CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction

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CWA ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction
Awarded forBest non-fiction work on a crime-related theme
Date6 July 2023 (2023-07-06)
Country United Kingdom
Presented by Crime Writers' Association (CWA)
First awarded1978;46 years ago (1978)
Website thecwa.co.uk/awards-and-competitions/the-daggers/alcs-gold-dagger-for-non-fiction/

The CWA ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction also called the ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction is a British literary award established in 1978 by the Crime Writers' Association, who have awarded the CWA Gold Dagger for fiction since 1955. It is sponsored by the Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society, and is open to "any non-fiction work on a crime-related theme by an author of any nationality as long as the book was first published in the UK in English during the judging period." [1] The prize is a cheque for £1,000 (reduced in 2009 from £2,000) [2] and a decorative dagger.

Contents

In 1978 and 1979 only there was also a silver award. From 1995 to 2002 it was sponsored by The Macallan (Scotch whisky brand) and known as The Macallan Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction. In 2008 the award was sponsored by Owatonna Media (a London-based literary brand investor and owner). Between 2006 and 2010 it was awarded every other year, in even-numbered years, but in 2011 it returned as an annual award.

Winners and shortlists

Award winners and shortlists
YearAuthorTitlePublisherResultRef.
1978 Harry Hawkes The Capture of the Black Panther Winner (joint) [3]
1978 Audrey Williamson The Mystery of the PrincesWinner (joint) [3]
1979 Jon Connell and Douglas Sutherland FraudWinner (joint) [3]
1979 Shirley Green RachmanWinner (joint) [3]
1980 Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan ConspiracyWinner [3]
1981 Jacobo Timerman Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number Winner [3]
1982 John Cornwell Earth to EarthWinner [3]
1983 Peter Watson Double Dealer: How Five Art Dealers, Four Policemen, Three Picture Restorers, Two Auction Houses and a Journalist Plotted to Recover Some of the World's Most Beautiful Stolen PaintingsWinner [3]
1984 David Yallop In God's Name Winner [3]
1985 Brian Masters Killing for CompanyWinner [3]
1986 John Bryson Evil AngelsWinner [3]
1987 Bernard Taylor and Stephen Knight Perfect MurderWinner [3]
1988 Bernard Wasserstein The Secret Lives of Trebitsch LincolnWinner [3]
1989 Robert Lindsey A Gathering of Saints: A True Story of Money, Murder and DeceitWinner [3]
1990 Jonathan Goodman The Passing of Starr FaithfullWinner [3]
1991 John Bossy Giordano Bruno and the Embassy AffairWinner [3]
1992 Charles Nicholl The ReckoningWinner [3]
1993 Alexandra Artley Murder in the HeartWinner [3]
1994 David Canter Criminal Shadows: Inside the Mind of the Serial Killer Winner [3]
1995 Martin Beales Dead Not BuriedWinner [3]
1996 Antonia Fraser The Gunpowder Plot: Terror and Faith in 1605 Winner [3]
1997 Paul Britton The Jigsaw Man (The Remarkable Career of Britain's Foremost Criminal Psychologist)Winner [3]
1998 Gitta Sereny Cries Unheard: Why Children Kill - The Story of Mary BellWinner [3]
1999 [lower-alpha 1] Brian Cathcart The Case of Stephen LawrenceVikingWinner [4]
Martin Booth The Dragon SyndicatesDoubledayShortlist [4]
Stuart S. Kind The Sceptical WitnessHodology Ltd.Shortlist [4]
2000 Edward Bunker Mr. Blue: Memoirs of a RenegadeNo Exit PressWinner [5] [6]
Andrew Motion Wainewright the PoisonerFaber and FaberShortlist [6]
Errol Trzebinski The Life and Death of Lord ErrolFourth EstateShortlist [6]
