CWA Dagger Awards 2011
The Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards 2011 were revealed earlier this month.
Winners on the night were:
- ITV3 People’s Bestseller Dagger 2011: Peter James
- CWA Gold Dagger: Tom Franklin’s Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
- CWA Ian Fleming: Steel Dagger for Best Thriller: Steve Hamilton’s The Lock Artist
- CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger: S.J. Watson’s Before I Go To Sleep
The Awards also included the ITV3 viewers vote for their favourite Crime Thriller author in the ITV3 People’s Bestseller Dagger category. The full Awards winners were as follows:
- ITV3 People’s Bestseller Dagger 2011: Peter James for Dead Man’s Grip
- The Film Dagger: True Grit (Paramount Pictures)
- CWA Gold Dagger: Tom Franklin’s Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
- CWA Ian Fleming: Steel Dagger for Best Thriller: Steve Hamilton’s The Lock Artist
- CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger: S.J. Watson’s Before I Go To Sleep
- The TV Dagger: Case Histories (Ruby Films, BBC One)
- The International TV Dagger: The Killing, (Arrow Films, BBC Four)
- Best Actress Dagger: Sofie Gråbøl for The Killing (Arrow Films, BBC Four)
- Best Actor Dagger: Idris Elba for Luther (BBC One)
- Best Supporting Actor Dagger: Rafe Spall for The Shadow Line (Company Pictures, BBC Two)
- Best Supporting Actress Dagger: Ann Eleonora Jørgensen for The Killing (Arrow Films, BBC Four)
