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(CWA) for first books by previously unpublished writers. It is given in memory of CWA founder John Creasey and was previously known as The John Creasey Memorial Award. Publisher Chivers Press was the sponsor from the award's introduction in 1973 to 2002.

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Winners

*1973 –

Kyril Bonfiglioli Kyril Bonfiglioli (born Cyril Emmanuel George Bonfiglioli; 29 May 1928 – 3 March 1985) was an English art-dealer, magazine editor and comic novelist. His eccentric and witty '' Mortdecai'' novels have gained a following since his death. Biograp ...

, ''Don't Point That Thing at Me'' *1974 –

Roger L. Simon Roger Lichtenberg Simon (born November 22, 1943) is an American novelist and screenwriter. He was formerly CEO of PJ Media (formerly known as Pajamas Media) and is now its CEO Emeritus. He is the author of eleven novels, including the Moses Win ...

, ''The Big Fix'' *1975 – Sara George, ''Acid Drop'' *1976 – Patrick Alexander, ''Death of a Thin-Skinned Animal'' *1977 –

Jonathan Gash John Grant (born 1933), professionally known under pen name Jonathan Gash, is a British doctor and writer, best known as the author of the Lovejoy series that was adapted to television by Ian La Frenais He has also written under the name of Grah ...

, '' The Judas Pair'' *1978 –

Paula Gosling Paula Gosling (born October 12, 1939) is a United States-born crime writer. She has lived in the United Kingdom since the 1960s. In 1957, Gosling graduated from Mackenzie High School in Detroit, Michigan. Following her high school career, she ob ...

, ''A Running Duck'' *1979 – David Serafin, ''Saturday of Glory'' *1980 –

Liza Cody Liza Cody (born 11 April 1944, in London) is an English crime fiction writer. She is the author of 13 novels and many short stories. Her Anna Lee series introduced the professional female private detective to British mystery fiction. The entir ...

, ''Dupe'' *1981 – James Leigh, ''The Ludi Victory'' *1982 – Eric Wright, ''The Night the Gods Smiled'' *1983 – Carol Clemeau, ''The Ariadne Clue'' *1984 –

Elizabeth Ironside Lady Catherine Manning is a British writer, who has written five mystery novels under the pseudonym Elizabeth Ironside. Early life Catherine Manning is the daughter of a general practitioner doctor, and grew up in a Northamptonshire village. ...

, ''A Very Private Enterprise'' *1985 – Robert Richards, ''The Latimer Mercy'' *1986 –

Neville Steed Neville may refer to: Places *Neville, New South Wales, Australia *Neville, Saskatchewan, Canada *Néville, in the Seine-Maritime department, France *Néville-sur-Mer, in the Manche department, France *Neville, Ohio, USA *Neville Township, Penns ...

, ''Tinplate'' *1987 – Denis Kilcommons, ''Dark Apostle'' *1988 – Janet Neel, ''Death's Bright Angel'' *1989 – Annette Roome, ''A Real Shot in the Arm'' *1990 –

Patricia Cornwell Patricia Cornwell (born Patricia Carroll Daniels; June 9, 1956) is an American crime writer. She is known for her best-selling novels featuring medical examiner Kay Scarpetta, of which the first was inspired by a series of sensational murders in ...

, ''Postmortem'' *1991 – Walter Mosley, ''

Devil in a Blue Dress ''Devil in a Blue Dress'' is a 1990 hardboiled mystery novel by Walter Mosley, his first published book. The text centers on the main character, Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins, and his transformation from a day laborer into a detective. Plot Set ...

'' *1992 – Minette Walters, '' The Ice House'' *1993 – no award *1994 – Doug J. Swanson, ''Big Town'' *1995 –

Janet Evanovich Janet Evanovich (née Schneider; April 22, 1943) is an American writer. She began her career writing short contemporary romance novels under the pen name Steffie Hall, but gained fame authoring a series of contemporary mysteries featuring Steph ...

, '' One for the Money'';

Laurie R. King Laurie R. King (born September 19, 1952) is an American author best known for her detective fiction. Life and career Born in Oakland, California, King earned a degree in comparative religion from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1977 ...

, ''A Grave Talent'' *1996 – no award *1997 – Paul Johnston, ''Body Politic'' *1998 – Denise Mina, ''Garnethill'' *1999 – Dan Fesperman, ''Lie in the Dark'' *2000 – Boston Teran, ''God Is a Bullet'' *2001 –

Susanna Jones Susanna Jones (born 1967) is a British writer. Her debut novel, '' The Earthquake Bird'' won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize a Betty Trask Award and the Crime Writers' Association John Creasy Dagger. Biography Born in Hull, Jones spent her chi ...

