Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy datesThe Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence, formerly known as the Arthur Ellis Awards, are a group of Canadian literary awards, presented annually by the Crime Writers of Canada for the best Canadian crime and mystery writing published in the previous year. The award is presented during May in the year following publication.

Originally, the awards were named for Arthur Ellis, the pseudonym of several of Canada's official hangmen, the first and most famous being Arthur B. English. The award statuette was designed by actor and theatre designer Peter Blais.<ref name="murdochwright"/>

In 2021 the Crime Writers of Canada announced that they were retiring Arthur Ellis's name from the awards, renaming them to their current name.<ref name="qiao">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Best Novel

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Best Novel Award winners

Year	Author	Title	Ref.
1984	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	<ref name="murdochwright">"Crime Writers of Canada honors Murdoch, Wright". The Globe and Mail, May 25, 1984.</ref>
1985	Template:Sortname	Murder Sees the Light	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1986	Template:Sortname	Death in the Old Country	<ref name="wrightsiggins">"Crime writers honor two authors". Toronto Star, May 7, 1986.</ref>
1987	Template:Sortname	Buried on Sunday	<ref name="phillips">"Montreal novelist Phillips wins crime writers' prize". Montreal Gazette, May 26, 1987.</ref>
1988	Template:Sortname	Swann	<ref name="shields">"Crime writers honor their own". The Globe and Mail, May 20, 1988.</ref>
1989	Template:Sortname	Jack	<ref name="scott">"Crime writer's prize slips from his grasp". The Globe and Mail, May 19, 1989.</ref>
1990	Template:Sortname	Hot Shots	<ref name="hotshots">"B.C. author wins prize for best crime novel". Vancouver Sun, May 25, 1990.</ref>
1991	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	<ref name="chilling">"'Chilling' novel captures top crime writers award". Waterloo Region Record, May 27, 1991.</ref>
1992	Template:Sortname	Past Reason Hated	<ref name="deserts">"Crime writers get just deserts". The Globe and Mail, June 4, 1992.</ref>
1993	Template:Sortname	Lizardskin	<ref name="pays">"Sometimes, crime pays". The Globe and Mail, May 20, 1993.</ref>
1994	Template:Sortname	Gypsy Sins	<ref name=":1">Template:Cite book</ref>
1995	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	<ref name="colderdeath">"Bowen wins Ellis prize for latest novel: Fourth in Kilbourn mystery series brings Prairie crime writer $500 and trophy". The Globe and Mail, June 1, 1995.</ref>
1996	Template:Sortname	Mother Love	<ref name="motherlove">"Wright wins book award". The Globe and Mail, May 30, 1996.</ref>
1997	Template:Sortname	Innocent Graves	<ref>"Toronto writer gets award for mystery". Waterloo Region Record, May 29, 1997.</ref>
1998	Template:Sortname	Trial of Passion	<ref name="trialofpassion">"Deverell wins top crime-writing prize for Trial of Passion". The Globe and Mail, May 22, 1998.</ref>
1999	Template:Sortname	Old Wounds	<ref name="oldwounds">"Crime does pay for novelists". Ottawa Citizen, May 28, 1999.</ref>
2000	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	<ref name="procuta">Procuta, Egle. "Novel about former judge wins crime prize". The Globe and Mail, May 25, 2000.</ref>
2001	Template:Sortname	Cold Is the Grave	<ref name="coldgrave">"Arthur Ellis Awards to Robinson, Wright". The Globe and Mail, May 25, 2001.</ref>
2002	Template:Sortname	In the Midnight Hour	<ref name="spring">"Crime and mystery writers get Ellis awards". Guelph Mercury, June 14, 2002.</ref>
2003	Template:Sortname	Blood of Others	<ref name="mofinanichol">"James Nichol wins Arthur Ellis award for first crime novel: 20th anniversary of awards for crime novels". Moose Jaw Times-Herald, June 5, 2003.</ref>
2004	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	<ref name="hellsangels">"Book on Hells Angels takes prize". Brantford Expositor, June 12, 2004.</ref>
2005	Template:Sortname	Fifth Son	<ref name="fifthson">"Ottawa psychologist wins award for best Canadian crime novel". Alberni Valley Times, June 10, 2005.</ref>
2006	Template:Sortname	April Fool	<ref name=":4">Template:Cite news</ref>
2007	Template:Sortname	Honour Among Men	<ref name="aea2007">Goldberg, Brianna. "Cheesy mystery wins novel prize. Calgary Herald, June 8, 2007.</ref>
2008	Template:Sortname	Trumpets Sound No More	<ref name="aea2008">"Jon Redfern wins second Arthur Ellis Award for historical crime novel". Prince George Citizen, June 7, 2008.</ref>
2009	Template:Sortname	Too Close to Home	<ref name="aea2009">"Canada's crime writers announce winners of 2009 Arthur Ellis Awards". Canadian Press, June 5, 2009</ref>
2010	Template:Sortname	High Chicago	<ref name="aea2010">"Shrier wins Ellis Award for crime, mystery writing". Ottawa Citizen, May 28, 2010.</ref>
2011	Template:Sortname	Bury Your Dead	<ref name="aea2011">"Penny, Cameron win Arthur Ellis Awards". The Globe and Mail, June 4, 2011.</ref>
2012	Template:Sortname	Before the Poison	<ref name=":5">Template:Cite news</ref>
2013	Template:Sortname	Until the Night	<ref name="blunt">"Giles Blunt, Steve Lillebuen take home Arthur Ellis Awards for crime writing". Canadian Press, May 31, 2013.</ref>
2014	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	<ref name="bronte">"Bronte author wins crime writing award". Hamilton Spectator, June 14, 2014.</ref>
2015	Template:Sortname	Plague: Murder Has a New Friend	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2016	Template:Sortname	Open Season	<ref name=":2">Template:Cite news</ref>
2017	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2018	Template:Sortname	Sleeping in the Ground	<ref name=":3">Template:Cite news</ref>
2019	Template:Sortname	Though the Heavens Fall	<ref name="emery">Template:Cite news</ref>
2020	Template:Sortname	Greenwood	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2021	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	<ref name="qiao" />
2022	Template:Sortname	Under an Outlaw Moon	<ref name=":0">Template:Cite news</ref>
2023	Anthony Bidulka	Going to Beautiful	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2024	Loreth Anne White	The Maid's Diary

