Arthur Ellis Award Winners

The 2012 Arthur Ellis Awards for excellence in Canadian Crime Writing were awarded at a banquet in Toronto last Thursday, 31 May 2012.

The winners are:

Best Crime Novel
Before the Poison by Peter Robinson (McClelland and Stewart)

Best First Novel

The Water Rat of Wanchai by Ian Hamilton (House of Anansi Press)

Best Crime Book in French
La chorale du diable by Martin Michaud (Les Éditions Goélette)

Best Juvenile or Young Adult Crime Book
Blink & Caution by Tim Wynne-Jones (Candlewick Press)

Best Crime Nonfiction
Hot Art: Chasing Thieves and Detectives Through the Secret World of Stolen Art by Joshua Knelman (Douglas & McIntyre)

Best Crime Short Story 

What Kelly Did by Catherine Astolfo (NorthWord Magazine)

Unhanged Arthur (Best Unpublished First Novel)

Last of the Independents by Sam Wiebe

Congratulations to the winners!