, ''

The Earthquake Bird ''The Earthquake Bird'' is the debut novel by British author Susanna Jones published in 2001. It won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, a Betty Trask Award, and the Crime Writers' Association John Creasy Dagger. The novel was later adapted by Wash ...

'' *2002 –

Louise Welsh Louise Welsh (born 1 February 1965 in London) is an English-born author of short stories and psychological thrillers, resident in Glasgow, Scotland. She has also written three plays, an opera, edited volumes of prose and poetry, and contributed ...

, ''

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'' *2003 – William Landay, ''Mission Flats'' *2004 – Mark Mills, '' Amagansett'' *2005 – Dreda Say Mitchell, ''Running Hot'' *2006 –

Louise Penny Louise Penny is a Canadian author of mystery novels set in the Canadian province of Quebec centred on the work of francophone Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec. Penny's first career was as a radio broadcaster for the Can ...

, ''Still Life'' *2007 –

Gillian Flynn Gillian Schieber Flynn (; born February 24, 1971) is an American author, screenwriter, and producer. She is known for writing the thriller and mystery novels, '' Sharp Objects'' (2006), '' Dark Places'' (2009), and '' Gone Girl'' (2012), which ar ...

, ''Sharp Objects'' *2008 –

Matt Rees Matthew Beynon Rees is a Welsh novelist and journalist. He is the author of The Palestine Quartet, a series of crime novels about Omar Yussef, a Palestinian sleuth, and of historical novels and thrillers. He is the winner of a Crime Writers Ass ...

, ''The Bethlehem Murders'' *2009 –

Johan Theorin Johan Theorin (born in 1963 Gothenburg) is a Swedish journalist and author. Throughout his life, Johan Theorin has been a regular visitor to the island of Öland in the Baltic sea. His mother’s family—sailors, fishermen and stone cutters—ha ...

, ''Echoes from the Dead'' *2010 –

Ryan David Jahn Ryan David Jahn (born 1979) is an American novelist and screenwriter. Biography Born in Arizona, Jahn spent much of his youth moving between his father's apartment in Austin, Texas, and his mother's various rentals in and around Los Angeles, Cal ...

, ''Acts of Violence'' *2011 –

S. J. Watson Steve "S. J." Watson (born 1971)

, ''

Before I Go to Sleep ''Before I Go to Sleep'' is the first novel by S. J. Watson published in Spring 2011. It became both a ''Sunday Times'' and ''The New York Times'' bestseller and has been translated into over 40 languages, and has become a bestseller in Franc ...

'' *2012 –

Wiley Cash Wiley Cash (born September 7, 1977) is a ''New York Times'' best-selling novelist from North Carolina. He is the author of three novels, ''A Land More Kind Than Home'', ''This Dark Road to Mercy'', and ''The Last Ballad''. His work has won nu ...

, ''A Land More Kind than Home'' *2013 –

Derek B. Miller Derek B. Miller is an American novelist and international affairs specialist. Early life and education Miller was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and grew up in Wellesley. Miller's family emigrated from Eastern Europe to Massachusetts in the la ...

, ''Norwegian by Night'' *2014 –

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, ''The Axeman's Jazz'' *2015 – Smith Henderson, ''Fourth of July'' *2016 –

Bill Beverly William Beverly (born 1965) is an American crime writer, author of the 2016 novel ''Dodgers'', winner of the Gold Dagger, an award given by the Crime Writers' Association for the best crime novel of the year. In 2017 ''Dodgers'' won the Los Ange ...

, ''Dodgers'' *2017 –

Chris Whitaker Chris Whitaker (born 19 October 1974) is an Australian professional rugby union coach and former international player. he is head coach of the Sydney Rays in Australia's National Rugby Championship, and the interim head coach of Super Rugby si ...

, ''Tall Oaks'' *2018 – Melissa Scrivner Love, ''Lola'' *2019 – Chris Hammer, ''

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'' *2020 –

Trevor Wood Trevor John Wood (born 3 November 1968) is a former Northern Ireland international football goalkeeper. He played 130 league games in the English Football League, 100 league games in the League of Ireland, and won one cap for Northern Ireland i ...

, ''The Man on the Street'' *2021 – Eva Björg Ægisdóttir, ''The Creak on the Stairs''Eva Björg Ægisdóttir has WON the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger for her chilling The Creak on the Stairs, beautifully translated by Victoria Cribb
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External links

Crime Writers' Association website

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