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Martina Cole wins CWA Diamond Dagger 2021

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It is almost 30 years after she was dismissed by some as a one-book wonder, now Martina Cole has been awarded the highest honour in British crime writing, the Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Diamond Dagger. Having sold over 17 million books, Cole is Britain’s biggest…
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Michael Connelly wins CWA Diamond Dagger 2018

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Congratulations to Michael Connelly, who has been named as the 2018 winner of the Crime Writers’ Association’s Diamond Dagger, awarded to authors whose crime writing careers have been marked by sustained excellence, and who have made a significant contribution to the genre. The creator of Harry…
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Peter James wins CWA Diamond Dagger 2016

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Congratulations go out to Brighton author Peter James, who has bagged the prestigious Diamond Dagger from the UK’s Crime Writers’ Association for 2016. The award recognises his career producing brilliant crime novels and he is a well-known and well-liked author on the festival scene. James best-loved…
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Simon Brett wins CWA Diamond Dagger for 2014

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Today the Crime Writers’ Association announced that British author Simon Brett will be awarded the 2014 Diamond Dagger Award. His diamond-studded instrument of death will be handed to him (handle first, hopefully) at a gala dinner on 30 June in London by academic Lucy Worsley,…
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Reacher said nothing

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The package we’ve been waiting for has arrived. Inside, an uncorrected proof of Never Go Back, the 18th Jack Reacher novel by Lee Child. Honoured this year with the CWA’s Diamond Dagger Award for his incredibly successful career writing in the genre, it appears as…
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Lee Child wins CWA Diamond Dagger 2013

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The Crime Writers Association has elected Lee Child its Diamond Dagger winner for 2013. The creator of Jack Reacher has won the award for his outstanding body of work, and in 2012 saw A Wanted Man, his 17th Reacher novel published. At the end of…
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Frederick Forsyth wins 2012 Diamond Dagger

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The English thriller author Frederick Forsyth has won this year’s coveted Diamond Dagger, awarded by the Crime Writers’ Association. The writer of numerous war- and espionage-based novels, he’s best known for books such as The Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File and The Dogs…
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