Ellis Peters Historical Dagger

The CWA Historical Dagger (currently called the CWA Endeavor Historical Dagger) is an annual award given by the British Crime Writers' Association to the author of the best historical crime novel of the year. Established in 1999, it is presented to a novel "with a crime theme and a historical background of any period up to 35 years before the current year."

From 1999 to 2005 the award was called the Ellis Peters Historical Dagger and from 2006 to 2012 known as the Ellis Peters Historical Award, to commemorate the life and work of historical crime writer Ellis Peters, whose Cadfael Chronicles (1977-1994) are generally credited with popularizing the genre that would become known as the historical mystery.

Starting in 2014 the award became known as the CWA Endeavour Historical Dagger through sponsorship by Endeavor Press.

2016: Stasi Child - David Young

2015: The Seeker (Quercus) - S G MacLean

2014: The Devil in the Marshalsea (Hodder & Stoughton) - Antonia Hodgson

2013: The Scent of Death (HarperCollins) - Andrew Taylor

2012: Icelight (John Murray) - Aly Monroe

2011: The Somme Stations (Faber and Faber) - Andrew Martin

2010: Revenger (John Murray) - Rory Clements

2009: If The Dead Rise Not (Quercus) - Philip Kerr

2008: Stratton’s War (Orion) - Laura Wilson

2007: Mistress of the Art of Death (Bantam Press) - Ariana Franklin

2006: Red Sky Lament (Orion) - Edward Wright

2005: Dark Fire (Macmillan) - CJ Sansom

2004: The Damascened Blade (Constable & Robinson) - Barbara Cleverly

2003: The American Boy (Flamingo) - Andrew Taylor

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