Just announced by the Crime Writers’ Association:
The twenty-third Cartier Diamond Dagger for sustained excellence in the genre of crime writing, has been awarded to the best-selling American novelist, Sue Grafton. Her Kinsey Millhone alphabet series of PI mystery novels have won numerous awards in her native America. The latest number one best-seller, T is for Trespass, was published in the US in December 2007 and will be out in Macmillan hardback in the UK in April 2008.
On hearing of the award, Ms Grafton said: “News of my being named the 2008 recipient of the CWA’s Cartier Diamond Dagger so astonished me that I thought at first it was a practical joke. I’m thrilled with the news and honored at the prospect.”
This is my first year as a member of the CWA’s committee, and I feel a real sense of pride that our organization has awarded the prize to my fellow Santa Barbaran, an author who broke such fresh ground in the crime genre.
3 responses so far ↓
Sharon K // January 18, 2008 at 11:23 am |
Didn’t your mum buy you one of her books for Christmas? Literary perspicacity, or what?! (Yes, I know that’s a mouthful, but am bored with my hero and am looking up words in the dictionary instead!) xx
Snart // January 18, 2008 at 9:16 pm |
One day, my friend, the diamond shall be yours!
Dan // January 18, 2008 at 10:31 pm |
After all, diamonds are a girl’s best friend.
And a dog is man’s best friend.
It just doesn’t seem fair…. you know, with the cold, wet nose and all.