CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction

From 1995 to 2002 it was sponsored by The Macallan (Scotch whisky brand) and known as The Macallan Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction. In 2008 the award was sponsored by Owatonna Media (a London-based literary brand investor and owner). Between 2006 and 2010 it was awarded every other year, in even-numbered years, but in 2011 it returned as an annual award.

• Name — CWA ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction • Awarded For — Best non-fiction work on a crime-related theme • Date — 2023 07 06 • Country — United Kingdom • Presenter — Crime Writers' Association (CWA) • Website — thecwa.co.uk/awards-and-competitions/the-daggers/alcs-gold-dagger-for-non-fiction/

Award winners and shortlists • Year — Author — Title — Publisher — Result — References • 1978 — Harry — ' — Winner (joint) • 1978 — Audrey — ' — Winner (joint) • 1979 — Jon and Douglas Sutherland — Fraud — Winner (joint) • 1979 — Shirley — Rachman — Winner (joint) • 1980 — Anthony and Robbyn Swan — Conspiracy — Winner • 1981 — Jacobo — Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number — Winner • 1982 — John — Earth to Earth — Winner • 1983 — Peter — Double Dealer: How Five Art Dealers, Four Policemen, Three Picture Restorers, Two Auction Houses and a Journalist Plotted to Recover Some of the World's Most Beautiful Stolen Paintings — Winner • 1984 — David — In God's Name — Winner • 1985 — Brian — Killing for Company — Winner • 1986 — John — Evil Angels — Winner • 1987 — Bernard and Stephen Knight — Perfect Murder — Winner • 1988 — Bernard — ' — Winner • 1989 — Robert — ' — Winner • 1990 — Jonathan — ' — Winner • 1991 — John — Giordano Bruno and the Embassy Affair — Winner • 1992 — Charles — Winner • 1993 — Alexandra — Murder in the Heart — Winner • 1994 — David — Criminal Shadows: Inside the Mind of the Serial Killer — Winner • 1995 — Martin — Dead Not Buried — Winner • 1996 — Antonia — Winner • 1997 — Paul — ' — Winner • 1998 — Gitta — Cries Unheard: Why Children Kill - The Story of Mary Bell — Winner • 1999 — Brian — ' — Viking — Winner • Martin — ' — Doubleday — Shortlist • Stuart S. — ' — Hodology Ltd. — Shortlist • 2000 — Edward — Mr. Blue: Memoirs of a Renegade — No Exit Press — Winner • Andrew — Wainewright the Poisoner — Faber and Faber — Shortlist • Errol — ' — Fourth Estate — Shortlist • Tony — Richard Elias and Peter Walsh, Cocky — Milo Books — Shortlist • Tony — Bloggs 19 — Warner Books — Shortlist • 2001 — Philip and Martin Maynard, with Tony Thompson — ' — Penguin — Winner • Adrian — Patriot Traitors: Roger Casement, John Amery and the Real Meaning of Treason — Viking Press — Shortlist • Zacaria — Maggots, Murder and Men: Memories and Reflections of a Forensic Entomologist — Harley Books — Shortlist • 2002 — Lillian — Dead Man's Wages: The Secrets of a London Conman and His Family — Picador — Winner • Julian and Kathleen Becker — Scene of the Crime: a Guide to the Landscapes of British Detective FictionJudged to be outside the scope of the award but worthy of commendation — Aurum — Special mention • Don, with Marika Huns and Hamish McGregor — Town Without Pity: the Fight to Clear Stephen Downing of the Bakewell Murder — Century — Shortlist • Miranda — Anthony Blunt, His Lives — Macmillan — Shortlist • 2003 — Samantha — Pointing from the Grave: a True Story of Murder and DNA — Hamish Hamilton — Winner • Chandak — Imprint of the Raj: the Colonial Origin of Fingerprinting and its Voyage to Britain — Macmillan — Shortlist • Donald — ' — John Murray — Shortlist • Erik — Doubleday — Shortlist • Michael — Wicked Beyond Belief: the Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper — HarperCollins — Shortlist • Peter — Gang War: the Inside Story of the Manchester Gangs — Milo Books — Shortlist • 2004 — John — Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia — Hodder & Stoughton — Winner • Sarah — ' — Jonathan Cape — Winner • Mende and Damian Lewis — Slave: The True Story of a Girl's Lost Childhood and her Fight for Survival — Time Warner — Shortlist • Rebecca — ' — Hamish Hamilton — Shortlist • Steve — ' — Telos Publishing — Shortlist • 2005 — Gregg and Gina — On The Run: a Mafia childhood — Hutchinson — Winner • Bella — ' — HarperCollins — Shortlist • Eric — Century — Shortlist • James — ' — Little, Brown — Shortlist • Sadakat — ' — HarperCollins — Shortlist • 2006 — Linda, Lee Sheldon, and Kathryn Abnet — (The Borough of Barking and Dagenham) — Winner • Nuala — ' — Michael Joseph — Shortlist • Sebastian — Fourth Estate — Shortlist • Sister Helen — ' — Canterbury Press — Shortlist • Sue — And Then the Darkness: The Fascinating Story of the Disappearance of Peter Falconio and the Trials of Joanne Lees — John Blake — Shortlist • William — Under and Alone: The True Story of the Undercover Agent Who Infiltrated America's Most Violent Outlaw Motorcycle Gang — Mainstream — Shortlist • 2007 — Not awarded. It was decided that the award was to become a biennial award. • 2008 — Kester — Nationality: Wog - The Hounding of David Oluwale — Random House — Winner • David — Violation: Justice, Race and Serial Murder in the Deep South — HarperPress — Shortlist • Duncan — ' — Bantam Press — Shortlist • Francisco — ' — Atlantic Books — Shortlist • Kate — ' — Bloomsbury — Shortlist • Peter — Into the Darkness: 7/7 — Vintage Books — Shortlist • 2009 — Not awarded as award had become biennial. • 2010 — Ruth Dudley — Aftermath: The Omagh Bombing & the Families' Pursuit of Justice — Harvill Secker — Winner • Alex — Defending the Guilty — Penguin / Viking — Shortlist • David R. — Killing Time — Heinemann — Shortlist • David — Major Farran's Hat — Heinemann — Shortlist • Douglas, with Mario Spezi — Virgin / Random House — Shortlist • Jeff — ' — Simon & Schuster — Shortlist • 2011 — Douglas — ' — Simon & Schuster — Winner • Colin — Slaughter on a Snowy Morn — Icon Books — Shortlist • Judith — ' — HarperCollins — Shortlist • Kate — Mr Briggs' Hat — Little, Brown — Shortlist • Michael — ' — Michael Joseph — Shortlist • 2012 — Anthony and Robbyn Swan — ' — Transworld — Winner • Ben — ' — Little, Brown — Highly commended • David with Carol Ann Lee — Witness — Mainstream — Shortlist • Gavin — Hood Rat — Pan Macmillan — Shortlist • Leaf — To Live Outside the Law — Serpent's Tail — Shortlist • Misha — Dark Market — Vintage — Shortlist • 2013 — Paul — Midnight in Peking — Penguin / Viking — Winner • Richard — Pan Macmillan — Highly commended • Carol Ann — ' — Mainstream — Shortlist • Clive Stafford — Injustice: Life and Death in the Courtrooms of America — Random House — Shortlist • Diana — Murder at Wrotham Hill — Quercus — Shortlist • Mukesh with Damien Lewis — Against a Tide of Evil — Mainstream — Shortlist • 2014 — Adrian and Cathy Scott-Clark — ' — Viking — Winner • Damien — Life After Death: Eighteen Years on Death Row — Atlantic Books — Shortlist • Jeff — Manson — Simon & Schuster — Shortlist • Kate — Did She Kill Him? — Little, Brown Book Group — Shortlist • Paul and Rob Evans — Undercover: The True Story of Britain's Secret Police — Faber and Faber — Shortlist • Samantha — ' — Simon & Schuster — Shortlist • 2015 — Dan — In Plain Sight: The Life and Lies of Jimmy Savile — Quercus — Winner • Ǻsne — One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway — Virago — Shortlist • Bryan — Just Mercy: a story of justice and redemption — Scribe — Shortlist • Iain — Gun Baby Gun: