The 25th Davitt Awards ceremony was held on Friday 5 September.
Kelly Gardiner, President, said: I want to make a very special announcement in honour of the 25th year of these awards. This year, it gives me great pleasure to announce that due to the incredible generosity of former convenor Leslie Falkiner Rose and family, and the Ruffin Falkiner Foundation, this year, for the first time, the prize winners will receive not only a beautiful award but also prize money. We hope that this new initiative can continue into the future and Sisters in Crime vow to try to raise funds to properly recognise the incredible women writers in this country.
The winners are:
Winner. Best Non Fiction Crime Book
The Lasting Harm: Witnessing the Trial of the Century
Lucia Osborne-Crowley
Winner. Best Children’s Crime Novel
Midwatch
Judith Rossell
Winner. Best YA Crime Novel
Into The Mouth Of The Wolf
Erin Gough
Winner. Best Debut Crime Book
What I Would Do To You
Georgia Harper
Winner. Kerry Greenwood Readers’ Choice Award
What Happened To Nina?
Dervla McTiernan
Winner. Best Adult Crime Novel
To The River
Vikki Wakefield
Highly Commended. Best Adult Crime Novel
Highway 13
Fiona McFarlane