McIlvanney Prize

 

The Scotland Crime Book of the Year Award, now called The McIlvanney Prize, is given at Bloody Scotland, a premier conference for crime writers. Eligible authors must be born in Scotland, live there, or set their books there. The winner receives 1,000 pounds and the book is promoted for a year by a major bookstore chain in Great Britain. The winners of both awards were announced on Friday, September 20, 2019 and are indicated in red.
 

McIlvanney Prize Shortlist and winner:
• Breakers, by Doug Johnstone
• Conviction, by Denise Mina
• The Way of All Flesh, by “Ambrose Parry”, aka Chris Brookmyre and Marisa Haetzman
• A Treachery of Spies, by Manda Scott
 

McIlvanney Debut Prize Shortlist and winner:
• All the Hidden Truths, by Claire Askew
• From the Shadows, by G.R. Halliday
• Black Camp 21, by Bill Jones
• In the Silence, by M.R. Mackenzie
• The Peat Dead, by Allan Martin
 

 

Congratulations to all! 

Previous winners are noted below:

2018: Liam McIlvanney – “The Quaker”

2017: Denise Mina – “The Long Drop”

2016: Chris Brookmyre – “Black Widow”

2015: Craig Russell – “The Ghosts of Altona”

2014: Peter May – “Entry Island”