CanLit for LittleCanadians: Awards: crime writing

Wednesday, 1 May 2019

Arthur Ellis Awards for Crime Writing: 2015 -2018 winners in Best Juvenile/Young Adult category

Over the past few years, I have been so busy trying to ensure I review as many books on my blog CanLit for LittleCanadians that I have been negligent about keeping up with book award news. Sadly, I missed announcing winners of the Arthur Ellis Awards for Excellence in Canadian Crime Writing from the Crime Writers of Canada for multiple years. Mea culpa.

The news may be old but these winners are still worthy of being recognized and make up a great list of must-read crime and mystery books. So let's applaud their wins and toast them now.

Congratulations

🙌

to these winners of the

Arthur Ellis Award for

Best Juvenile/Young Adult Crime Books!

2015

The winner is:
Dead Man's Switch

Written by Sigmund Brouwer

Harvest House

•••••

2016

The winner is:

Trouble is a Friend of Mine

Written by Stephanie Tromly

Kathy Dawson Books

•••••

2017

The winner is:

Masterminds: Criminal Destiny

Written by Gordon Korman

HarperCollins

•••••

2018

The winner is:

Chase

Written by Linwood Barclay

Puffin Canada

Arthur Ellis Awards for Excellence in Canadian Crime Writing: Shortlists for 2019 announced

The shortlist of nominees for the Arthur Ellis Awards for Excellence in Canadian Crime Writing were announced on April 18 but I have fallen behind in posting about most awards. So let me remedy that now by sharing with you the announcement of the shortlisted titles for these awards, presented annually by the Crime Writers of Canada since 1984 in the following categories:

For Published Works:
• Best Crime Novel
• Best First Crime Novel
• Best Crime Novella
• Best Crime Short Story
• Best Crime Book in French
• Best Juvenile/Young Adult Crime Book
• Best Nonfiction Crime Book
• Best Unpublished Manuscript (a.k.a the Unhanged Arthur)

Here are the shortlisted titles for the
2019 Best Juvenile/Young Adult Crime Book Award: