THE CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION
The CWA is the professional body of all crime writers, and this includes not only novelists but also those who write about true crime, from investigative journalism to historical research. In 1978, the CWA instituted the Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction award, and for the two years 1978 and 1979 also awarded the CWA Silver Dagger for Non-Fiction to the runner-up.
Between 1995 and 2002, this award was sponsored by The Macallan and renamed The MACALLAN Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction. In 2008, the award was sponsored by Owatonna Media. Between 2006 and 2010 it was been awarded evey other year, in even-numbered years, but in 2011 it returned as an annual award. It is chosen by a panel of judges with a publishing and / or legal background.
For more information about the winning books listed below, click the appropriate year.
The CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction
2011: The Killer of Little Shepherds (Simon & Schuster) - Douglas Starr
2010: Aftermath: The Omagh Bombing & the Families’ Pursuit of Justice (Harvill Secker) - Ruth Dudley Edwards
2008: Nationality: Wog - The Hounding of David Oluwale (Jonathan Cape) - Kester Aspden
2006: The Dagenham Murder (The Borough of Barking and Dagenham) - Linda Rhodes, Lee Shelden and Kathryn Abnett
2005: On the Run (Hutchinson) - Gregg and Gina Hill
2004 Jointly: Cosa Nostra (Hodder & Stoughton) - John Dickie
The Italian Boy (Jonathan Cape) - Sarah Wise
2003: Pointing from the Grave (Hamish Hamilton) - Samantha Weinberg
The Macallan Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction
2002: Dead Man's Wages (Picador) - Lillian Pizzichini
2001: The Infiltrators (Michael Joseph) - Philip Etienne and Martin Maynard with Tony Thompson
Earlier Winners
2000: Mr Blue - Edward Bunker
1999: The Case of Stephen Lawrence - Brian Cathcart
1998: Cries Unheard - Gitta Sereny
1997: The Jigsaw Man - Paul Britton
1996: The Gunpowder Plot - Antonia Fraser
1995: Dead Not Buried - Martin Beales
The CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction
1994: Criminal Shadows - David Canter
1993: Murder in the Heart - Alexandra Artley
1992: The Reckoning - Charles Nicholl
1991: Giordano Bruno and the Embassy Affair - John Bossy
1990: The Passing of Starr Faithfull - Jonathan Goodman
1989: A Gathering of Saints - Robert Lindsay
1988: The Secret Lives of Trebitsch Lincoln - Bernard Wasserstein
1987: Perfect Murder - Bernard Taylor / Stephen Knight
1986: Evil Angels - John Bryson
1985: Killing for Company - Brian Masters
1984: In God's Name - David Yallop
1983: Double Dealer - Peter Watson
1982: Earth to Earth - John Cornwell
1981: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number - Jacobo Timerman
1980: Conspiracy - Anthony Summers
1979: Rachman - Shirley Green
1978: The Mystery of the Princes -Audrey Williamson
The CWA Silver Dagger for Non-Fiction
1979: Fraud - Jon Connell / Douglas Sutherland
1978: The Capture of the Black Panther - Harry Hawkes