Awards winners
Judges
- Richard Reynolds (Chair)
- Dr Ann Ferguson
- Christopher Fowler
- Margaret Kinsman
- Heather O'Donoghue
- Zoë Watkins
- David Wilkerson
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The Gold Daggers
About the award
The Crime Writers' Association first created its award for best crime novel of the year in 1955, under the name of the Crossed Red Herrings Award: the first winner was Winston Graham for The Little Walls. The award was renamed the Gold Dagger in 1960. From 1969 to 2005, a Silver Dagger was also awarded to the runner up.
Between 1995 and 2002, the awards were sponsored by The Macallan, distillers of the finest Single Highland Malt Whisky, and named The Macallan Gold and Silver Daggers.
For the three years 2006 to 2008 the Gold Dagger was renamed the Duncan Lawrie Dagger in honour of its sponsor, the Duncan Lawrie Private Bank.
Up to and including 2005, books in translation were eligible for this prize. In 2006 on, a separate Dagger, The CWA International Dagger was introduced for books in translation, recogniseing the work of the translator as well as that of the original author.
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