Congratulations to all the winners and nominees.
The CWA Gold Dagger – sponsored
by Constable & Robinson
The Rage by Gene Kerrigan (Harvill Secker)
The
other nominees were –
The Flight by
MR Hall
Bereft by Chris Womersley
Vengeance in Mind by NJ Cooper
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A Land More Kind than Home by Wiley Cash (Bantam)
The other nominees were -
Heart-Shaped Bruise by Tanya Byrne
What Dies in Summer by Tom Wright
Good People by Ewart Hutton
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The Ian Fleming Steel Dagger –
sponsored by Ian Fleming Publications
A Foreign Country by Charles Cumming
(HarperCollins)
The
other nominees were –
Dare Me by
Megan Abbott
The Fear Index by Robert Harris
Reamde by Neal Stephenson
The Specsaver’s Bestseller Dagger 2012:
Kathy Reichs
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The Film Dagger
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Studio Canal)
The TV Dagger
Sherlock: Series 2 (Hartswood Films/BBC1)
The International TV Dagger
The Bridge (Danmarks Radio, Sveriges Television/BBC4)
The Best Actress Dagger
Claire Danes for Homeland (Teakwood Lane Productions,
Showtime Productions, Cherry Pie Productions, Keshet Media Group, Fox
21/Channel 4)
The Best Actor Dagger
Benedict Cumberbatch for Sherlock (Hartswood Films/BBC1)
The Best Supporting Actress
Dagger
Kelly Macdonald for Boardwalk Empire (HBO/Sky Atlantic)
Kelly Macdonald for Boardwalk Empire (HBO/Sky Atlantic)
The Best Supporting Actor
Dagger
Martin Freeman for Sherlock (Hartswood Films/BBC1)
Best Detective Duo:
Lewis - DI Robbie Lewis & DS James Hathaway
The press notice is below –
The Specsavers Crime Thriller
Awards 2012
Winners revealed
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
London, Thursday 18th October,
2012—Cactus TV
and ITV3, in partnership with the Crime Writers’ Association (CWA), are pleased
to announce the winners of the Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards 2012, a showcase
of the UK’s most wanted crime fiction and drama, hosted by Bradley Walsh.
A host of famous faces from TV,
Film and Publishing which included Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Rupert
Penry-Jones and Steven Berkoff gathered on the black carpet for a gala awards
ceremony celebrating the very best offences of the year at London’s Grosvenor
House Hotel. The awards ceremony, now in its fourth year, formed a
crescendo to ITV 3’s six week season of crime and drama programming including a
specially commissioned documentary series called Crime
Connections, featuring crime writers, actors, producers and directors.
Winners on the night were:
< Specsaver’s Bestseller Dagger 2012: Kathy Reichs
< CWA Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel of the Year sponsored by Constable
and Robinson: Gene Kerrigan, The Rage
CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for Best Thriller, sponsored by Ian Fleming
Publications: Charles Cumming, A Foreign Country
CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger, sponsored by Goldsboro Books: Wiley
Cash, A Land More Kind than Home
Gene Kerrigan’s The Rage won the CWA Gold Dagger.
His suspense driven storm of violence set in the backstreets of Dublin
proved unbeatable, an immense accolade given the literary oomph of his
co-nominees: MR Hall’s The Flight, Chris Womersley’s Bereft and Vengeance
in Mind by NJ Cooper, previously Chair of the Crime
Writers’ Association.
Gene Kerrigan commented: "I'm aware of the writers who have previously received the Gold
Dagger and I'm honoured to have my name on the same page."
The CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for Best Thriller was
taken home by Charles Cumming for A Foreign
Country. Despite being regarded as one of the best of the new
generation of British spy writers, A Foreign Country was by no
means assured of success, pitted as it was against some monumental thrillers: Megan
Abbott’s Dare Me, which revealed the bitter power rivalries of
a cheerleading squad, Robert Harris’s much lauded The
Fear Index andNeal Stephenson’s Reamde which
portrays the world of hacking.
Charles Cumming said "For
spy writers, the Steel Dagger is our Booker prize, so I'm thrilled to have won
such a prestigious award. Some great writers have picked up the Steel Dagger,
including Henry Porter, Dan Fesperman and Tom Rob Smith. I'm honoured to
have joined their ranks."
The CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger was awarded to Wiley
Cash, named the best new crime author of the year for A Land
More Kind than Home.Cash toughed it out against serious competition
from Tanya Byrne’s Heart-Shaped Bruise, Tom
Wright’s What Dies in Summer and Ewart Hutton’s Good
People to win the title for his tale of the smarting underbelly of
religious fanaticism of his Deep South youth.
Wiley Cash said "As an
American writer, it's a shock and a real honor to win an award
in a genre with such a proud British tradition."
The Bestseller Dagger was awarded to Kathy Reichs. All five shortlisted authors were also inaugurated into the Crime
Thriller Hall of Fame alongside such all-time greats as Colin Dexter, Agatha
Christie and Arthur Conan Doyle.
Kathy Reichs said “Given the extraordinary company in which I find myself
nominated for this award, I can't express how shocked and delighted I am.
This is truly an unexpected honor.”
Amanda Ross, creator and executive
producer of the Awards, said: “This has been a
fantastic year for the genre, and it was great to see so many star authors and
actors at the event.”