Best First Novel

Best First Novel Award winners

Year	Author	Title	Ref.
1987	Template:Sortname	Murder on the Run	<ref name="phillips" />
1988	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	<ref name="shields" />
1989	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	<ref name="scott" />
1990	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	<ref name=":1" />
1991	Template:Sortname	Sniper's Moon	<ref name="chilling" />
1992	Template:Sortname	Flesh Wound	<ref name="deserts" />
1993	Template:Sortname	Passion Play	<ref name="pays" />
1994	Template:Sortname	Memory Trace	<ref name="valross">Val Ross, "Atwood, Findley win literary awards". The Globe and Mail, June 2, 1994.</ref>
1995	Template:Sortname	What's A Girl Gotta Do?	<ref name="colderdeath" />
1996	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	<ref name="motherlove" />
	Template:Sortname	Moonlit Days and Nights	<ref name="motherlove" />
1997	Template:Sortname	Death At Buckingham Palace	<ref>Morley Walker, "The art of crime". Winnipeg Free Press, January 13, 2007.</ref>
1998	Template:Sortname	Déja Dead	<ref name="trialofpassion" />
1999	Template:Sortname	Sudden Blow	<ref name="oldwounds" />
2000	Template:Sortname	Lost Girls	<ref name="procuta" />
2001	Template:Sortname	Hands Like Clouds	<ref name="coldgrave" />
2002	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	<ref name="spring" />
2003	Template:Sortname	Midnight Cab	<ref name="mofinanichol" />
2004	Template:Sortname	Just Murder	<ref name="hellsangels" />
2005	Template:Sortname	Dark Places	<ref name="fifthson" />
2006	Template:Sortname	Still Life	<ref name=":4" />
2007	Template:Sortname	Sign of the Cross	<ref name="aea2007" />
2008	Template:Sortname	Garcia's Heart	<ref name="aea2008" />
2009	Template:Sortname	Buffalo Jump	<ref name="aea2009" />
2010	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	<ref name="aea2010" />
2011	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	<ref name="aea2011" />
2012	Template:Sortname	Water Rat of Wanchai	<ref name=":5" />
2013	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	<ref name="blunt" />
2014	Template:Sortname	Bait	<ref name="bronte" />
2015	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	<ref name="humpreys" />
2016	Template:Sortname	Unquiet Dead	<ref name=":2" />
2017	Template:Sortname	Strange Things Done	<ref name="morrissey" />
2018	Template:Sortname	Full Curl	<ref name=":3" />
2019	Template:Sortname	Cobra Clutch	<ref name="emery" />
2020	Template:Sortname	Nobody Move	<ref name="christie" />
2021	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	<ref name="qiao" />
2022	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	<ref name=":0" />
2023	Sam Shelstad	Citizens of Light	<ref name=":6" />
2024	Amanda Peters	The Berry Pickers

