Nominees for the 2012 Davitt Awards Announced

The nominees (short list) for the 2012 Davitt Awards were announced earlier today the Sisters in Crime Australia. The awards recognize the best in crime fiction and true crime written by Australian women.

The winners will be announced at the Gala Annual Davitt Award Dinner at the Celtic Club in Melbourne on Saturday, September 1st, 2012.

Best Adult Fiction …
• Beyond Fear by Jaye Ford (Bantam)
• A Decline in Prophets by Sulari Gentill (Pantera Press)
• Death and the Spanish Lady by Carolyn Morwood (Pulp Fiction Press)
• Love Honour & O'Brien by Jennifer Rowe (Allen & Unwin)
• The Courier's New Bicycle by Kim Westwood (Harper Voyager)
• Shattered Sky by Helene Young (Hachette)

Best Children's/Young Adult's Fiction …
• The Golden Day by Ursula Dubosarsky (Allen & Unwin)
• Dangerously Placed by Nansi Kunze (Random House)
• Surface Tension by Meg McKinlay (Walker Books)

Best True Crime …
• The Australian Book of Family Murders by Wendy Lewis (Pier 9/Murdoch Books)
• Cold Case Files: Past Crimes Solved by New Forensic Science by Liz Porter (Pan/Macmillan)