkley Prime Crime
2000 Matt Hughes, "One More Kill" in Blue Murder Magazine
1999 Scott Mackay, "Last Inning" in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
1998 Sue Pike, Widow's Weeds, General Store Publishing House
1997 Richard K. Bercuson, Dead Run in Storyteller, Winter Issue, Tyo Communications
1996 Mary Jane Maffini, Cotton Armour in The Ladies Killing Circle, General Store
1995 Rosemary Aubert, The Midnight Boat Toronto Palermo, In Cold Blood V, Mosaic Press
1994 Robert J. Sawyer, Just Like Old Times, Pub. in On Spec: The Canadian Magazine of Speculative Writing, Vol.5, No.2, Summer 1993
1993 Nancy Kilpatrick, Mantrap, Pub. in Murder, Mayhem and the Macabre
1992 Eric Wright, Two in the Bush, Pub. in Christmas Stalkings, Mysterious Press
1991 Peter Robinson, Innocence, Pub. in Cold Blood III, Mosaic Press
1990 Josef Skvorecky, Humbug, Pub. in The End of Lieutenant Boruvka, Lester & Orpen Dennys
1989 Jas. R. Petrin, Killer in the House, Pub. in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine
1988 Eric Wright, Looking for an Honest Man, Pub. in Cold Blood, Mosaic Press
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Best Juvenile Award
2007 Sean Cullen, Hamish X and the Cheese Pirates, Penguin Canada
2006 Vicki Grant, Quid Pro Quo, Orca Book Publishers
2005 Carrie Mac, The Beckoners, Orca
2004 Graham McNamee, Acceleration, Wendy Lamb Books
2003 Norah McClintock, Break and Enter, Scholastic Canada
2002 Norah McClintock, Scared to Death, Scholastic Canada
2001 Tim Wynne-Jones, The Boy in the Burning House, Groundwood Books
2000 Linda Bailey, How Can a Brilliant Detective Shine in the Dark?, Kids Can Press
1999 Norah McClintock, Sins of the Fathers, Scholastic
1998 Norah McClintock, The Body in the Basement, Scholastic
1997 Linda Bailey, How Can A Frozen Detective Stay Hot On The Trail, Kids Can Press
1996 Norah McClintock, Mistaken Identity, Scholastic
1995 James Heneghan, Torn Away, Viking
1994 John Dowd, Abalone Summer, Raincoast
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Best Genre Criticism/Reference Award
1992 Wesley A. Wark, Spy Fiction, Spy Films and Real Intelligence, Frank Cass
1991 Donald A. Redmond, Sherlock Holmes Among the Pirates, Greenwood Press
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Best Play
1994 Timothy Findley, The Stillborn Lover, Blizzard
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Best Crime Work in the French Language
2006 Gérald Galarneau, Motel Riviera, Les Editions JCL
2005 Ann Lamontagne, Les Douze Pierres,Vents d’Ouest
2004 Jean Lemieux, On finit toujours par payer, La Courte Echelle
2003 Jacques Côté, Le rouge ideal, Alire
2002 Anne-Michèle Lévesque, Fleur invitait au troisième, Vents d'Ouest
2001 Norman Spehner, Le roman policier en Amerique francaise, Alire
2000 Lionel Noel, Louna, Beaumont

Best Unpublished First Novel (the Unhanged Arthur)
2007 Phyllis Smallman, Margarita Nights

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