Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Bringing Out the Neds

The Crime Writers Association of Australia has announced the longlist of nominees for its 2008 Ned Kelly Awards as follows:

Best First Fiction:
Golden Serpent, by Mark Abernethy
The Shadow Maker, by Robert Sims
A Fraction of the Whole, by Steve Toltz
The Low Road, by Chris Womersley
The Butcherbird, by Geoffrey Cousins
Bye Bye Baby, by Lauren Crow
Broken Swallow, by J.J. Burn
Green Velvet Shoes, by Christina Ann Alexander
Frantic, by Katherine Howell
Vodka Doesn’t Freeze, by Lea Giarratano
Iraqi Icicle, by Bernie Dowling
Maelstrom, by Michael MacConnell

Best Fiction:
Trick or Treat, by Kerry Greenwood
Cherry Pie, by Leigh Redhead
Endangered List, by Brian Westlake
Harem Scarum, by Felicity Yound
Sensitive New Age Spy, by Geoffrey McGeachin
Sucked In, by Shane Maloney
Night Has a Thousand Eyes, by Mandy Sayer
Orpheus Lost, by Janette Turner Hospital
Amongst the Dead, by Robert Gott
Appeal Denied, by Peter Corris
Open File, by Peter Corris
Gospel, by Sydney Bauer
Broken, by Ilsa Evans
Skin and Bone, by Kathryn Fox
Fan Mail, by P.D. Martin
El Dorado, by Dorothy Porter
Shattered, by Gabrielle Lord
The Calling, by Jane Goodall
Shatter, by Michael Robotham
Game as Ned, by Tim Peglar
The Tattooed Man, by Alex Palmer
Blood Sunset, by Jarad Henry
Redback, by Lindy Cameron

Best Non-fiction:
Bondi Badlands, by Greg Callaghan
Mr. Sin, by Tony Reeves
Underbelly: The Gangland War, by John Silvester and Andrew Rule
Killing Jodie, by Janet Fife-Yeomans
Red Centre, Dark Heart, by Evan McHugh
Big Shots, by Adam Shand
Lives of Crime, by Gary Tippet and Ian Munro
Fatal Flaw, by Roger Maynard
Ned Kelly’s Jerilderie Letter, by Carole Wilkinson
Wild Colonial Boys, by Paula Hunt

A shortlist of finalists is expected to be released within the next couple of months, and winners will be announced during the Melbourne Writers Festival in August.

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