Tony BarnesRichard Elias and Peter Walsh, CockyMilo BooksShortlist [6]
Tony ThompsonBloggs 19Warner BooksShortlist [6]
2001 Philip Etienne and Martin Maynard, with Tony ThompsonThe Infiltrators: the First Inside Account of Life Deep Undercover with Scotland Yard's Most Secret UnitPenguinWinner [7]
Adrian Weale Patriot Traitors: Roger Casement, John Amery and the Real Meaning of TreasonViking PressShortlist [7]
Zacaria Erzinçlioglu Maggots, Murder and Men: Memories and Reflections of a Forensic EntomologistHarley BooksShortlist [7]
2002 Lillian Pizzichini Dead Man's Wages: The Secrets of a London Conman and His FamilyPicadorWinner [8]
Julian Earwaker and Kathleen Becker Scene of the Crime: a Guide to the Landscapes of British Detective FictionJudged to be outside the scope of the award but worthy of commendationAurumSpecial mention [8]
Don Hale , with Marika Huns and Hamish McGregorTown Without Pity: the Fight to Clear Stephen Downing of the Bakewell MurderCenturyShortlist [8]
Miranda Carter Anthony Blunt, His LivesMacmillanShortlist [8]
2003 Samantha Weinberg Pointing from the Grave: a True Story of Murder and DNAHamish HamiltonWinner [9]
Chandak Sengoopta Imprint of the Raj: the Colonial Origin of Fingerprinting and its Voyage to BritainMacmillanShortlist [9]
Donald ThomasAn Underworld at War: Spivs, Deserters, Racketeers and Civilians in the Second World WarJohn MurrayShortlist [9]
Erik Larson The Devil In The White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America DoubledayShortlist [9]
Michael BiltonWicked Beyond Belief: the Hunt for the Yorkshire RipperHarperCollinsShortlist [9]
Peter WalshGang War: the Inside Story of the Manchester GangsMilo BooksShortlist [9]
2004 John Dickie Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian MafiaHodder & StoughtonWinner [10]
Sarah Wise The Italian Boy: Murder and Grave Robbery in 1830s LondonJonathan CapeWinner [10]
Mende Nazer and Damian LewisSlave: The True Story of a Girl's Lost Childhood and her Fight for SurvivalTime WarnerShortlist [10]
Rebecca Gowers The Swamp of Death: A True Tale of Victorian Lies and MurderHamish HamiltonShortlist [10]
Steve Holland The Trials of Hank JansonTelos PublishingShortlist [10]
2005Gregg and Gina HillOn The Run: a Mafia childhoodHutchinsonWinner [11]
Bella Bathurst The Wreckers: A Story of Killing Seas, False Lights, and Plundered Shipwrecks.HarperCollinsShortlist [11]
Eric Jager The Last Duel: A True Story of Crime, Scandal, and Trial by Combat in Medieval France CenturyShortlist [11]
James Owen A Serpent in Eden: The Greatest Murder Mystery of All TimeLittle, BrownShortlist [11]
Sadakat Kadri The Trial: a history from Socrates to O. J. SimpsonHarperCollinsShortlist [11]
2006 Linda Rhodes , Lee Sheldon, and Kathryn AbnetThe Dagenham Murder: The Brutal Killing of PC George Clark, 1846 (The Borough of Barking and Dagenham)Winner [12]
Nuala O'Faolain The Story of Chicago MayMichael JosephShortlist [12]
Sebastian Junger A Death in Belmont Fourth EstateShortlist [12]
Sister Helen Prejean The Death of Innocents: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful ExecutionsCanterbury PressShortlist [12]
Sue WilliamsAnd Then the Darkness: The Fascinating Story of the Disappearance of Peter Falconio and the Trials of Joanne LeesJohn BlakeShortlist [12]
William Queen Under and Alone: The True Story of the Undercover Agent Who Infiltrated America's Most Violent Outlaw Motorcycle GangMainstreamShortlist [12]
2007Not awarded. It was decided that the award was to become a biennial award. [13]
2008 Kester Aspden Nationality: Wog - The Hounding of David OluwaleRandom HouseWinner [14] [15]
David Rose Violation: Justice, Race and Serial Murder in the Deep SouthHarperPressShortlist [14] [15]
Duncan Staff The Lost BoyBantam PressShortlist [14] [15]
