The winners of the 2010 Ned Kelly Awards were announced during the recent Melbourne Writers Festival. These awards honour the best Australian writing within the crime genre during the previous year. They are presented by the Crime Writers Association of Australia.
The winners were:
True Crime
Kathy Marks, Pitcairn: Paradise Lost, Harper Collins
Best First Fiction
Mark Dapin, King of the Cross, Macmillan
Best Fiction
Garry Disher, Wyatt, Text
SH Harvey Short Story Award
Zane Lovitt, "Leaving the Fountainhead"
Lifetime Achievement
