The Diamond Dagger is an award given by the Crime Writers' Association of the United Kingdom to authors who have made an outstanding lifetime's contribution to the genre.
Winners
- 1986 – Eric Ambler[1]
- 1987 – P. D. James
- 1988 – John le Carré
- 1989 – Dick Francis
- 1990 – Julian Symons
- 1991 – Ruth Rendell
- 1992 – Leslie Charteris
- 1993 – Ellis Peters
- 1994 – Michael Gilbert
- 1995 – Reginald Hill
- 1996 – H. R. F. Keating
- 1997 – Colin Dexter
- 1998 – Ed McBain
- 1999 – Margaret Yorke
- 2000 – Peter Lovesey[1]
- 2001 – Lionel Davidson
- 2002 – Sara Paretsky
- 2003 – Robert Barnard
- 2004 – Lawrence Block
- 2005 – Ian Rankin
- 2006 – Elmore Leonard
- 2007 – John Harvey
- 2008 – Sue Grafton
- 2009 – Andrew Taylor[2]
- 2010 – Val McDermid
- 2011 – Lindsey Davis[3]
- 2012 – Frederick Forsyth
- 2013 – Lee Child[4]
- 2014 – Simon Brett
- 2015 – Catherine Aird
- 2016 – Peter James
- 2017 – Ann Cleeves
- 2018 – Michael Connelly
- 2019 – Robert Goddard
- 2020 – Martin Edwards[5]
References
- ^ a b "Diamond Dagger award winners". Archived from the original on 2012-12-03. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-11-07. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
- ^ Allen, Katie (25 January 2011). "Davis to be awarded Cartier Diamond Dagger Award". The Bookseller. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
- ^ Alison Flood (12 February 2013). "Lee Child gets away with major crime writing award". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
- ^ "The Crime Writers' Association Dagger Awards 2020" (PDF). The Crime Writers' Association. Retrieved 2020-10-24.