Francisco Goldman The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed Bishop GerardiAtlantic BooksShortlist [14] [15]
Kate Summerscale The Suspicions of Mr Whicher The Murder at Road Hill HouseBloomsburyShortlist [14] [15]
Peter Zimonjic Into the Darkness: 7/7Vintage BooksShortlist [14] [15]
2009Not awarded as award had become biennial.
2010 [lower-alpha 2] Ruth Dudley Edwards Aftermath: The Omagh Bombing & the Families' Pursuit of JusticeHarvill SeckerWinner [16]
Alex McBride Defending the GuiltyPenguin / VikingShortlist [16]
David R. Dow Killing TimeHeinemannShortlist [16]
David Cesarani Major Farran's HatHeinemannShortlist [16]
Douglas Preston , with Mario Spezi The Monster of Florence: A True Story Virgin / Random HouseShortlist [16]
Jeff Guinn The True, Untold Story of Bonnie & ClydeSimon & SchusterShortlist [16]
2011 [lower-alpha 3] Douglas Starr The Killer of Little ShepherdsSimon & SchusterWinner [17]
Colin EvansSlaughter on a Snowy MornIcon BooksShortlist [17]
Judith Flanders The Invention of MurderHarperCollinsShortlist [17]
Kate Colquhoun Mr Briggs' HatLittle, BrownShortlist [17]
Michael Capuzzo The Murder RoomMichael JosephShortlist [17]
2012 Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan The Eleventh DayTransworldWinner [18] [19]
Ben Lopez The NegotiatorLittle, BrownHighly commended [18]
David Smith with Carol Ann Lee WitnessMainstreamShortlist [18] [20]
Gavin Knight Hood RatPan MacmillanShortlist [18] [20]
Leaf Fielding To Live Outside the LawSerpent’s TailShortlist [18] [20]
Misha Glenny Dark MarketVintageShortlist [18] [20]
2013 Paul French Midnight in Peking Penguin / VikingWinner [21] [22]
Richard Hoskins The Boy in the River Pan MacmillanHighly commended [21]
Carol Ann Lee A Fine Day for a HangingMainstreamShortlist [21]
Clive Stafford Smith Injustice: Life and Death in the Courtrooms of AmericaRandom HouseShortlist [21]
Diana Souhami Murder at Wrotham HillQuercusShortlist [21]
Mukesh Kapila with Damien Lewis Against a Tide of Evil MainstreamShortlist [21]
2014 Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark The SiegeVikingWinner [23] [24] [25]
Damien Echols Life After Death: Eighteen Years on Death RowAtlantic BooksShortlist [23] [25]
Jeff Guinn MansonSimon & SchusterShortlist [23] [25]
Kate Colqhoun Did She Kill Him?Little, Brown Book GroupShortlist [23] [25]
Paul Lewis and Rob Evans Undercover: The True Story of Britain's Secret Police Faber and FaberShortlist [23] [25]
Samantha Geimer The GirlSimon & SchusterShortlist [23] [25]
2015 Dan Davies In Plain Sight: The Life and Lies of Jimmy SavileQuercusWinner [26] [27]
Ǻsne Seierstad One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in NorwayViragoShortlist
Bryan Stevenson Just Mercy: a story of justice and redemption ScribeShortlist
Iain Overton Gun Baby Gun: A Bloody Journey Into the World of the GunCanongateShortlist
Jill Leovy Ghettoside: Investigating a Homicide EpidemicBodley HeadShortlist
Paul FischerA Kim Jong il ProductionPenguinShortlist
2016Andrew HankinsonYou Could Do Something Amazing With Your Life [You Are Raoul Moat]ScribeWinner [28]
Adam Sisman John le Carré: The Biography BloomsburyShortlist [28]
Luke Harding A Very Expensive PoisonFaber and FaberShortlist [28]
Martin Edwards The Golden Age of Murder HarperCollinsShortlist [28]
Thomas GrantJeremy Hutchinson’s Case HistoriesJohn MurrayShortlist [28]
Wensley Clarkson Sexy Beasts: The Hatton Garden MobQuercusShortlist [28]
2017 Stephen Purvis Close but No Cigar: A True Story of Prison Life in Castro's CubaWeidenfeld & NicolsonWinner [29]
A. T. Williams A Passing Fury: Searching for Justice at the End of World War IIJonathan CapeShortlist [29]
Anja Reich-Osang The Scholl Case: The Deadly End of a MarriageText PublishingShortlist [29]
