Arthur Ellis Awards
Novel
The Arthur Ellis Award for Best 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. For more information, visit the official site.
2008
- Jon Redfern – Trumpets Sound No More
Also shortlisted:
- Linwood Barclay – No Time for Goodbye
- Terry Carroll – Snow Candy
- Maureen Jennings – A Journeyman to Grief
- Louise Penny – The Cruellest Month
2007
- Barbara Fradkin – Honour Among Men
Also shortlisted:
- Linwood Barclay – Lone Wolf
- Emma Cole – Every Secret Thing
- Kathy Reichs – Break No Bones
- Peter Robinson – Piece of My Heart
2006
- William Deverell – April Fool
Also shortlisted:
- Rick Blechta – Cemetery of the Nameless
- Giles Blunt – Blackfly Season
- Alex Brett – Cold Dark Matter
- Peter Robinson – Strange Affair
2005
- Barbara Fradkin – Fifth Son
Also shortlisted:
- Gail Bowen – The Last Good Day
- Lyn Hamilton – The Magyar Venus
- Peter Robinson – Playing with Fire
- Mark Zuehlke – Sweep Lotus
2004
- Giles Blunt – The Delicate Storm
Also shortlisted:
- Mary Jane Maffini – Lament for a Lounge Lizard
- Kim Moritsugu – The Glenwood Treasure
- David Rotenberg – The Hua Shan Hospital Murders
- Peter Robinson – The Summer that Never Was (aka: Close to Home)
2003
- Rick Mofina – Blood of Others
Also shortlisted:
- Lou Allin – Blackflies are Murder
- Barbara Fradkin – Once Upon a Time
- Nora Kelly – Hot Pursuit
- Kathy Reichs – Grave Secrets
2002
- Michelle Spring – In the Midnight Hour
Also shortlisted:
- William Deverell – The Laughing Falcon
- John Farrow – Ice Lake
- Rick Mofina – Cold Fear
- Peter Robinson – Aftermath
2001
- Peter Robinson – Cold is the Grave
2000
- Rosemary Aubert – The Feast of Stephen
Also shortlisted:
- Lisa Appignanesi – The Dead of Winter
- William Deverell – Slander
- John Farrow – City of Ice
- Peter Robinson – In a Dry Season
1999
- Nora Kelly – Old Wounds
Also shortlisted:
- Gail Bowen – Verdict in Blood
- Scott MacKay – Cold Comfort
- Caroline Roe – Remedy for Treason
- Jean Ruryk – Next Week Will Be Better
- Michelle Spring – Standing in the Shadows
1998
- William Deverell – Trial of Passion
Also shortlisted:
- Rosemary Aubert – Free Reign
- C.C. Bennison – Death at Sandringham House
- John Spencer Hill – Ghirlando's Daughter
- Peter Robinson – Dead Right
- Robert J. Sawyer – Illegal Alien
1997
- Peter Robinson – Innocent Graves
1996
- L.R. Wright – Mother Love (A Karl Alberg Mystery)
1995
- Gail Bowen – A Colder Kind Of Death
1994
- John Lawrence Reynolds – Gypsy Sins
1993
- Carsten Stroud – Lizardskin
1992
- Peter Robinson – Past Reason Hated
1991
- L.R. Wright – A Chill Rain in January
1990
- Laurence Gough – Hot Shots
1989
- Chris Scott – Jack
1988
- Carol Shields – Swann: A Mystery
1987
- Edward O. Phillips – Buried on Sunday
1986
- Eric Wright – Death in the Old Country
1985
- Howard Engel – Murder Sees the Light
1984
- Eric Wright – The Night the Gods Smiled
