Cartier Diamond Dagger Explained

The CWA Diamond Dagger is an award given by the Crime Writers' Association of the United Kingdom to authors who have made an outstanding lifetime's contribution to the genre.

Winners

• 1986 – Eric Ambler^[1]
• 1987 – P. D. James
• 1988 – John le Carré
• 1989 – Dick Francis
• 1990 – Julian Symons
• 1991 – Ruth Rendell
• 1992 – Leslie Charteris
• 1993 – Ellis Peters
• 1994 – Michael Gilbert
• 1995 – Reginald Hill
• 1996 – H. R. F. Keating
• 1997 – Colin Dexter
• 1998 – Ed McBain
• 1999 – Margaret Yorke
• 2000 – Peter Lovesey
• 2001 – Lionel Davidson
• 2002 – Sara Paretsky
• 2003 – Robert Barnard
• 2004 – Lawrence Block
• 2005 – Ian Rankin
• 2006 – Elmore Leonard
• 2007 – John Harvey
• 2008 – Sue Grafton
• 2009 – Andrew Taylor^[2]
• 2010 – Val McDermid
• 2011 – Lindsey Davis^[3]
• 2012 – Frederick Forsyth
• 2013 – Lee Child^[4]
• 2014 – Simon Brett
• 2015 – Catherine Aird
• 2016 – Peter James
• 2017 – Ann Cleeves
• 2018 – Michael Connelly
• 2019 – Robert Goddard
• 2020 – Martin Edwards^[5]
• 2021 – Martina Cole^[6]
• 2022 – C. J. Sansom
• 2023 – Walter Mosley^[7]
• 2024 - James Lee Burke & Lynda La Plante^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Diamond Dagger award winners . 2013-06-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121203195758/http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/cartier.html . 2012-12-03 .
2. Web site: Andrew Taylor wins the CWA/Cartier Diamond Dagger 2009 . 2013-10-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131107131717/http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2009/cartier.html . 2013-11-07 .
3. News: Allen. Katie. Davis to be awarded Cartier Diamond Dagger Award. 26 January 2011. The Bookseller. 25 January 2011.
4. Web site: Lee Child gets away with major crime writing award . . Alison Flood . 12 February 2013 . 12 February 2013.
5. Web site: The Crime Writers' Association Dagger Awards 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201026220803/https://thecwa.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Dagger-winners-2020-poster.pdf . 2020-10-26 . 2020-10-24. The Crime Writers' Association.
6. Web site: The Crime Writers' Association.
7. Web site: 2023 Dagger Award Winners Announced . 2023-07-10 . The Crime Writers’ Association . en.
8. News: Creamer . Ella . Lynda La Plante and James Lee Burke share Diamond Dagger lifetime award . 17 March 2024 . The Guardian . 23 January 2024.