2019 Davitt Awards winners

Sisters in Crime Australia announced the winners of the 2019 Davitt Awards, named for Ellen Davitt (1812-1879), Australia’s first crime novelist, who wrote Australia's first mystery novel, Force and Fraud (1865).

Best Adult Crime Novel:
The Ruin by Dervla McTiernan (HarperCollins Australia)
Best Young Adult Crime Novel:
Small Spaces by Sarah Epstein (Walker Books)
Best Children’s Crime Novel:
Wakestone Hall by Judith Rossell (ABC Books)
Best Non-fiction Crime Book:
The Arsonist by Chloe Hooper (Penguin Random House)
Best Debut Novel:
Eggshell Skull by Bri Lee (Allen & Unwin)
Readers’ Choice:
The Lost Man by Jane Harper (Pan Macmillan Australia)