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Ned Kelly Awards Nominations 2010

JA May 19

Best first fiction

Kaaron Warren, Slights best fiction

Maria Quinnn, The Gene Thieves

Karen Taylor, Hostage

Rhonda Roberts, Gladiatrix

Antoinette Eklund, Steel River

Stephen M Irwin, The Dead Path

Mark Dapin, King of the Cross

Marianne Delacourt, Sharp Shooter

Andrew Croome, Document Z

Bruce Mutard, The Silence

Justine Larbalestier, Liar

Colin McLaren, ON The Run

Brett Hoffman, The Contract

Adair Robin, Death & the Running Patterer

Emma Boling, Riding High


Best Fiction

Andy Semple, Eden Prime

Lenny Bartulin, The Black Russian

Barry Ward, The Nelson Conspiracy

Alex Palmer, Labyrinth of Drowning

Tara Moss, Siren

Wendy James, Why She Loves Him

Wendy James, Where Have You Been?

Peter Temple, Truth

Garry Disher, Wyatt

Garry Disher, Blood Moon

Michael Robotham, Bleed For Me

Philip McLaren, Murder In Utopia

Fiona McIntosh, Beautiful Death

David Owen, No Weather For a Burial

Steven Lang, 88 Lines about 44 Women

Bruce Pascoe, Bloke

Barry Maitland, Dark Mirror

Karry Greenwood, Forbidden Fruit

Peter Corris, Torn Apart

Catherine Jinks, The Reformed Vampire Support Group

Sydney Baur, Trust of the Matter

Kathryn Fox, Blood Born

Katherine Howell, Cold Justice


Best True crime

Peter Doyle, Crooks Like Us

Robert Wainwright & Paola Totaro, Born or Bred?

Tony Reeves, Getting away With Murder

Tony Reeves, Two Political Murders

Paula Hunt, Outlaw Son: The Story of Ned Kelly

Jack Marx, Australian Tragic

Kathy Marks, Pitcairn Paradise Lost

Esther McKay, Forensic investigator

John Kerr, Hit Men

Clive Small & Tom Gilling, Blood Money

Robert M. Kaplan, Medical Murder

Adrian Tame, Deadlier Than The Male

Mick Gatto & Tom Noble, I, Mick Gatto

Colin McLaren, Infiltration

Victorian Ombudsman, George Brouwer, Investigations into the Alleged Improper Conduct of Councillors at Brimbank City Council




Spike would like to congratulate Meanjin contributors, Mark Dapin, Bruce Mutard, Wendy James and Bruce Pascoe on their nominations. Visit the website here.

Update: These are the nominees for this year’s awards – the shortlist will be announced after judging at the end of July.


 

Comments

by Brendan Podger
19 May 10 at 13:45

What is the criteria for this award? ‘Liar’ is Justine Larbalestier’s fourth or fifth book.

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by Jess
19 May 10 at 14:06

Yes that’s a fair point. I wonder if they in fact intended that for Best Fiction? I can’t find any criteria on the website.

Liar is a fantastic read though.

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by wendy James
31 May 10 at 17:06

I think it’s just for first specifically ‘crime’ novel … which may or may not be a debut. Malcolm Knox won this category with PRIVATE MAN – which was his second novel, I think. Very exciting to be nominated – twice!

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by KT
07 Jun 10 at 13:52

Not sure that these can really be described as ‘short’ lists though??

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by sophie
07 Jun 10 at 14:00

I do agree that the phrase ‘shortlist’ seems to be being used for longer and longer lists.

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by Wendy
11 Jun 10 at 10:53

Hmmm… Perhaps this isn’t the short list, but all the books entered !

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by wendy
11 Jun 10 at 10:54

In which case, maybe not quite so exciting…

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