The shortlists for the 2010 Ned Kelly Awards have now been announced. These awards honor the best Australian writing within the crime genre during the previous year. They are presented by the Crime Writers Association of Australia.
True Crime
Peter Doyle, Crooks Like Us, Historic Houses Trust
Kathy Marks, Pitcairn: Paradise Lost, Harper Collins
Robert M.Kaplan, Medical Murder, Allen & Unwin
Best First Fiction
Andrew Croome, Document Z, Allen & Unwin
Mark Dapin, King of the Cross, Macmillan
Robin Adair, Death and the Running Patterer, Penguin
Best Fiction
Lenny Bartulin, The Black Russian, Scribe Publications
Michael Robotham, Bleed For Me, Hatchette
Garry Disher, Wyatt, Text
SH Harvey Short Story Award
Lucy Sussex, "The Fountain of Justice"
Zane Lovitt, "Leaving the Fountainhead"
Robert Goodman, "The Travertine Fountain"
Lifetime Achievement
The winners will be announced on Friday September 3rd during the Melbourne Writers Festival.
