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Davitt Award

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Country
  
Australia

First awarded
  
2001

Awarded for
  
Excellence in Australian crime fiction, adult and young adult

Presented by
  
Sisters in Crime Australia

Official website
  
http://www.sistersincrime.org.au/node/2

The Davitt Awards (named in honour of Ellen Davitt (1812-1879) who wrote Australia's first mystery novel, Force and Fraud in 1865) are presented annually by the Sisters in Crime Australia association. The awards are presented for Australian crime fiction, by women, for both adults and young adults. They were established in 2001 to mark the 10th anniversary of the association.

Categories

  • Best Adult Novel
  • Best Young Adult Novel
  • True Crime
  • Debut Crime
  • Readers' Choice

    • References

    Davitt Award Wikipedia
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