The Arthur Ellis Award for the Best First Crime Novel written in English is awarded by Crime Writers of Canada to an author living in Canada or a Canadian writer living outside of Canada.

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1999

• Liz Brady – Sudden Blow

Also shortlisted:

• Peter Clement – Lethal Practice
• Karen Dudley – Hoot to Kill
• Mel Malton – Down in the Dumps
• Kerri Sakamoto – The Electrical Field

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Added 30 April 2006.
Updated 10 March 2009.