Davitt Delights Downunder

Sisters in Crime has announced its shortlist for its 23 rd Davitt Awards for the best crime and mystery books – eight adult novels, four YA adults, three children’s novels, three non-fiction books, and six debut novels (most of which are nominated in other categories). The winners will be revealed at a gala dinner on Saturday 2 September by award-winning journalist, true-crime author, and television producer, Debi Marshall. Congrats to the shortlisted titles!
Adult novels


Lucy Christopher, Release (Text Publishing)
Aoife Clifford, When We Fall (Ultimo Press)
Margaret Hickey, Stone Town (Penguin Random House Australia)
Tracey Lien, All That’s Left Unsaid (HQ Fiction) Debut
Dinuka McKenzie, The Torrent (HarperCollins Publishing Australia) Debut
Vikki Petraitis, The Unbelieved (Allen & Unwin) Debut
Hayley Scrivenor, Dirt Town (Pan Macmillan Australia) Debut
Emma Styles, No Country for Girls (Sphere, an imprint of Hachette Australia) Debut

Young Adult novels


Louise Bassett, The Hidden Girl (Walker Books) Debut
Sarah Epstein, Night Lights (Fourteen Press)
Fleur Ferris, Seven Days (Penguin Random House Australia)
Ellie Marney, The Killing Code (Allen & Unwin)

Children’s novels


Deborah Abela, The Book of Wondrous Possibilities (Puffin, an imprint of Penguin Random House Australia)
Charlie Archbold, The Sugarcane Kids and the Red-bottomed Boat (Text Publishing)
Lian Tanner, Rita’s Revenge (Allen & Unwin)

Non-fiction books


Wendy Davis, Don’t Make a Fuss: It’s only the Claremont Serial Killer (Fremantle Press) Debut
Katrina Marson, Legitimate Sexpectations: The power of sex-ed (Scribe Publications)
Megan Norris, Out of the Ashes (Big Sky Publishing)

Debut books


Maryrose Cuskelly, The Cane (Allen & Unwin)
Tracey Lien, All That’s Left Unsaid (HQ Fiction)
Dinuka McKenzie, The Torrent (HarperCollins Publishing Australia)
Vikki Petraitis, The Unbelieved (Allen & Unwin)
Hayley Scrivenor, Dirt Town (Pan Macmillan Australia)
Emma Styles, No Country for Girls (Sphere, an imprint of Hachette Australia)

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