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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2010

• Alan Bradley – The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

Also shortlisted:

• Elizabeth J. Duncan – The Cold Light of Mourning
• C.B. Forrest – The Weight of Stones
• Eugene Meese – A Magpie's Smile
• Dennis Richard Murphy – Darkness at the Stroke of Noon

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Added 23 April 2010.
Updated 07 May 2011.