| Davitt Awards | |
| Awarded For: | Excellence in Australian crime fiction, adult and young adult |
| Presenter: | Sisters in Crime Australia |
| Country: | Australia |
| Year: | 2001 |
| Website: | http://www.sistersincrime.org.au/node/2 |
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.[1]
| 2001[2] | Adult Novel | Eye to Eye | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002[3] | Adult Novel | Simple Death | |
| Adult Novel | The Three-Pronged Dagger | ||
| Readers' Choice | Bleeding Hearts | ||
| 2003[4] | Adult Novel | Baby Did a Bad, Bad Thing | |
| Blood Redemption | |||
| Young Adult Novel | Fireworks and Darkness | ||
| Readers' Choice | Skin Deep | ||
| 2004[5] | Adult Novel | Due Preparations for the Plague | |
| Young Adult Novel | Muck-Up Day | ||
| Readers' Choice | Thicker Than Water | ||
| 2005[6] | Adult Novel | Malicious Intent | |
| Young Adult Novel | Devastation Road | ||
| Readers' Choice | Peepshow | ||
| 2006[7] | Adult Novel | ||
| Young Adult Novel | Evil Genius | ||
| Readers' Choice | Heavenly Pleasures | ||
| Rubdown | |||
| 2007[8] | Adult Novel | Undertow | |
| Young Adult Novel | |||
| True Crime | Silent Death: The Killing of Julie Ramage | ||
| Readers' Choice | Devil's Food | ||
| Silent Death: The Killing of Julie Ramage | |||
| 2008[9] | Adult Novel | Frantic | |
| Young Adult Novel | |||
| True Crime | Killing Jodie | ||
| Readers' Choice | Scarlet Stiletto: The First Cut | ||
| 2009[10] | Adult Novel | ||
| Young Adult Novel | Genius Squad | ||
| True Crime | |||
| Readers' Choice |
| 2010[11] | Adult Novel | Sharp Shooter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young Adult Novel | Liar | ||
| True Crime | and Candace Sutton | Ladykiller | |
| Readers' Choice | Forbidden Fruit | ||
| 2011[12] | Adult Novel | Cold Justice | |
| Young Adult Novel | |||
| True Crime | Murderer No More | ||
| Readers' Choice | |||
| 2012[13] | Adult Novel | ||
| Young Adult Novel | Surface Tension | ||
| True Crime | Cold Case Files: Past Crimes Solved by New Forensic Science | ||
| Debut Novel | Beyond Fear | ||
| Readers' Choice | |||
| Beyond Fear | |||
| 2013[14] | Adult Novel | Mad Men, Bad Girls and the Guerilla Knitters Institute | |
| Young Adult Novel | |||
| True Crime | |||
| Debut Novel | Mad Men, Bad Girls and the Guerilla Knitters Institute | ||
| Readers' Choice | Tamam Shud: The Somerton Man Mystery | ||
| 2014[15] | Adult Novel | Dark Horse | |
| Young Adult Novel | |||
| Children's Novel | Spooked! | ||
| True Crime | Night Games: Sex, Power and Sport | ||
| Debut Novel | Hannah Kent | Burial Rites | |
| Readers' Choice | Hannah Kent | Burial Rites | |
| 2015[16] | Adult Novel | Big Little Lies | |
| Young Adult Novel | Every Word | ||
| Children's Novel | Withering-By-Sea | ||
| True Crime | Last Woman Hanged | ||
| Debut Novel | Intruder | ||
| Readers' Choice | Tell Me Why | ||
| 2016[17] | Adult Novel | Resurrection Bay | |
| Young Adult Novel | Risk | ||
| Children's Novel | Friday Barnes, Under Suspicion | ||
| True Crime | Wild Man | ||
| Debut Novel | Resurrection Bay | ||
| Risk | |||
| Readers' Choice | Resurrection Bay | ||
| 2017[18] | Adult Novel | ||
| Young Adult Novel | Frankie | ||
| Children's Novel | Wormwood Mire: A Stella Montgomery Intrigue | ||
| True Crime | Look What You Made Me Do: Fathers Who Kill | ||
| Debut Novel | Ghost Girls | ||
| Readers' Choice | |||
| 2018[19] | Adult Novel | And Fire Came Down | |
| Young Adult Novel | Ballad for a Mad Girl | ||
| Children's Novel | |||
| True Crime | Whiteley on Trial | ||
| Debut Novel | |||
| Readers' Choice | Force of Nature | ||
| 2019[20] | Adult Novel | The Rúin | |
| Young Adult Novel | Small Spaces | ||
| Children's Novel | Wakestone Hall | ||
| True Crime | |||
| Debut Novel | Eggshell Skull | ||
| Readers' Choice |
| 2020[21] | Adult Novel | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Young Adult Novel | Four Dead Queens | ||
| Children's Novel | |||
| True Crime | Banking Bad: Whistleblowers. Corporate cover-ups. One Journalist's Fight for the Truth | ||
| Debut Novel | Eight Lives | ||
| Readers' Choice | |||
| Darkness for Light | |||
| 2021[22] | Adult Novel | ||
| Young Adult Novel | Where We Begin | ||
| Children's Novel | |||
| True Crime | Witness: An Investigation into the Brutal Cost of Seeking Justice | ||
| Debut Novel | Sheerwater | ||
| Readers' Choice | |||
| 2022[23] | Adult Novel | Once There Were Wolves | |
| Young Adult Novel | The Gaps | ||
| Children's Novel | The Detective’s Guide to Ocean Travel | ||
| Non-Fiction | The Winter Road: A story of legacy, land and a killing at Croppa Creek | ||
| Debut | Before You Knew My Name | ||
| Readers' Choice | Before You Knew My Name | ||
| 2023[24] | Adult Novel | Tracey Lien | All That’s Left Unsaid |
| Young Adult Novel | Fleur Ferris | Seven Days | |
| Children's Novel | Charlie Archbold | The Sugarcane Kids and the Red-bottomed Boat | |
| Non-Fiction | Megan Norris | Out of the Ashes | |
| Debut | Hayley Scrivenor | Dirt Town | |
| Readers' Choice | Vikki Petraitis | The Unbelieved |