Crime Writers of Canada (CWC) have announced the Shortlists for the 2022 Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence in Canadian Crime Writing. Started in 1984, the annual Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence, then known as the Arthur Ellis Awards, recognizes the best in mystery, crime, and suspense fiction, and crime nonfiction by Canadian authors.
Winners will be announced Thursday 26 May 2022.
Crime Writers of Canada (CWC) have announced the Shortlists for the 2022 Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence in Canadian Crime Writing. Started in 1984, the annual Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence, then known as the Arthur Ellis Awards, recognises the best in mystery, crime, and suspense fiction, and crime nonfiction by Canadian authors.
Winners will be announced Thursday 26 May 2022.
Best Crime Novel sponsored by Rakuten Kobo, with a $1000 prize
Find You First by Linwood Barclay (William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.)
Lost Immunity by Daniel Kalla, (Simon & Schuster)
Under the Outlaw Moon by Dietrich Kalteis (ECW Press)
Not a Happy Family by Shari Lapena (Doubleday Canada)
The Hunted by Roz Nay (Simon & Schuster)
Best Crime First Novel sponsored by Writers First, with a $500 prize
The Push by Ashley Audrain (Viking Canada)The Captive by Fiona King Foster (HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.)
Windfall: A Henry Lysyk Mystery by Byron TD Smith (Shima Kun Press)
All Is Well by Katherine Walker (Thistledown Press)
Seven Down by David Whitton (Rare Machines an imprint of Dundurn Press)
The Whodunit Award for Best Traditional Mystery sponsored by Jane Doe, with a $500 prize
What’s the Matter with Mary Jane? By Candas Jane Dorsey (ECW Press)
Three Dog Knight by Alice Bienia (Cairn Press)
Hell's Half Acre by Jackie Elliott (Joffe Books)
So Many Windings by Catherine Macdonald (At Bay Press)
Murder in a Teacup by Vicki Delany (Kensington Publishing Corp)
The Howard Engel Award for Best Crime Novel Set in Canada sponsored by The Engel Family, with a $500 prize
Beneath Her Skin by C. S. Porter (Vagrant Press / Nimbus Publishing Inc.)
Corpse with an Iron Will by Cathy Ace (Four Tails Publishing Inc.)
Death on Darby’s Island by Alice Walsh (Vagrant Press / Nimbus Publishing Inc.
Hell and Gone by Sam Wiebe (Harbour Publishing Co. Inc.)
Three for Trinity by Kevin Major (Breakwater Books)
Best Crime Novella sponsored by Mystery Magazine, with a $200 prize
Identity Withheld by Marcelle Dubé (Falcon Ridge Publishing)
Murder in Abstract by Brenda Gayle (Bowstring Books)
Letters From Johnny by Wayne Ng (Guernica Editions)
Not So Fast Dr. Quick by Elvie Simons, (Dell Magazines)
Best Crime Short Story sponsored by Mystery Magazine, with a $300 prize
What can You Do? By Pam Barnsley (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
Weed Man by Hilary Davidson (Dell Magazines)
Number 10 Marlborough Place by Elizabeth Elwood (Dell Magazines)
All My Darlings by Charlotte Morganti Die Laughing: An Anthology of Humorous Mysteries
Dead Man's Hand by Melissa Yi (Dell Magazines)
Best French Crime Book (Fiction and Nonfiction)
Le Murmure des Hakapiks by Roxanne Bouchard (Libre Expression)
Dis-moi Qui Doit Vivre… by Marc-André Chabot (Libre Expression)
Conduite Dangereuse by Guillaume Morrissette (Saint-Jean)
Flots by Patrick Senécal (Editions Alire)
Stigmates by Richard Ste-Marie (Editions Alire)
Best Juvenile or YA Crime Book (Fiction and Nonfiction) sponsored by Shaftesbury, with a $500 prize
Blood Donor by Karen Bass (Orca Book Publishers)
Alice Fleck's Recipes for Disaster by Rachelle Delaney (Puffin Canada)
Hunting By Stars, by Cherie Dimaline (Penguin Teen)
The Traitor's Blade by Kevin Sands (Aladdin (Simon & Schuster))
Don't Breathe a Word by Jordyn Taylor (HarperTeen (HarperCollins Publishers))
The Brass Knuckles Award for Best Nonfiction Crime Book sponsored by Simpson & Wellenreiter LLP, Hamilton, with a $300 prize
Don't Call it a Cult, by Sarah Berman (Viking Canada)
Vancouver Vice: Crime and Spectacle in the City's West End, by Aaron Chapman (Arsenal Pulp Press)
Murder on the Inside: The True Story of the Deadly Riot at Kingston Penitentiary by Catherine Fogarty (Biblioasis)
The Beatle Bandit by Nate Hendley (Dundurn Press)
The Don: The Story of Toronto's Infamous Jail by Lorna Poplak (Dundurn Press)
The Award for Best Unpublished Manuscript sponsored by ECW Press, with a $500 prize
The Strength to Rise by Delee Fromm
Captives by Pam Isfeld
Elmington by Renee Lehnen
Ken's Corner by Katie Mac
Part Time Crazy by Mark Thomas
CWC announces the 2022 Grand Master Award recipient Louise Penny.
Louise Penny’s debut novel, Still Life, not only won CWC Award for Best First Novel but also the New Blood Dagger, Anthony and Barry awards. Since then, Louise Penny has penned over sixteen Inspector Gamache novels, won many more awards, become an International Bestseller and Canadian icon. Inspector Gamache is being adapted for television by Left Bank Productions with Alfred Molina playing the beloved detective. Her most recent book, State of Terror, was written with 2016 U.S. Presidential candidate Hilary Clinton, a literary coup and another bestseller.
About Crime Writers of Canada
Crime Writers of Canada was founded in 1982 as a professional organization designed to raise the profile of Canadian crime writers. Our members include authors, publishers, editors, booksellers, librarians, reviewers, and literary agents as well as many developing authors. Past winners of the Awards have included such major names in Canadian crime writing as Mario Bolduc, Gail Bowen, Stevie Cameron, Howard Engel, Barbara Fradkin, Louise Penny, Peter Robinson and Eric Wright. We would like to thank ECW Press, Rakuten Kobo, Mystery Magazine, Shaftesbury, Simpson and Wellenreiter LLP (Hamilton), Writers First, Jane Doe and the Howard Engel family for their sponsorship, and the many participating publishers for their continued support.
The shortlist presentation can also been seen on YouTube below.
