Press Release
The Crime Writers’ Association is
delighted to announce that the 2014 Diamond Dagger will be awarded to Simon
Brett.
The Diamond Dagger is voted for by members of the CWA
and celebrates an author with an outstanding body of work in crime fiction.
Past winners include Val McDermid, Ian Rankin, Frederick Forsyth and Elmore
Leonard. In 2013 the award went to Lee Child.
The diamond-studded Dagger will be awarded to Simon Brett at a gala
dinner on the 30th June in London hosted by Lucy Worsley, who
recently explored the phenomenon of our fascination with murder in the BBC
television series ‘A very British Murder’
Chair of the CWA, Alison Joseph said: ‘'I am delighted that the
CWA Diamond Dagger for 2014 is to be awarded to Simon Brett. He is a
writer of great wit and integrity, and his success over the years has been very
well deserved. The Diamond Dagger is awarded not only for a writer's work but
also for their contribution to the genre, and Simon has always been a stalwart
supporter of his fellow writers. I am sure I am not alone in feeling that it is
entirely appropriate and merited that Simon should be receiving this award.'
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