Arthur Ellis Awards 2015

The short list for the Arthur Ellis Awards have been announced by the Crime Writers of Canada. The winners will be announced on 28 May at the Arthur Ellis Award Gala at the Arts and Letters Club, Tornoto.

Best Novel

Cold Mourning by Brenda Chapman, Dundurn Press

None so Blind by Barbara Fradkin Dundurn Press

Plague by C.C. Humphreys, Doubleday Canada

No Known Grave, By Maureen Jennings, McClelland & Stewart

Killing Pilgrim by Alen Mattich, , House of Anansi

Best First Novel

A Quiet Kill by Janet Brons, Touchwood Editions

Siege of Bitterns by Steve Burrows, Dundurn Press

Windigo Fire,  by M.H. Callway  Seraphim Editions

No Worst, There Is None by Eve McBride Dundurn Press

Last of the Independents by Sam Wiebe, Dundurn Press

Best Novella *
The Boom Room by Rick Blechta, Orca Book Publishers

Juba Good by Vicki Delany, Orca Book Publishers

The Dragon Head of Hong Kong by Ian Hamilton, House of Anansi

A Knock on the Door by Jas. R. Petrin Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine

Best Short Story 

Stone Mattress,  by Margaret Atwood McClelland & Stewart

Hook, Line and Sinker by Melodie Campbell,  Your McMurray Magazine
Therapy by Peter Clement, Belgrave House

First Impressions  by Madona Skaff, The Whole She-Bang 2, Sisters in Crime

Writers Block by Kevin P. Thornton World Enough and Crime, Carrick Publishing

Best Book in French

Jack: Une enquête de Joseph Laflamme by Hervé Gagnon, Expression noir / Groupe librex

Bondrée, by Andrée Michaud, Editions Québec Amérique

Meurtre à l’hôtel Despréaux, by Maryse Rouy  Édition Druide

Repentirs by Richard Ste Marie, Alire

Best Juvenile/YA Book

Face-Off by Michael Betcherman, Penguin Canada

Dead Man's Switch by Sigmund Brouwer, Harvest House

The Voice Inside My Head by S.J. Laidlaw, Tundra Books

About That Night by Norah McClintock, Orca Book Publishers

The Bodies We Wear by Jeyn Roberts, Knopf Books for Young Readers

Best Nonfiction Book

Being Uncle Charlie  by Bob Deasy (with Mark Ebner), Penguin Random House

The Massey Murder  by  Charlotte Gray, HarperCollins

Innocence on Trial: The Framing of Ivan Henry by Joan McEwen, Heritage House

Life Real Loud: John Lefebvre, Neteller and the Revolution in Online Gambling by Bill Reynolds ECW Press

Extreme Mean by Paula Todd, McClelland & Stewart

Unhanged Arthur for Best Unpublished First Crime Novel

Rum Luck by Ryan Aldred

Full Curl by Dave Butler

Crisis Point by Dwayne Clayden

Afghan Redemption by Bill Prentice

Strange Things Done by Elle Wild

*CWC announces the Lou Allin Memorial Award of $250 for the Arthur Ellis Novella Category

Sponsored by the 2011 Bloody Words Conference Committee, this award will be given in honour of Lou Allin.  Lou was a board member of CWC, a co-chair of the 2011 Bloody Words Conference, an award-winning writer, and a mentor to many.  This award is particularly fitting, as she was the winner of the first Arthur Ellis Novella Award.