The Australian Crime Writers Association is pleased to announce the longlists for the 2019 Ned Kelly Awards.
You can see our standout selections from the last twelve months in Australian crime writing below, separated out by category.
Longlist: 2019 Best True Crime
Trace
by Rachael Brown
The Arsonist
by Chloe Hooper
Eggshell Skull
by Bri Lee
Southern Justice
by Colin McLaren
Siege
by Deborah Snow
The Prisoner
by Kerry Tucker with Craig Henderson
The Court Reporter
by Jamelle Wells
Waiting for Elijah
by Kate Wild
Longlist: 2019 Best First Fiction
Half Moon Lake
by Kirsten Alexander
The Practice Baby
by LM Ardor
The Portrait of Molly Dean
by Katherine Kovacic
The Yellow House
by Emily O’Grady
Lonely Girl
by Lynne Vincent McCarthy
The Ruin
by Dervla McTiernan
Call Me Evie
by J.P. Pomare
Greenlight
by Benjamin Stevenson
The Nowhere Child
by Christian White
Longlist: 2019 Best Fiction
The Rip
by Mark Brandi
Kill Shot
by Garry Disher
Gone by Midnight
by Candice Fox
The Spotted Dog
by Kerry Greenwood
Scrublands
by Chris Hammer
The Lost Man
by Jane Harper
The Other Wife
by Michael Robotham
Preservation
by Jock Serong
Under Your Wings
by Tiffany Tsao
Live and Let Fry
by Sue Williams
Previous Ned Kelly Award Winners
Best True Crime
Unmaking a Murder: The Mysterious Death of Anna-Jane Cheney (2018)
Graham Archer
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Getting Away With Murder (2017, tie)
Duncan McNab
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The Drowned Man (2017, tie)
Brendan James Murray
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Certain Admissions (2016)
Gideon Haigh
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This House of Grief: The Story of a Murder Trial (2015)
Helen Garner
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