The Crime Writers' Association announed the CWA Dagger Award winners. These award winners were nominated by UK libraries and readers' groups. A panel of librarians determine the winners.
Dagger in the Library: Colin Cotterill
This award is given to a writer of crime fiction "whose work is currently giving the greatest enjoyment to library users."
International Dagger: Fred Vargas and translater Sian Reynolds
Given for the first in the series of Adamsberg novels, The Chalk Circle Man.
Short Story Dagger: Sean Chercover for "One Serving of Bad Luck" from Killer Year, edited by Lee Child
Debut Dagger: Catherine O'Keefe for The Pathologist
Congratulations to all!