02 July 2021
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The winners of the leading crime writing awards were announced at an online ceremony
The 2021 CWA Dagger winners are:
• Diamond Dagger: Martina Cole
• Gold Dagger: Chris Whitaker, We Begin at the End
• Ian Fleming Steel Dagger: Michael Robotham, When She Was Good
• John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger: Eva Björg Ægisdóttir, The Creak on the Stairs translated by Victoria Cribb
• Sapere Books Historical Dagger: Vaseem Khan, Midnight at Malabar House
• Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger: Yun Ko-Eun, The Disaster Tourist translated by Lizzie Buehler
• Short Story Dagger: Monsters by Clare Mackintosh in First Edition: Celebrating 21 Years of Goldsboro Books
• ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction: Sue Black, Written in Bone
• Debut Dagger: Hannah Redding, Deception (highly commended: Fiona McPhillips, Underwater)
• Dagger in the Library: Peter May
• Publishers' Dagger: Head of Zeus
• Margery Allingham Short Story Competition: Camilla Macpherson, Heartbridge Homicides
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