Cool Canadian Crime...CWC Author Events (September 2007)

Congratulations to our members who won 2007 Arthur Ellis Awards:
Barbara Fradkin, best novel
Anne Emery, best first novel
Dennis Richard Murphy, best short story
Phyllis Smallman, best unpublished first crime novel

Scroll down for the titles of their works and for the names of the winners in the other categories.

CRIME WRITERS OF CANADA (CWC)
is pleased to announce
the winners of the 2007 Arthur Ellis Awards

Best Novel
Barbara Fradkin, Honour Among Men (RendezVous Press)

Best First Novel
Anne Emery, Sign of the Cross (ECW Press)

Best Short Story
Dennis Richard Murphy, “Fuzzy Wuzzy” in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine (August 2006)

Best Non-Fiction
Brian O’Dea, High: Confessions of a Pot Smuggler (Random House Canada)

Best Juvenile
Sean Cullen, Hamish X and the Cheese Pirates (Penguin Canada)

Best Crime Writing in French
Because of the low number of submissions to this category, unfortunately, there is no French award for 2007.

Best Unpublished First Crime Novel (the Unhanged Arthur)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

Once again, the CWC would like to thank everyone in the Canadian publishing community for making the Arthur Ellis Awards such a success through the years. We’d also like to express our gratitude to:

• Sleuth of Baker Street mystery book store in Toronto for donating the cash prize for best novel.

• Book City in Toronto for donating the cash prize for best first novel.

• McArthur & Company for donating the cash prize for the Unhanged Arthur Award for Best Unpublished First Crime Novel. McArthur will also read the winning manuscript with the possibility of publishing it in mind.
   

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