Gary Younge Another Day in the Death of America Guardian / Faber and FaberShortlist [29]
Kate Summerscale The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child MurdererBloomsburyShortlist [29]
Simon Farquhar A Dangerous PlaceThe History PressShortlist [29]
2018 Thomas Harding Blood on the PageWilliam HeinemannWinner [30] [31]
Alexandria Mariano-Lesnevich The Fact of a BodyMacmillanShortlist [30]
David Grann Killers of the Flower Moon Simon & SchusterShortlist [30]
Laura ThompsonRex v Edith ThompsonHead of ZeusShortlist [30]
Piu Eatwell Black Dahlia Red RoseCoronetShortlist [30]
T. Christian Miller and Ken Armstrong A False Report HutchinsonShortlist [30]
2019 Ben MacIntyre The Spy and the TraitorVikingWinner [32]
Claire Harman Murder by the BookVikingShortlist [32]
Hallie Rubenhold The FiveDoubledayShortlist [32]
Kirk Wallace Johnson The Feather ThiefHutchinsonShortlist [32]
Mikita Brottman An Unexplained DeathCanongateShortlist [32]
Sue BlackAll That RemainsDoubledayShortlist [32]
2020 Casey Cep Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper LeeWilliam HeinemannWinner [33] [34] [35]
Adam Sisman The Professor and the ParsonProfile BooksShortlist [33]
Caroline Goode Honour: Achieving Justice for Banaz MahmodOneworld PublicationsShortlist [33]
Peter Everett Corrupt BodiesIcon BooksShortlist [33]
Sean O'ConnorThe Fatal Passion of Alma RattenburySimon & SchusterShortlist [33]
Susannah Stapleton The Adventures of Maud West, Lady DetectivePicadorShortlist [33]
2021Sue BlackWritten in BoneDoubleday, PenguinWinner [36] [37]
Andrew Harding These Are Not Gentle PeopleMacLehoseShortlist [38]
Becky Cooper We Keep the Dead CloseWilliam Heinemann, PenguinShortlist [38]
Ben MacIntyre Agent SonyaViking, PenguinShortlist [38]
Debora Harding Dancing with the OctopusProfile BooksShortlist [38]
Nick Hayes The Book of TrespassBloomsburyShortlist [38]
2022 Julia Laite The Disappearance of Lydia Harvey: A True Story of Sex, Crime and the Meaning of JusticeProfile BooksWinner [39] [40] [41]
Ben Machell The Unusual SuspectCanongateShortlist [42] [43]
Gwen Adshead The Devil You KnowFaber and FaberShortlist [42] [43]
Julie Kavanagh The Irish AssassinsAtlantic Books; Grove Press UKShortlist [42] [43]
Patrick Radden Keefe Empire of Pain Pan Macmillan; PicadorShortlist [42] [43]
Thomas Morris The Dublin Railway MurderPenguin Random House; Harvill SeckerShortlist [42] [43]
2023 Wendy Joseph Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old BaileyTransworldWinner [44] [45]
Amit Katwala Tremors in the BloodHarperCollinsShortlist [46]
David Whitehouse About a SonOrion Publishing GroupShortlist [46]
Julie Mackay To Hunt a KillerHarperCollinsShortlist [46]
Martin Edwards The Life of CrimeHarperCollinsShortlist [46]
Stephen BatesThe Poisonous SolicitorIcon BooksShortlist [46]
2024 Michael Finkel The Art ThiefSimon & SchusterShortlist [47] [48]
Matt Johnson with John MurrayNo Ordinary DayAd Lib PublishersShortlist [47] [48]
Jennifer McAdam with Douglas ThompsonDevil’s CoinAd Lib PublishersShortlist [47] [48]
Alex Mar Seventy Times SevenBedford Square PublishersShortlist [47] [48]
Jennifer Robinson and Keina YoshidaHow Many More Women?EndeavorShortlist [47] [48]
Nicholas Shakespeare Ian Fleming: The Complete ManVIntageShortlist [47] [48]

Notes

  1. Eligibility: works published in the UK in English between 16 October 1998 and 15 September 1999. It carried a prize of £2,000.
  2. Eligibility: works published between June 1, 2008 and May 31, 2010
  3. Eligibility: works first published in the UK in English between 1 June 2010 and 31 May 2011. The award became an annual fixture once again, but this year the prize fund was halved to £1000.

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