The CWA announced six Dagger awards and three Dagger longlists on Thursday evening at their awards ceremony in the Library at One Birdcage Walk in London.

Celebrated crime fiction authors such as Andrea Camilleri, Cath Staincliffe and Steve Mosby won, while Wiley Cash, Alice LaPlante and Simon Lelic have been longlisted twice in the Gold, Ian Fleming Steel and John Creasey categories. Crime fiction legend Frederick Forsyth (right) was awarded the prestigious CWA Diamond Dagger.

Anthony Summers also now has the accolade of the longest stretch of time between two Dagger wins following his 1980 Non-fiction Gold Dagger for Conspiracy.

CWA Chair Peter James declared, “There has been a truly stellar line up of nominees and the judges in all categories had a very tough time selecting the winners. The Crime Writers’ Association Dagger Awards are the longest running literary awards, and the quality of the entries, judges and those attending the ceremony demonstrates just how sought after and prestigious they are. Many crime writers, including such great names as Ian Rankin, Val McDermid, Elmore Leonard and of course tonight, Freddie Forsyth, have held these prizes - and, so far as we know, never yet stabbed anyone with them.  But there's always the first time...”

The Dagger in the Library - Sponsored by Random House

Winner: Steve Mosby

The Non-Fiction Dagger - Sponsored by the ALCS

Winner: The Eleventh Day - Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan, published by Doubleday

Honourable Mention: The Negotiator -Ben Lopez, published by Little, Brown

The Debut Dagger (for unpublished novels) - Sponsored by Orion

Winner: Beached - Sandy Gingras (USA)

The Ellis Peters Historical Dagger

Winner: Icelight - Aly Monroe, published by John Murray

The International Dagger (for translated crime)

Winner: The Potter’s Field - Andrea Camilleri & tr. Stephen Sartarelli, Mantle

The Short Story Dagger

Joint Winner: The Message - Margaret Murphy
From… Murder Squad: Best Eaten Cold and Other Stories - Edited by Martin Edwards, Mystery Press
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Joint Winner: Laptop - Cath Staincliffe
From… Murder Squad: Best Eaten Cold and Other Stories - Edited by Martin Edwards, Mystery Press

DAGGER LONGLISTS

The John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger

The Doll Princess - Tom Benn, Jonathan Cape
Heart-Shaped Bruise - Tanya Byrne, Headline
A Land More Kind than Home - Wiley Cash, Transworld/Bantam
So Much Pretty - Cara Hoffman, Century
Good People - Ewart Hutton, HarperCollins
Turn of Mind - Alice LaPlante, Harvill Secker
The Expats - Chris Pavone, Faber & Faber
What Dies in Summer - Tom Wright, Canongate

The Ian Fleming Steel Dagger

Dare Me – Megan Abbott, Picador
The Shadow Patrol – Alex Berenson, Headline
A Foreign Country – Charles Cumming, HarperCollins

The Fear Index – Robert Harris, Hutchinson
The Dispatcher – Ryan David Jahn, Macmillan
Uncommon Enemy – Alan Judd, Simon & Schuster
The Child Who – Simon Lelic, Mantle
Reamde – Neal Stephenson, Atlantic Books

The Gold Dagger

A Land More Kind than Home - Wiley Cash, Transworld/Bantam
Vengeance in Mind - N. J. Cooper, Simon & Schuster
Grandad, There’s a Head on the Beach - Colin Cotterill, Quercus
The Flight - M. R. Hall, Mantle
The Rage - Gene Kerrigan, Vintage
Turn of Mind - Alice LaPlante, Harvill Secker
The Child Who - Simon Lelic, Mantle
Bereft - Chris Womersley, Quercus