Arthur Ellis Awards
Nonfiction
The Arthur Ellis Award for the Best Crime-Related Nonfiction Book written in English is awarded by Crime Writers of Canada to an author living in Canada or a Canadian writer living outside of Canada. For more information, visit the official site.
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2015
- Charlotte Gray – The Massey Murder
Also shortlisted:
- Bob Deasy, Mark Ebner – Being Uncle Charlie
- Joan McEwen – Innocence on Trial
- Bill Reynolds – Life Real Loud
- Paula Todd – Extreme Mean
2013
- Steve Lillebuen – The Devil's Cinema
Also shortlisted:
- Anita Arvast – Bloody Justice
- Guy Lawson – Octopus
- Bruce Livesey – Thieves of Bay Street
2012
- Joshua Knelman – Hot Art
Also shortlisted:
- Jay Bahader – The Pirates of Somalia
- Robert Fowler – A Season in Hell
- Adrian Humphreys – The Weasel
- Steven Laffoley – The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
2011
- Stevie Cameron – On the Farm
Also shortlisted:
- Roy MacGregor – Northern Light
- Robert Wright – Our Man in Tehran
2010
- Terry Gould – Murder Without Borders
Also shortlisted:
- Patrick Brode – The Slasher Killings
- Alex Caine – The Fat Mexican
- Robert Remington, Sherri Zickefoose – Runaway Devil
- Jon Wells – Post Mortem
2009
- Michael Calce and Craig Silverman – Mafiaboy
Also shortlisted:
- Daphne Bramham – The Secret Lives of Saints
- Sharon Butala – The Girl in Saskatoon
- Alex Caine – Befriend and Betray
- Kerry Pither – Dark Days
2008
- Julian Sher – One Child at a Time
Also shortlisted:
- Rodrigo Bascunan & Christian Pearce – Enter the Babylon System
- Robert J. Hoshowsky – The Last to Die
- Brian Vallée – The War on Women
- Paul Watson – Where War Lives
2007
- Brian O'Dea – High: Confessions of a Pot Smuggler
Also shortlisted:
- Edward Butts – The Desperate Ones
- Guy Lawson & William Oldham – The Brotherhoods
- Mike McIntyre – To the Grave: A Spectacular RCMP Sting
- Linda Spalding – Who Named the Knife?
2006
- Rebecca Godfrey – Under the Bridge
Also shortlisted:
- Linda Diebel – Betrayed
- Susanne Reber & Robert Renaud – Starlight Tour
- Daniel Sanger – Hell's Witness
2005
- Matthew Hart – The Irish Game
Also shortlisted:
- Pierre de Champlain – Mobsters, Gangsters and Men of Honour
- Peter Edwards – Night Justice
- Max Haines – Instruments of Murder
- Chris Mathers – Crime School: Money Laundering
2004
- Julian Sher & William Marsden – The Road to Hell
Also shortlisted:
- "Jane Doe" – The Story of Jane Doe
- Mike McIntyre – Nowhere to Run
- Jeffrey Miller – Where There's Life, There's Lawsuits
2003
- Andrew Mitrovica – Covert Entry
Also shortlisted:
- Doug Clark – Dark Paths, Cold Trails
- Max Haines – Unnatural Causes
- Peter Paradis – Nasty Business
- Shawn Thompson – Letters from Prison
2002
- Stevie Cameron & Harvey Cashore – The Last Amigo
2001
- A.B. McKillop – The Spinster and the Prophet
2000
- Gordon Sinclair, Jr. – Cowboys and Indians
Also shortlisted:
- Yves Lavigne – Hell's Angels at War
- Peter McSherry – The Big Red Fox
- Jeremy Mercer – Money for Nothing
- Joyce Millgaard and Peter Edwards – A Mother's Story
1999
- Derek Finkle – No Claim to Mercy
Also shortlisted:
- Stevie Cameron – Blue Trust
- David M. Paciocco – Getting Away With Murder
- Bill Schiller – A Hand in the Water
- Alison Shaw – A Friend of the Family
- Rudy Wiebe and Yvonne Johnson – A Stolen Life
1998
Also shortlisted:
- Andreas Schroeder – Cheats, Charlatans, and Chicanery
- David Stafford – Churchill and Secret Service
1997
- Jean Monet – The Cassock And The Crown
1996
- Lois Simmie – The Secret Lives of Sgt. John Wilson
1995
- Michael Harris – The Prodigal Husband
1994
- David R. Williams – With Malice Aforethought
1993
- Kirk Makin – Redrum the Innocent
1992
- William Lowther – Arms and the Man
1991
- Susan Mayse – Ginger: The Life and Death of Albert Goodwin
1990
- Lisa Priest – Conspiracy of Silence
1989
- Mick Lowe – Conspiracy of Brothers
1988
- Gary Ross – Stung: The Incredible Obsession of Brian Moloney
1987
- Elliott Leyton – Hunting Humans
1986
- Maggie Siggins – A Canadian Tragedy
1985
- Martin Friedland – The Trials of Israel Lipsky