Best Novella

Best Novella Award winners

Year	Author	Title	Ref.
2013	Template:Sortname	Contingency Plan	<ref name="blunt" />
2014	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	<ref name="bronte" />
2015	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	<ref name="humpreys" />
2016	Template:Sortname	Black Canyon	<ref name=":2" />
2017	Template:Sortname	Rundown	<ref name="morrissey" />
2018	Template:Sortname	How Lon Pruitt Was Found Murdered in an Open Field with No Footprints Around	<ref name=":3" />
2019	Template:Sortname	Murder Among the Pines	<ref name="emery" />
2020	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	<ref name="christie" />
2021	Template:Sortname	Never Going Back	<ref name="qiao" />
2022	Template:Sortname	Letters from Johnny	<ref name=":0" />

Best Crime Book in French

Best Crime Book in French Award winners

Year	Author	Title	Ref.
2000	Template:Sortname	Louna	<ref name="procuta" />
2001	Template:Sortname	Le roman policier en Amérique française	<ref name="coldgrave" />
2002	Template:Sortname	Fleur invitait au troisième	<ref name="spring" />
2003	Template:Sortname	Le rouge ideal	<ref name="mofinanichol" />
2004	Template:Sortname	On finit toujours par payer	<ref name="hellsangels" />
2005	Template:Sortname	Les douze pierres	<ref name="fifthson" />
2006	Template:Sortname	Motel Riviera	<ref name=":4" />
2007	No award presented		<ref name="aea2007" />
2008	Template:Sortname	Tsiganes	<ref name="aea2008" />
2009	Template:Sortname	Le Chemin des brumes	<ref name="aea2009" />
2010	Template:Sortname	Le mort du chemin des Arsene	<ref name="aea2010" />
2011	Template:Sortname	Dans le quartier des agités	<ref name="aea2011" />
2012	Template:Sortname	La chorale du diable	<ref name=":5" />
2013	Template:Sortname	La Nuit des albinos: Sur les traces de Max O'Brien	<ref name="blunt" />
2014	Template:Sortname	L’enfant promis	<ref name="bronte" />
2015	Template:Sortname	Bondrée	<ref name="humpreys" />
2016	Template:Sortname	L'Affaire Myosotis	<ref name=":2" />
2017	Template:Sortname	Red Light: Adieu, Mignonne	<ref name="morrissey" />
2018	Template:Sortname	Les Tricoteuses	<ref name=":3" />
2019	Template:Sortname	Adolphus – Une enquête de Joseph Laflamme	<ref name="emery" />
2020	Template:Sortname	Tempêtes	<ref name="christie" />
2021	Template:Sortname	La mariée de corail	<ref name="qiao" />
2022	Template:Sortname	Flots	<ref name=":0" />

Best Juvenile or Young Adult Crime Book

Best Juvenile or Young Adult Crime Book Award winners

Year	Author	Title	Ref.
1994	Template:Sortname	Abalone Summer	<ref name="valross" />
1995	Template:Sortname	Torn Away	<ref name="colderdeath" />
1996	Template:Sortname	Mistaken Identity	<ref name="motherlove" />
1997	Template:Sortname	How Can a Frozen Detective Stay Hot on the Trail?
1998	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	<ref name="trialofpassion" />
1999	Template:Sortname	Sins of the Father	<ref name="oldwounds" />
2000	Template:Sortname	How Can a Brilliant Detective Shine in the Dark?	<ref name="procuta" />
2001	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	<ref name="coldgrave" />
2002	Template:Sortname	Scared to Death	<ref name="spring" />
2003	Template:Sortname	Break and Enter	<ref name="mofinanichol" />
2004	Template:Sortname	Acceleration	<ref name="hellsangels" />
2005	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	<ref name="fifthson" />
2006	Template:Sortname	Quid Pro Quo	<ref name=":4" />
2007	Template:Sortname	Hamish X and the Cheese Pirates	<ref name="aea2007" />
2008	Template:Sortname	Eye of the Crow	<ref name="aea2008" />
2009	Template:Sortname	War Brothers	<ref name="aea2009" />
2010	Template:Sortname	Haunted	<ref name="aea2010" />
2011	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	<ref name="aea2011" />
2012	Template:Sortname	Blink & Caution	<ref name=":5" />
2013	Template:Sortname	Becoming Holmes	<ref name="blunt" />
2014	Template:Sortname	Bones Never Lie	<ref name="bronte" />
2015	Template:Sortname	Dead Man's Switch	<ref name="humpreys" />
2016	Template:Sortname	Trouble Is a Friend of Mine	<ref name=":2" />
2017	Template:Sortname	Masterminds	<ref name="morrissey" />
2018	Template:Sortname	Chase: Get Ready to Run	<ref name=":3" />
2019	Template:Sortname	Escape	<ref name="emery" />
2020	Template:Sortname	Keep This to Yourself	<ref name="christie" />
2021	Template:Sortname	Red Fox Road	<ref name="qiao" />
2022	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	<ref name=":0" />
2023	Jo Treggiari	Heartbreak Homes	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2024	Cherie Dimaline	Funeral Songs for Dying Girls	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Best Crime Nonfiction

