Sisters in Crime have announced the winners of the 2020 Davitt Awards, celebrating the best crime writing by Australian women.

This year’s judging panel included 2018 Scarlet Stiletto winner Philomena Horsley, YA author BecKavanagh, forensic specialist Debbie Stephen, and Sisters in Crime co-convenors Karina Kilmore, Moraig Kisler and Pauline.

Check out the full list of winners and the announcement ceromony below!

Adult crime novel

• The Trespassers (Meg Mundell, UQP)

Debut crime book

• Eight Lives (Susan Hurley, Affirm)

Young Adult crime novel

• Four Dead Queens (Astrid Scholte, A&U)

Children’s crime novel

• The Girl in the Mirror (Jenny Blackford, Christmas Press)

Nonfiction crime book

• Banking Bad: Whistleblowers. Corporate cover-ups. One journalist’s fight for the truth (Adele Ferguson, ABC Books)
• Highly commended: See What You Made Me Do: Power, control and domestic abuse (Jess Hill, Black Inc.)

Readers choice (joint winners)

• The Scholar (Dervla McTiernan, HarperCollins)
• Darkness for Light (Emma Viskic, Echo)