# Davitt Award

The Davitt Awards are literary awards which are presented annually by the Sisters in Crime Australia association. The awards are named in honour of Ellen Davitt (1812–1879) who wrote Australia's first mystery novel, Force and Fraud in 1865. They are presented for Australian crime fiction, by women, for both adults and young adults. They were established in 2001 to mark the 10th anniversary of the association.

## Categories

* Adult Novel
* Young Adult Novel
* True Crime
* Debut Crime
* Readers' Choice

## Previous winners
### 2000s

Davitt Award winners 2000-2009 :
| Year | Category | Author | Title |
| 2001 | Adult Novel | Caroline Shaw | Eye to Eye |
| 2002 | Adult Novel | Carolyn Morwood | Simple Death |
| 2002 | Adult Novel | Kerry Greenwood | The Three-Pronged Dagger |
| 2002 | Readers' Choice | Lindy Cameron | Bleeding Hearts |
| 2003 | Adult Novel | Gabrielle Lord | Baby Did a Bad, Bad Thing |
| 2003 | Adult Novel | Alex Palmer | Blood Redemption |
| 2003 | Young Adult Novel | Natalie Jane Prior | Fireworks and Darkness |
| 2003 | Readers' Choice | Cathy Cole | Skin Deep |
| 2004 | Adult Novel | Janette Turner Hospital | Due Preparations for the Plague |
| 2004 | Young Adult Novel | Ruth Starke | Muck-Up Day |
| 2004 | Readers' Choice | Lindy Cameron | Thicker Than Water |
| 2005 | Adult Novel | Kathryn Fox | Malicious Intent |
| 2005 | Young Adult Novel | Joanna Baker | Devastation Road |
| 2005 | Readers' Choice | Leigh Redhead | Peepshow |
| 2006 | Adult Novel | Heather Rose | The Butterfly Man |
| 2006 | Young Adult Novel | Catherine Jinks | Evil Genius |
| 2006 | Readers' Choice | Kerry Greenwood | Heavenly Pleasures |
| 2006 | Readers' Choice | Leigh Redhead | Rubdown |
| 2007 | Adult Novel | Sydney Bauer | Undertow |
| 2007 | Young Adult Novel | Jaclyn Moriarty | The Betrayal of Bindy Mackenzie |
| 2007 | True Crime | Karen Kissane | Silent Death: The Killing of Julie Ramage |
| 2007 | Readers' Choice | Kerry Greenwood | Devil's Food |
| 2007 | Readers' Choice | Karen Kissane | Silent Death: The Killing of Julie Ramage |
| 2008 | Adult Novel | Katherine Howell | Frantic |
| 2008 | Young Adult Novel | Mandy Sayer | The Night Has a Thousand Eyes |
| 2008 | True Crime | Janet Fife-Yeomans | Killing Jodie |
| 2008 | Readers' Choice | Lindy Cameron | Scarlet Stiletto: The First Cut |
| 2009 | Adult Novel | Malla Nunn | A Beautiful Place to Die |
| 2009 | Young Adult Novel | Catherine Jinks | Genius Squad |
| 2009 | True Crime | Chloe Hooper | The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island |
| 2009 | Readers' Choice | Katherine Howell | The Darkest Hour |