Best Crime Nonfiction Award winners

Year	Author	Title	Ref.
1985	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort
1986	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	<ref name="wrightsiggins" />
1987	Template:Sortname	Hunting Humans	<ref name="phillips" />
1988	Template:Sortname	Stung	<ref name="shields" />
1989	Template:Sortname	Conspiracy of Brothers	<ref name="scott" />
1990	Template:Sortname	Conspiracy of Silence	<ref name="hotshots" />
1991	Template:Sortname	Ginger: The Life and Death of Albert Goodwin	<ref name="chilling" />
1992	Template:Sortname	Arms and the Man	<ref name="deserts" />
1993	Template:Sortname	Redrum the Innocent	<ref name="pays" />
1994	Template:Sortname	With Malice Aforethought	<ref name="valross" />
1995	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	<ref name="colderdeath" />
1996	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	<ref name="motherlove" />
1997	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	<ref>"Montrealer wins Arthur Ellis prize for crime-writing". Montreal Gazette, May 31, 1997.</ref>
1998	Template:Sortname	When She Was Bad	<ref name="trialofpassion" />
1999	Template:Sortname	No Claim to Mercy	<ref name="oldwounds" />
2000	Template:Sortname	Cowboys and Indians	<ref name="procuta" />
2001	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	<ref name="coldgrave" />
2002	Template:Sortname and Harvey Cashore	Template:Sort	<ref name="spring" />
2002	Template:Sortname	Saboteurs	<ref name="spring" />
2003	Template:Sortname	Covert Entry	<ref name="mofinanichol" />
2004	Template:Sortname and William Marsden	Template:Sort	<ref name="hellsangels" />
2005	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	<ref name="fifthson" />
2006	Template:Sortname	Under the Bridge	<ref name=":4" />
2007	Template:Sortname	High	<ref name="aea2007" />
2008	Template:Sortname	One Child at a Time	<ref name="aea2008" />
2009	Template:Sortname and Craig Silverman	Mafiaboy	<ref name="aea2009" />
2010	Template:Sortname	Murder Without Borders	<ref name="aea2010" />
2011	Template:Sortname	On the Farm	<ref name="aea2011" />
2012	Template:Sortname	Hot Art	<ref name=":5" />
2013	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	<ref name="blunt" />
2014	No award presented		<ref name="bronte" />
2015	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	<ref name="humpreys" />
2016	Template:Sortname	Empire of Deception: The Incredible Story of a Master Swindler Who Seduced a City and Captivated the Nation	<ref name=":2" />
2017	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	<ref name="morrissey" />
2018	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	<ref name=":3" />
2019	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	<ref name="emery" />
2020	Template:Sortname	Murdered Midas: A Millionaire, His Gold Mine, and a Strange Death on an Island Paradise	<ref name="christie" />
2021	Template:Sortname	Missing from the Village	<ref name="qiao" />
2022	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	<ref name=":0" />

