Davitt Awards 2024 winners announced

Sisters in Crime has announced the winners of the 2024 Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women.

The winning titles in each category, chosen from shortlists announced in July, are:

Adult novels

• When One of Us Hurts (Monica Vuu, Macmillan)

Nonfiction books

• The Schoolgirl, Her Teacher and His Wife (Rebecca Hazel, Vintage)

Young adult novels

• Eleanor Jones Is Not a Murderer (Amy Doak, Penguin)

Children’s novels

• The Wolves of Greycoat Hall (Lucinda Gifford, Walker Books)

Best debut crime

• The Half Brother (Christine Keighery, Ultimo)

Readers’ choice

• The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies (Alison Goodman, HarperCollins).

Judges for the 2024 awards included author and editor Ruth Wykes, former bookseller Deb Bodinnar, author and editor Emily Gale, author and communications manager Romany Rzechowicz, journalist, author and podcaster Emily Webb, and professor of education Lyn Yates.

The winners were announced at an event on 31 August in Melbourne.

Last year’s winners included All That’s Left Unsaid (Tracey Lien, HQ Fiction), Seven Days (Fleur Ferris, PRH), The Sugarcane Kids and the Red-bottomed Boat (Charlie Archbold, Text), Out of the Ashes (Megan Norris, Big Sky), Dirt Town (Hayley Scrivenor, Macmillan) and The Unbelieved (Vikki Petraitis, A&U).

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