The Crime Writers' Association

2008 daggers: judging starts

Judging has begun for the 2008 Daggers, the prestigious awards that celebrate the very best in crime and thriller writing. Shortlists will be announced in early June, and bookings are now being accepted for the Awards Dinner, to be held at the Four Seasons Hotel in London's Park Lane on Thursday 10th July.

In all there are ten awards in contention, including the £20,000 Duncan Lawrie, International, Steel, Non-Fiction and New Blood Daggers.

Sue Grafton wins Cartier Diamond Dagger

Sue Grafton
photo: Steven Hum

The twenty-third Cartier Diamond Dagger for sustained excellence in the genre of crime writing, has been awarded to the best-selling American novelist, Sue Grafton. Her Kinsey Millhone alphabet series of PI mystery novels have won numerous awards in her native America. The latest number one best-seller, T is for Trespass, was published in the US in December 2007 and will be out in Macmillan hardback in the UK in April 2008.

On hearing of the award, Ms Grafton said: “News of my being named the 2008 recipient of the CWA's Cartier Diamond Dagger so astonished me that I thought at first it was a practical joke. I'm thrilled with the news and honored at the prospect.”

More – including how to apply for tickets to the awards ceremony – on the Cartier Diamond Dagger page.

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2008 daggers: judging starts

Sue Grafton wins Cartier Diamond Dagger