### 2010s

Davitt Award winners 2010-2019 :
| Year | Category | Author | Title |
| 2010 | Adult Novel | Marianne Delacourt | Sharp Shooter |
| 2010 | Young Adult Novel | Justine Larbalestier | Liar |
| 2010 | True Crime | Ellen Connolly and Candace Sutton | Ladykiller |
| 2010 | Readers' Choice | Kerry Greenwood | Forbidden Fruit |
| 2011 | Adult Novel | Katherine Howell | Cold Justice |
| 2011 | Young Adult Novel | Penny Matthews | A Girl Like Me |
| 2011 | True Crime | Colleen Egan | Murderer No More |
| 2011 | Readers' Choice | P. M. Newton | The Old School |
| 2012 | Adult Novel | Sulari Gentill | A Decline in Prophets |
| 2012 | Young Adult Novel | Meg McKinlay | Surface Tension |
| 2012 | True Crime | Liz Porter | Cold Case Files: Past Crimes Solved by New Forensic Science |
| 2012 | Debut Novel | Jaye Ford | Beyond Fear |
| 2012 | Readers' Choice | YA Erskine | The Brotherhood |
| 2012 | Readers' Choice | Jaye Ford | Beyond Fear |
| 2013 | Adult Novel | Maggie Groff | Mad Men, Bad Girls and the Guerilla Knitters Institute |
| 2013 | Young Adult Novel | Jennifer Walsh | The Tunnels of Tarcoola |
| 2013 | True Crime | Pamela Burton | The Waterlow Killings |
| 2013 | Debut Novel | Maggie Groff | Mad Men, Bad Girls and the Guerilla Knitters Institute |
| 2013 | Readers' Choice | Kerry Greenwood | Tamam Shud: The Somerton Man Mystery |
| 2014 | Adult Novel | Honey Brown | Dark Horse |
| 2014 | Young Adult Novel | Karen Foxlee | The Midnight Dress |
| 2014 | Children's Novel | Jen Storer | Spooked! |
| 2014 | True Crime | Anna Krien | Night Games: Sex, Power and Sport |
| 2014 | Debut Novel | Hannah Kent | Burial Rites |
| 2014 | Readers' Choice | Hannah Kent | Burial Rites |
| 2015 | Adult Novel | Liane Moriarty | Big Little Lies |
| 2015 | Young Adult Novel | Ellie Marney | Every Word |
| 2015 | Children's Novel | Judith Rossell | Withering-By-Sea |
| 2015 | True Crime | Caroline Overington | Last Woman Hanged |
| 2015 | Debut Novel | Christine Bongers | Intruder |
| 2015 | Readers' Choice | Sandi Wallace | Tell Me Why |
| 2016 | Adult Novel | Emma Viskic | Resurrection Bay |
| 2016 | Young Adult Novel | Fleur Ferris | Risk |
| 2016 | Children's Novel | R. A. Spratt | Friday Barnes, Under Suspicion |
| 2016 | True Crime | Alecia Simmonds | Wild Man |
| 2016 | Debut Novel | Emma Viskic | Resurrection Bay |
| 2016 | Debut Novel | Fleur Ferris | Risk |
| 2016 | Readers' Choice | Emma Viskic | Resurrection Bay |
| 2017 | Adult Novel | Jane Harper | The Dry |
| 2017 | Young Adult Novel | Shivaun Plozza | Frankie |
| 2017 | Children's Novel | Judith Rossell | Wormwood Mire: A Stella Montgomery Intrigue |
| 2017 | True Crime | Megan Norris | Look What You Made Me Do: Fathers Who Kill |
| 2017 | Debut Novel | Cath Ferla | Ghost Girls |
| 2017 | Readers' Choice | Jane Harper | The Dry |
| 2018 | Adult Novel | Emma Viskic | And Fire Came Down |
| 2018 | Young Adult Novel | Vikki Wakefield | Ballad for a Mad Girl |
| 2018 | Children's Novel | Allison Rushby | The Turnkey |
| 2018 | True Crime | Gabriella Coslovich | Whiteley on Trial |
| 2018 | Debut Novel | Sarah Bailey | The Dark Lake |
| 2018 | Readers' Choice | Jane Harper | Force of Nature |
| 2019 | Adult Novel | Dervla McTiernan | The Rúin |
| 2019 | Young Adult Novel | Sarah Epstein | Small Spaces |
| 2019 | Children's Novel | Judith Rossell | Wakestone Hall |
| 2019 | True Crime | Chloe Hooper | The Arsonist: A Mind on Fire |
| 2019 | Debut Novel | Bri Lee | Eggshell Skull |
| 2019 | Readers' Choice | Jane Harper | The Lost Man |

### 2020s

Davitt Award winners 2020-2029 :
| Year | Category | Author | Title |
| 2020 | Adult Novel | Meg Mundell | The Trespassers |
| 2020 | Young Adult Novel | Astrid Scholte | Four Dead Queens |
| 2020 | Children's Novel | Jenny Blackford | The Girl in the Mirror |
| 2020 | True Crime | Adele Ferguson | Banking Bad: Whistleblowers. Corporate cover-ups. One Journalist's Fight for the Truth |
| 2020 | Debut Novel | Susan Hurley | Eight Lives |
| 2020 | Readers' Choice | Dervla McTiernan | The Scholar |
| 2020 | Readers' Choice | Emma Viskic | Darkness for Light |
| 2021 | Adult Novel | Sally Hepworth | The Good Sister |
| 2021 | Young Adult Novel | Christie Nieman | Where We Begin |
| 2021 | Children's Novel | Lian Tanner | A Clue for Clara |
| 2021 | True Crime | Louise Milligan | Witness: An Investigation into the Brutal Cost of Seeking Justice |
| 2021 | Debut Novel | Leah Swann | Sheerwater |
| 2021 | Readers' Choice | Katherine Kovacic | The Shifting Landscape |
| 2022 | Adult Novel | Charlotte McConaghy | Once There Were Wolves |
| 2022 | Young Adult Novel | Leanne Hall | The Gaps |
| 2022 | Children's Novel | Nicki Greenberg | The Detective’s Guide to Ocean Travel |
| 2022 | Non-Fiction | Kate Holden | The Winter Road: A story of legacy, land and a killing at Croppa Creek |
| 2022 | Debut | Jacqueline Bublitz | Before You Knew My Name |
| 2022 | Readers' Choice | Jacqueline Bublitz | Before You Knew My Name |
| 2023 | Adult Novel | Tracey Lien | All That’s Left Unsaid |
| 2023 | Young Adult Novel | Fleur Ferris | Seven Days |
| 2023 | Children's Novel | Charlie Archbold | The Sugarcane Kids and the Red-bottomed Boat |
| 2023 | Non-Fiction | Megan Norris | Out of the Ashes |
| 2023 | Debut | Hayley Scrivenor | Dirt Town |
| 2023 | Readers' Choice | Vikki Petraitis | The Unbelieved |
| 2024 | Adult Novel | Monica Vuu | When One of Us Hurts |
| 2024 | Young Adult Novel | Amy Doak | Eleanor Jones Is Not a Murderer |
| 2024 | Children's Novel | Lucinda Gifford | The Wolves of Greycoat Hall |
| 2024 | Non-Fiction | Rebecca Hazel | The Schoolgirl, Her Teacher and His Wife |
| 2024 | Debut | Christine Keighery | The Half Brother |
| 2024 | Readers' Choice | Alison Goodman | The Benevolent Society of Ill-Manered Ladies |