‘The Dry’ wins best novel at 2017 Davitt Awards

Jane Harper’s debut novel The Dry has won best adult novel at the 2017 Davitt Awards for crime books by Australian women, presented by Sisters in Crime.

The Dry also picked up the Readers’ Choice Award.

The winning titles in each category are:

Adult novel

• The Dry (Jane Harper, Pan)

Debut

• Ghost Girls (Cath Ferla, Echo)

Nonfiction

• Look What You Made Me Do: Fathers Who Kill (Megan Norris, Echo)

Young adult novel

• Frankie (Shivaun Plozza, Penguin)

Children’s novel

• Wormwood Mire: A Stella Montgomery Intrigue (Judith Rossell, HarperCollins).

The winners were announced at a dinner in Melbourne on 26 August, hosted by true crime writer Hilary Bonney. They were chosen from shortlists announced in July.

For more information about the awards, click here.

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