The Australian Crime Writers Association is pleased to announce the shortlists for the 2023 Ned Kelly Awards.
You can see our standout selections from the last twelve months in Australian crime writing below, separated out by category.
Shortlist: 2023 Best True Crime
Tiger! Tiger! Tiger!
by Officer A
Death Row at Truro
by Geoff Plunkett
Rattled
by Ellis Gunn
Out of the Ashes
by Megan Norris
Betrayed
by Sandi Logan
Shortlist: 2023 Best International Crime Fiction
(Published in Australia)
The Lemon Man
by Keith Bruton
Paper Cage
by Tom Baragwanath
The Favour
by Nicci French
The Hitchhiker
by Gerwin Van Der Werf
Shortlist: 2023 Best Debut Crime Fiction
Wake
by Shelley Burr
No Country For Girls
by Emma Styles
Dirt Town
by Hayley Scrivenor
How to Kill a Client
by Joanna Jenkins
Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder
by Kerryn Mayne
Black River
by Matthew Spencer
The House of Now and Then
by Jo Dixon
Denizen
by James McKenzie Watson
Shortlist: 2023 Best Crime Fiction
The Soulmate
by Sally Hepworth
Exiles
by Jane Harper
The Carnival is Over
by Greg Woodland
When We Fall
by Aoife Clifford
The Tilt
by Chris Hammer
Seven Sisters
by Katherine Kovacic
Those Who Perish
by Emma Viskic
Lying Beside You
Michael Robotham