The shortlists for the 2011 Ned Kelly Awards have been released. As you will recall, these awards recognise excellence in Australian crime writing - fiction and true crime.
The shortlists are:
True Crime
Geesche Jacobson Abandoned - The Sad Death of Dianne Brimble Allen & Unwin
Ross Honeywill Wasted Penguin
Lindsay Simpson & Jennifer Cooke Honeymoon Dive Macmillan
Best First Fiction
Alan Carter Prime Cut Fremantle Press
David Whish-Wilson Line of Sight Penguin Books
P.M. Newton The Old School Penguin Books
Best Fiction
Angela Savage The Half-Child Text
Geoffrey McGeachin The Diggers Rest Hotel Penguin
Chris Womersley Bereft Scribe Publishing
SD Harvey Short Story
Robert Goodman Southern Hemisphere Blues
A.S. Patric Hemisphere Travel Guides: Las Vegas For Vegans
The awards will be presented on August 31st in Melbourne during the Writers' Festival.
The shortlists are:
True Crime
Geesche Jacobson Abandoned - The Sad Death of Dianne Brimble Allen & Unwin
Ross Honeywill Wasted Penguin
Lindsay Simpson & Jennifer Cooke Honeymoon Dive Macmillan
Best First Fiction
Alan Carter Prime Cut Fremantle Press
David Whish-Wilson Line of Sight Penguin Books
P.M. Newton The Old School Penguin Books
Best Fiction
Angela Savage The Half-Child Text
Geoffrey McGeachin The Diggers Rest Hotel Penguin
Chris Womersley Bereft Scribe Publishing
SD Harvey Short Story
Robert Goodman Southern Hemisphere Blues
A.S. Patric Hemisphere Travel Guides: Las Vegas For Vegans
The awards will be presented on August 31st in Melbourne during the Writers' Festival.