The cream of acting talent is
also recognised at the Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards with categories for
Best UK and International Crime Series, Best Actor, Best Actress in a Crime
series and Best Film. The British public also voted for their favourite detective
duo by phone vote. Winners are as follows:
Best Detective Duo:
Lewis - DI Robbie Lewis & DS James Hathaway
The Film Dagger
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Studio Canal)
The TV Dagger
Sherlock: Series 2 (Hartswood Films/BBC1)
The International TV Dagger
The Bridge (Danmarks Radio, Sveriges Television/BBC4)
The Best Actress Dagger
Claire Danes for Homeland (Teakwood Lane Productions,
Showtime Productions, Cherry Pie Productions, Keshet Media Group, Fox
21/Channel 4)
The Best Actor Dagger
Benedict Cumberbatch for Sherlock (Hartswood Films/BBC1)
The Best Supporting Actress
Dagger
Kelly Macdonald for Boardwalk Empire (HBO/Sky Atlantic)
The Best Supporting Actor
Dagger
Martin Freeman for Sherlock (Hartswood Films/BBC1)
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The Winners of the Specsavers
Crime Thriller Awards 2012 are as follows:
The CWA Gold Dagger – sponsored
by Constable & Robinson
The Rage by Gene Kerrigan (Harvill Secker)
The John Creasey New
Blood Dagger – sponsored by Goldsboro Books
A Land More Kind than Home by Wiley Cash (Bantam)
The Ian Fleming Steel Dagger –
sponsored by Ian Fleming Publications
A Foreign Country by Charles Cumming (HarperCollins)
The Specsaver’s Bestseller
Dagger 2012:
Kathy Reichs
The Film Dagger
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Studio Canal)
The TV Dagger
Sherlock: Series 2 (Hartswood Films/BBC1)
The International TV Dagger
The Bridge (Danmarks Radio, Sveriges Television/BBC4)
The Best Actress Dagger
Claire Danes for Homeland (Teakwood Lane Productions,
Showtime Productions, Cherry Pie Productions, Keshet Media Group, Fox
21/Channel 4)
The Best Actor Dagger
Benedict Cumberbatch for Sherlock (Hartswood Films/BBC1)
The Best Supporting Actress
Dagger
Kelly Macdonald for Boardwalk Empire (HBO/Sky Atlantic)
The Best Supporting Actor
Dagger
Martin Freeman for Sherlock (Hartswood Films/BBC1)
NOTES TO EDITORS:
Media enquiries:
Please contact Eleanor Riches at Midas
Public Relations on 02073617860 or Eleanor.riches@midaspr.co.uk
Pictures of the awards can be supplied
upon request.
Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards
The Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards
2012 took place on Thursday, 18th October at London’s Grosvenor
House Hotel and will be televised on ITV3 on the 23rd October.
The 2012 Awards are the fifth annual produced by Cactus TV for ITV3, and the
fourth annual sponsored by Specsavers and in conjunction with the Crime
Writers' Association.
The vote for the Specsavers Bestseller
Dagger is promoted by Agile Marketing and is not endorsed, controlled or
associated with ITV or ITV3.
Specsavers
Specsavers was founded by Doug and Dame
Mary Perkins in 1984 and is now the largest privately owned opticians in the
world. The couple still run the company, along with their three children. Their
eldest son John is joint managing director. Specsavers has almost 1,600 stores
throughout the UK, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark,
Spain and Australia. Specsavers was voted Britain’s most trusted brand of opticians
for the eleventh year running by Reader’s Digest in 2012. More information can
be found at: www.specsavers.co.uk.
Cactus TV
Cactus TV is an independent production
company run by husband and wife team Simon and Amanda Ross. The company have
produced over 3000 hours of television. Cactus formatted the Book Awards and
brought them to television for the first time in 2004. They devised and ran the
Richard & Judy Book Club which grew into 8 successful series of The
Specsavers TV Book Club, the longest running ad-funded deal in the TV industry.
Cactus’ other productions include Saturday Kitchen for BBC1, Hairy Bikers Food
Tour of Britain for BBC2, The Roux Scholarship and The Roux Legacy, Rachel Allen,
Galaxy British Book Awards and 8 years of the Richard & Judy show live from
Cactus studios.
ITV3
ITV3 is the UK’s second most popular
digital channel and its focus on character driven narrative and drama helps the
channel attract an upmarket audience. ITV3 is available on Freeview (channel
10), Freesat (115), Sky Digital (119) and Virgin Media (116).
Crime Writers’ Association
The Crime Writers’ Association has a
membership of over 500 writers of fiction and non-fiction. Its main aims are to
promote the crime genre and to support professional writers. The CWA has been
providing social and professional
support for its members for more than half a century, as well as administering
the prestigious Dagger Awards. The Daggers name and Crossed Daggers logo are
registered Trade Marks of the
Crime Writers’ Association, and are used under licence. For further information
on the CWA: www.thecwa.co.uk or contact info@thecwa.co.uk.
Agile Marketing
Agile Marketing is a
publishing-specialist promotions & project management agency. They project
manage the Crime Thriller Awards in the book trade, liaising with publishers
and retailers to ensure the campaign to raise the profile of Crime Fiction is
maximised in store and amongst readers. They also manage the
supporting website: www.crimethrillerawards.com
Eleanor Riches
Midas Public Relations
Midas Public Relations
10-14 Old Court Place, London
W8 4PL
T: 020 7361 7876
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