2016 Ned Kelly Award Shortlists

BEST FICTION

R&R by Mark Dapin (Penguin Random House)

The Heat by Garry Disher, (Text Publishing)

Fall by Candice Fox,  (Penguin Random House)

Rain Dogs by Adrian McKinty, (Allen & Unwin)

Ash Island by Barry Maitland, (Text Publishing)

Before it Breaks by Dave Warner, (Fremantle Press)

BEST TRUE CRIME

Certain Admissions by Gideon Haigh, (Penguin Random House)

The Sting by Kate Kyriacou, (Echo Publishing)

A Murder Without Motive by Martin McKenzie-Murray, (Scribe)

Killing Love by Rebecca Poulson, (Simon & Schuster)

Kidnapped by Mark Tedeschi, (Simon & Schuster)

BEST FIRST FICTION

Please Don't Leave Me Here by Tania Chandler, (Scribe)

Good Money by J M Green, (Scribe)

Amplify by Mark Hollands, (Self-Published)

Skin Deep by Gary Kemble, (Echo Publishing)

Four Days by Iain Ryan, (Broken River Books)

Resurrection Bay by Emma Viskic, (Echo Publishing)

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

This year the Australian Crimewriters Association will honour Carmel Shute with a Lifetime Achievement Award. As a founder and national co-convener of Sisters in Crime Australia, Carmel has spent 25 years supporting and nurturing Australian women crime writers.

This year’s NED KELLY AWARDS will be presented during the Melbourne Writers Festival at a free event including live music, storytelling and door prizes on Sunday August 28 at 4.00 p.m. at TOFF IN THE TOWN, 252 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC 3000