Best Crime Short Story

Best Crime Short Story Award winners

Year	Author	Story	Publication	Ref.
1988	Template:Sortname	Looking for an Honest Man	Cold Blood: Murder in Canada	<ref name="shields" />
1989	Template:Sortname	Killer in the House	Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, December 1988	<ref name="scott" />
1990	Template:Sortname	Humbug	Template:Sort	<ref name="hotshots" />
1991	Template:Sortname	Innocence	Cold Blood III	<ref name="chilling" />
1992	Template:Sortname	Two in the Bush	Christmas Stalkings	<ref name="deserts" />
1993	Template:Sortname	Mantrap	Murder, Mayhem, and the Macabre	<ref name="pays" />
1994	Template:Sortname	Just Like Old Times	On Spec, Summer 1993	<ref name="valross" />
1995	Template:Sortname	The Midnight Boat to Palermo	Cold Blood IV	<ref name="colderdeath" />
1996	Template:Sortname	Cotton Armour	Ladies Killing Circle	<ref name="motherlove" />
1997	Template:Sortname	Dead Run	Story Teller, Winter 1996–97
1998	Template:Sortname	Widow's Weeds	Cottage Country Killers	<ref name="trialofpassion" />
1999	Template:Sortname	Last Inning	Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, February 1998	<ref name="oldwounds" />
2000	Template:Sortname	One More Kill	Blue Murder Magazine, December 1999	<ref name="procuta" />
2001	Template:Sortname	Murder in Utopia	Crime Through Time III	<ref name="coldgrave" />
2002	Template:Sortname	Sign of the Times	Fit to Die	<ref name="spring" />
2003	Template:Sortname	Bottom Walker	Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May 2002	<ref name="mofinanichol" />
2004	Template:Sortname	Dead Wood	Hard Boiled Love	<ref name="hellsangels" />
2005	Template:Sortname	Crocodile Tears	Revenge: A Noir Anthology	<ref name="fifthson" />
2006	Template:Sortname	Lightning Rider	Murder in Vegas	<ref name=":4" />
2007	Template:Sortname	Fuzzy Wuzzy	Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, August 2006	<ref name="aea2007" />
2008	Template:Sortname	Turners	Kingston Whig-Standard, July 7, 2007	<ref name="aea2008" />
2009	Template:Sortname	Filmsong	Toronto Noir	<ref name="aea2009" />
2010	Template:Sortname	Prisoner in Paradise	Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine	<ref name="aea2010" />
2011	Template:Sortname	So Much in Common	Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine	<ref name="aea2011" />
2012	Template:Sortname	What Kelly Did		<ref name=":5" />
2013	Template:Sortname	Spring-blade Knife	Floating Like The Dead	<ref name="blunt" />
2014	Template:Sortname	Footprints in Water		<ref name="bronte" />
2015	Template:Sortname	Stone Mattress		<ref name="humpreys" />
2016	Template:Sortname	Black Canyon		<ref name=":2" />
2017	Template:Sortname	A Death at the Parsonage		<ref name="morrissey" />
2018	Template:Sortname	The Outlier		<ref name=":3" />
2019	Template:Sortname	Terminal City		<ref name="emery" />
2020	Template:Sortname	Closing Doors		<ref name="christie" />
2021	Template:Sortname	Cold Wave, Sisters in Crime		<ref name="qiao" />
2022	Template:Sortname	Number 10 Marlborough Place		<ref name=":0" />

Best Unpublished First Novel – "Unhanged Arthur"

First awarded in 2007 as part of the CWC mandate to recognize and promote the careers of promising new crime writers.

Best Unpublished First Novel Award winners

Year	Author	Title	Ref.
2007	Template:Sortname	Margarita Nights	<ref name="aea2007" />
2008	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	<ref name="aea2008" />
2009	Template:Sortname	Louder	<ref name="aea2009" />
2010	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	<ref name="aea2010" />
2011	Template:Sortname	Better Off Dead	<ref name="aea2011" />
2012	Template:Sortname	Last of the Independents	<ref name=":5" />
2013	Template:Sortname	Sins Revisited	<ref name="blunt" />
2014	Template:Sortname	Cold Girl	<ref name="bronte" />
2015	Template:Sortname	Strange Things Done	<ref name="humpreys" />
2016	Template:Sortname	When the Flood Falls	<ref name=":2" />
2017	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	<ref name="morrissey" />
2018	Template:Sortname	Destruction in Paradise	<ref name=":3" />
2019	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	<ref name="emery" />
2020	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	<ref name="christie" />
2021	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	<ref name="qiao" />
2022	Template:Sortname	Elmington	<ref name=":0" />

Howard Engel Award

Howard Engel Award winners

Year	Author	Title	Ref.
2007	Template:Sortname	Stay Where I Can See You	<ref name="qiao" />
2008	Template:Sortname	Beneath Her Skin	<ref name=":0" />

Derrick Murdoch Award

This is a special achievement award for contributions to the genre of crime and mystery writing, awarded at the discretion of the president of the Crime Writers of Canada. When first presented in 1984, it was known as the Chairman's Award; it was later renamed in honour of its first recipient, Derrick Murdoch. Since 2013, it has only been presented in years when the new biennial Grand Master Award, listed below, is not presented.

