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The Davitt Awards 2023 Winners have been Announced

Sisters in Crime Australia has announced the winners of the 2023 Davitt Awards for finest crime literature by Australian women.
on Sep 04, 2023

Sisters in Crime Australia has announced the winners of the 2023 Davitt Awards for finest crime literature by Australian women.

The winners in each category are:

Adult novel: All That’s Left Unsaid (Tracey Lien, HQ Fiction)
Young adult novel: Seven Days (Fleur Ferris, PRH)
Children’s novel: The Sugarcane Kids and the Red-bottomed Boat (Charlie Archbold, Text)
Nonfiction book: Out of the Ashes (Megan Norris, Big Sky)
Debut book: Dirt Town (Hayley Scrivenor, Macmillan)
Readers’ choice: The Unbelieved (Vikki Petraitis, A&U)

'The amount of quality entries each year continues to climb as publishers invest in works that display the authorial skills and inventiveness amongst both Australia's established and rookie crime writers,' said Judge Philomena Horsley. In addition, a rising number of writers are going their own way, self-publishing their stories. The end consequence is a bonanza for the public who enjoys crime.'

Debi Marshall, a journalist, true-crime author, and television producer, presented the Davitt Awards during a gala dinner in Melbourne on September 2.

Charlotte McConaghy for Once There Were Wolves (Hamish Hamilton) and Kate Holden for The Winter Road: A Story of Legacy, Land, and a Killing at Croppa Creek (Black Inc.) were among last year's winners.