A Bloody Journey Into the World of the Gun — Canongate — Shortlist • Jill — Ghettoside: Investigating a Homicide Epidemic — Bodley Head — Shortlist • Paul — ' — Penguin — Shortlist • 2016 — Andrew — You Could Do Something Amazing With Your Life [You Are Raoul Moat] — Scribe — Winner • Adam — John le Carré: The Biography — Bloomsbury — Shortlist • Luke — ' — Faber and Faber — Shortlist • Martin — HarperCollins — Shortlist • Thomas — Jeremy Hutchinson’s Case Histories — John Murray — Shortlist • Wensley — Sexy Beasts: The Hatton Garden Mob — Quercus — Shortlist • 2017 — Stephen — Close but No Cigar: A True Story of Prison Life in Castro's Cuba — Weidenfeld & Nicolson — Winner • A. T. — ' — Jonathan Cape — Shortlist • Anja — ' — Text Publishing — Shortlist • Gary — Another Day in the Death of America — Guardian / Faber and Faber — Shortlist • Kate — Bloomsbury — Shortlist • Simon — ' — The History Press — Shortlist • 2018 — Thomas — Blood on the Page — William Heinemann — Winner • Alexandria — ' — Macmillan — Shortlist • David — Killers of the Flower Moon — Simon & Schuster — Shortlist • Laura — Rex v Edith Thompson — Head of Zeus — Shortlist • Piu — Black Dahlia Red Rose — Coronet — Shortlist • T. Christian and Ken Armstrong — Hutchinson — Shortlist • 2019 — Ben — Viking — Winner • Claire — Murder by the Book — Viking — Shortlist • Hallie — ' — Doubleday — Shortlist • Kirk Wallace — ' — Hutchinson — Shortlist • Mikita — Canongate — Shortlist • Sue — All That Remains — Doubleday — Shortlist • 2020 — Casey — Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper Lee — William Heinemann — Winner • Adam — Profile Books — Shortlist • Caroline — Honour: Achieving Justice for Banaz Mahmod — Oneworld Publications — Shortlist • Peter — Corrupt Bodies — Icon Books — Shortlist • Sean — Simon & Schuster — Shortlist • Susannah — Picador — Shortlist • 2021 — Sue — Written in Bone — Doubleday, Penguin — Winner • Andrew — These Are Not Gentle People — MacLehose — Shortlist • Becky — We Keep the Dead Close — William Heinemann, Penguin — Shortlist • Ben — Agent Sonya — Viking, Penguin — Shortlist • Debora — Dancing with the Octopus — Profile Books — Shortlist • Nick — Bloomsbury — Shortlist • 2022 — Julia — Profile Books — Winner • Ben — Canongate — Shortlist • Gwen — Faber and Faber — Shortlist • Julie — Atlantic Books; Grove Press UK — Shortlist • Patrick — Empire of Pain — Pan Macmillan; Picador — Shortlist • Thomas — Penguin Random House; Harvill Secker — Shortlist • 2023 — Wendy — Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey — Transworld — Winner • Amit — Tremors in the Blood — HarperCollins — Shortlist • David — About a Son — Orion Publishing Group — Shortlist • Julie — To Hunt a Killer — HarperCollins — Shortlist • Martin — HarperCollins — Shortlist • Stephen — Icon Books — Shortlist • 2024 — Nicholas — Ian Fleming: The Complete Man — Vintage — Winner • Michael — Simon & Schuster — Shortlist • Matt with John Murray — No Ordinary Day — Ad Lib Publishers — Shortlist • Jennifer with Douglas Thompson — Devil’s Coin — Ad Lib Publishers — Shortlist • Alex — Seventy Times Seven — Bedford Square Publishers — Shortlist • Jennifer and Keina Yoshida — How Many More Women? — Endeavor — Shortlist • 2025 — Kate Summerscale — The Peepshow: The Murders at 10 Rillington Place — Bloomsbury — Winner • Duncan Harding — The Criminal Mind — Penguin - Michael Joseph — Shortlist • Henry Hemming — Four Shots in the Night — Quercus — Shortlist • Jeremy Craddock — The Lady in the Lake — Mirror Books — Shortlist • John Grisham and Jim McCloskey — Framed — Hodder & Stoughton — Shortlist • Jonathan Coffey and Judith Moritz — Unmasking Lucy Letby — Orion Publishing Group - Seven Dials — Shortlist