• 1984 – Derrick Murdoch<ref name=murdochwright/>
• 1985 – Tony Aspler<ref name="aeadma">Arthur Ellis Award – Derrick Murdoch Award Crime Writers of Canada, (retrieved 11/21/2012)</ref>
• 1986 – Margaret Millar
• 1987 – The CBC Drama Department<ref name="aeadma"/>
• 1988 – J.D. Singh and Jim Reicker<ref name=shields/>
• 1989 – not presented<ref name=scott/>
• 1990 – Eric Wilson<ref name="aeadma"/>
• 1991 – not presented<ref name="aeadma"/>
• 1992 – William Bankier, James Powell and Peter Sellers<ref name=deserts/>
• 1993 – not presented<ref name=pays/>
• 1994 – not presented<ref name="aeadma"/>
• 1995 – Jim and Margaret McBride<ref name="aeadma"/>
• 1996 – not presented<ref name="aeadma"/>
• 1997 – not presented<ref name="aeadma"/>
• 1998 – Howard Engel and Eric Wright<ref name=trialofpassion/>
• 1999 – Ted Wood<ref name="aeadma"/>
• 2000 – Eddie Barber, Rick Blechta, John North and David Skene-Melvin<ref name="aeadma"/>
• 2001 – L. R. Wright<ref name=coldgrave/>
• 2002 – James Dubro and Caro Soles<ref name="aeadma"/>
• 2003 – Margaret Cannon<ref name=mofinanichol/>
• 2004 – Cheryl Freedman<ref name="aeadma"/>
• 2005 – Max Haines<ref name=fifthson/>
• 2006 – Mary Jane Maffini<ref name="aeadma"/>
• 2007 – not presented<ref name="aeadma"/>
• 2008 – Edward D. Hoch<ref name="aeadma"/>
• 2009 – Gail Bowen<ref name="aeadma"/>
• 2010 – Peter Robinson<ref name="aea2010"/>
• 2011 – Louise Allin and N.A.T. Grant<ref name="aea2011"/>
• 2012 – Don Graves and Catherine Astolfo<ref name="aea2012">Mark Medley, "Arthur Ellis Awards practically criminal". National Post, June 1, 2012.</ref>
• 2013 – Lyn Hamilton
• 2014 – not presented
• 2015 – Sylvia McConnell<ref name=humpreys/>
• 2016 – not presented<ref name=bronte/>
• 2017 – Christina Jennings<ref>Mark Medley, "Finalists announced for Arthur Ellis Awards". The Globe and Mail, April 21, 2017.</ref>
• 2018 – not presented<ref name="sleeping">Deborah Dundas, "Robinson and Barclay snag coveted crime-writing awards: The Arthur Ellis Awards include bragging rights and a macabre statue". Toronto Star, May 27, 2018.</ref>
• 2019 – Vicki Delany<ref>Deborah Dundas, "Sarah Weinman, Anne Emery, Linwood Barclay among winners of coveted Arthur Ellis Awards". Toronto Star, May 24, 2019.</ref>

Grand Master Award

The Grand Master Award is presented every two years as a lifetime achievement award, to a crime writer with a distinguished and successful national and international career.

• 2014 – Howard Engel<ref name=bronte/>
• 2016 – Eric Wright<ref name="knoll">Erin Knoll, "Peter Kirby, Ausma Zehanat Khan win Arthur Ellis Awards for crime writing". CBC Books, July 17, 2016.</ref>
• 2018 – Gail Bowen<ref name=sleeping/>
• 2020 – Peter Robinson<ref name=christie/>
• 2022 – Louise Penny<ref name=":0" />

Best Genre Criticism/Reference

The award for Best Genre Criticism or Reference has only been presented twice.

• 1991 – Donald A. Redmond, Sherlock Holmes Among the Pirates<ref name=chilling/>
• 1992 – Wesley A. Wark, Spy Fiction, Spy Films and Real Intelligence<ref>"Best murder mystery". Financial Post, June 8, 1992.</ref>

Best Play

The award for Best Play has only been presented once.

• 1994 – Timothy Findley, The Stillborn Lover<ref name=valross/>

External links

• Crime Writers of Canada Template:Webarchive
• List of Arthur Ellis Award winners 1984-Present