CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction (The Crime Writer's Association Dagger Awards)

The Crime Writer's Association Dagger Awards

The CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction is a British literary award established in 1978 by the Crime Writers' Association, who have awarded the Gold Dagger fiction award since 1955. In 1978 and 1979 only there was also a silver award. From 1995 to 2002 it was sponsored by The Macallan and known as The Macallan Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction. In 2008 the award was sponsored by Owatonna Media. Between 2006 and 2010 it was awarded every other year, in even-numbered years, but in 2011 it returned as an annual award.. The prize is now a cheque for Â£1,000 and a decorative dagger.

Date Established : 1978

Check all the winners of CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction presented under The Crime Writer's Association Dagger Awards since 1978 .

Ruth Dudley Edwards

Honored for : Aftermath: The Omagh Bombings and the Families' Pursuit of Justice

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Ruth Dudley Edwards	Aftermath: The Omagh Bombings and the Families' Pursuit of Justice
David Cesarani	Major Farran\u2019s Hat
Jeff Guinn	Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde
David R. Dow	Killing Time
Douglas Preston	The Monster of Florence: A True Story
Mario Spezi	The Monster of Florence: A True Story
Alex McBride	Defending the Guilty

Kester Aspden

Honored for : Nationality: Wog - The Hounding of David Oluwale

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Kester Aspden	Nationality: Wog - The Hounding of David Oluwale
Francisco Goldman	The Art of Political Murder
David Rose	Violation
Kate Summerscale	The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective

Linda Rhodes, Lee Shelden, Kathryn Abnett

Honored for : The Dagenham Murder: The Brutal Killing of PC George Clark, 1846

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Linda Rhodes	The Dagenham Murder: The Brutal Killing of PC George Clark, 1846
Lee Shelden	The Dagenham Murder: The Brutal Killing of PC George Clark, 1846
Kathryn Abnett	The Dagenham Murder: The Brutal Killing of PC George Clark, 1846
Sebastian Junger	A Death in Belmont
Nuala O'Faolain	The story of Chicago May
Helen Prejean	The Death of Innocents
William Queen	Under and Alone
Sue Williams

Gregg Hill, Gina Hill

Honored for : On The Run: a Mafia childhood

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Gregg Hill	On The Run: a Mafia childhood
Gina Hill	On The Run: a Mafia childhood
Bella Bathurst	The Wreckers
Eric Jager	The Last Duel
Sadakat Kadri	The Trial: A History, from Socrates to O. J. Simpson
James Owen	Serpent in Eden

John Dickie

Honored for : Cosa Nostra

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
John Dickie	Cosa Nostra
Sarah Wise	The Italian Boy
Rebecca Gowers	Swamp of Death, The
Mende Nazer	Slave
Damien Lewis	Slave

Sarah Wise

Honored for : The Italian Boy

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
John Dickie	Cosa Nostra
Sarah Wise	The Italian Boy
Rebecca Gowers	Swamp of Death, The
Mende Nazer	Slave
Damien Lewis	Slave

Samantha Weinberg

Honored for : Pointing from the grave

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Samantha Weinberg	Pointing from the grave
Michael Bilton	Wicked Beyond Belief
Erik Larson	The Devil in the White City

Lillian Pizzichini

Honored for : Dead Man's Wages: the secrets of a London conman and his family (Life of conman Charlie Taylor, the author's grandfather)

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Lillian Pizzichini	Dead Man's Wages: the secrets of a London conman and his family (Life of conman Charlie Taylor, the author's grandfather)
Miranda Carter	Anthony Blunt: His Lives