Congratulations to the Winners of the
2014 Arthur Ellis Awards
Best Novel
Seán Haldane, The Devil’s Making, Stone Flower Press
Best First Novel
J. Kent Messum, Bait, Penguin Canada
Best Novella
Melodie Campbell, The Goddaughter’s Revenge, Orca Books
Best Short Story
Twist Phelan, Footprints in Water, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
Best Book in French
Maureen Martineau, L’enfant promis, La courte échelle
Best Juvenile/YA
Elizabeth MacLeod, Bones Never Lie, Annick Press
Best Unpublished First Novel (Unhanged Arthur)
Rachel Greenaway, Cold Girl
The above winners were announced at the annual banquet in Toronto earlier tonight.
There was an additional award. As set out on the Crime Writers of Canada home web page:
This is the inaugural year of the CWC Grand Master Award, intended to recognize Canadian crime writers who have a substantial body of work that has garnered national and international recognition.
This year’s winner of the CWC Grand Master Award is Howard Engel, the author of the award winning Benny Cooperman detective series. A mainstay of the Canadian crime writing scene for many years, Mr. Engel helped put Canadian crime writing on the on the map at a time when few mysteries were set in this country.
While it has been quite awhile since I read any of the Benny Cooperman series I remember Benny as a uniquely Canadian character. A special congratulations to Howard Engel.
Congratulations, indeed, Bill. Thanks for sharing this.
ReplyDeleteMargot: Thanks for the comment. I have read two of the books on the shortlist for Best Novel and am working on a third. The winner was one of the two I do not have at this time though I hope to have them shortly.
DeleteBill, it is very cool that Howard Engel won the first Grand Master Award. I have only read two of his but I have more and plan to read them.
ReplyDeleteTracyK: Thanks for the comment. It has been too long since I read a Benny Cooperman mystery. I am going to have read another as part of the 8th Canadian Book Challenge.
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