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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2013

• Simone St. James – The Haunting of Maddy Clare

Also shortlisted:

• Peggy Blair – The Beggar's Opera
• Deryn Collier – Confined Space
• Peter Kirby – The Dead of Winter
• Chris Laing – A Private Man

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Added 08 July 2013.
Updated 01 June 2014.