Ned Kelly Awards
The Ned Kelly Awards, also known as " Neddies ", are to be awarded annually Australian literary awards, which were launched by the Crime Writers Association of Australia ( CWAA ). Awards will be published in the previous novels or Australian living in Australia crime writers as well as works of the so -called true -crime genre in which authors take care true crime as a starting point for a largely fictional action ( such as Truman Capote's In Cold Blood ). The award is named after Edward " Ned " Kelly (1855-1880), an Australian highwayman, who is considered a national hero in his homeland.
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The Ned Kelly Awards were the first time on February 25, 1996 in the presence of the U.S. crime writer James Ellroy in Berkelouw Bookshop ( Australia's largest and oldest bookseller ) in Paddington, in Sydney, awarded. Since then, the award ceremony will take place at alternating venues. Since 1996, the best novel and best first novel will be awarded. 2000, the category Best True Crime was introduced, which is reserved for works of non-fiction. In the same year an award for the best children 's books was once awarded. A prize for the best short story gives the CWAA since 2009.
In addition to the regular categories is also irregularly awarded a thriller genre of the Lifetime Achievement Award for the contribution or the life's work of a person ( usually established authors ).