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.