The Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) has announced the winners of the  2022 Ned Kelly Awards.

The Ned Kelly Awards are Australia’s oldest and most prestigious prizes for crime fiction and true crime writing, established in 1995.

BEST DEBUT CRIME FICTION

• Banjawarn by Josh Kemp (UWA Publishing)

BEST TRUE CRIME

• Banquet: The untold story of Adelaide’s family murders by Debi Marshall (Vintage)

BEST INTERNATIONAL CRIME FICTION

• The Maid by Nita Prose (HarperCollins)

BEST CRIME FICTION

• The Chase by Candice Fox (Bantam)