THE JOHN CREASEY DAGGER
The 'New Blood' Dagger for the best first book by a previously unpublished writers is awarded in memory of crime writer John Creasey (1908-1973), crime writer, creator of The Toff and CWA founder.
The award, previously The John Creasey Memorial Award, was sponsored from its introduction in 1973 till 2002 by publisher Chivers Press; from 2003 it was sponsored by BBC Audiobooks.
The John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger is voted on by past winners.
For more information about the winning books listed below, click the appropriate year.
2011: Before I Go To Sleep (Doubleday) - S.J. Watson
2010: Acts of Violence (Pan Macmillan) - Ryan David Jahn
2009: Echoes From The Dead (Doubleday) - Johan Theorin, translated by Marlaine Delargy
2008: The Bethlehem Murders (Atlantic Books) - Matt Rees
2007: Sharp Objects (Weidenfeld & Nicolson) - Gillian Flynn
2006: Still Life (Hodder Headline) - Louise Penny
2005: Running Hot (Maia Press) - Dreda Say Mitchell
2004: Amagansett (Fourth Estate) - Mark Mills
2003: Mission Flats (Bantam) - William Landay
2002: The Cutting Room (Canongate) - Louise Welsh
2001: The Earthquake Bird (Picador) - Susanna Jones
Earlier Winners
2000: God is a Bullet - Boston Teran
1999: Lie in the Dark - Dan Fesperman
1998: Garnet Hill - Denise Mina
1997: Body Politic - Paul Johnston
1996: no award
1995: One for the Money - Janet Evanovich
1995: A Grave Talent - Laurie R King
1994: Big Town - Doug J Swanson
1993: no award
1992: The Ice House - Minette Walters
1991: Devil in a Blue Dress - Walter Mosley
1990: Postmortem - Patricia Cornwell
1989: A Real Shot in the Arm - Annette Roome
1988: Death's Bright Angel - Janet Neel
1987: Dark Apostle - Denis Kilcommons
1986: Tinplate - Neville Steed
1985: The Latimer Mercy - Robert Richardson
1984: A Very Private Enterprise - Elizabeth Ironside
1983: The Night the Gods Smiled - Eric Wright
1983: The Ariadne Clue - Carol Clemeau
1982: Caroline Miniscule - Andrew Taylor
1981: The Ludi Victor - James Leigh
1980: Dupe - Liza Cody
1979: A Running Duck (US: Fair Game) - Paula Gosling
1978: Saturday of Glory - David Serafin
1977: The Judas Pair - Jonathan Gash
1976: Death of a Thin Skinned Animal - Patrick Alexander
1975: Acid Drop - Sara George
1974: The Big Fix - Roger L Simon
1973: Don't Point That Thing at Me - Kyril Bonfiglioli
