Davitt Award Long List - 2011

ADULT NOVELS

  • Sydney Bauer, Matter of Trust (PanMacmillan Australia)
  • A A Bell, Diamond Eyes (HarperCollins)
  • Honey Brown, The Good Daughter (Penguin Books Australia)
  • Miranda Darling, Troika Dolls (Allen & Unwin)
  • Marianne Delacourt, Sharp Turn (Allen & Unwin)
  • Ilsa Evans, Sticks and Stones(PanMacmillan Australia)
  • Kathryn Fox, Death Mask (PanMacmillan Australia)
  • Sulari Gentill, A Few Right Thinking Men (Pantera Press)
  • Leah Giarrantano, Watch the World Burn (Random House Australia)
  • H M Goltz, Mastermind (Atlas Productions)
  • Kerry Greenwood, Dead Man's Chest (Allen & Unwin)
  • Anna Haebich, Murdering Stepmothers: The Execution of Martha Rendell (University of Western Australia Press)
  • Katherine Howell, Cold Justice (PanMacmillan Australia)
  • Katherine Howell, Violent Exposure (PanMacmillan Australia)
  • Wendy James, Where Have You Been? (University of Western Australia Press)
  • Maggie Joel, The Second Last Woman in England (Murdoch Books)
  • Louisa Larkin, The Genesis Flaw (Murdoch Books)
  • P D Martin, Kiss of Death (PanMacmillan Australia)
  • Colleen McCullough, Naked Cruelty (HarperCollins)
  • P M Newton, The Old School (Penguin Books Australia)
  • Malla Nunn, Let the Dead Lie (PanMacmillan Australia)
  • Leigh Redhead, Thrill City (Allen & Unwin)
  • Angela Savage, The Half-Child (Text)
  • Felicity Young, Take Out (Fremantle Press)
  • Helene Young, Border Watch (Hachette Australia)

 

CHILDREN’S AND YOUNG ADULT NOVELS

  • Randa Abdel-Fattah, Noah’s Law: Crime, Punishment and Paper Jams (PanMacmillan Australia)
  • Georgia Blain, Darkwater (Random House Australia)
  • Nette Hilton, The Innocents (Random House Australia)
  • Rebecca James, Beautiful Malice (Allen & Unwin)
  • Catherine Jinks, The Abused Werewolf Rescue Group (Allen & Unwin)
  • Rebecca Lim, Mercy (Harper Collins)
  • Gabrielle Lord, Conspiracy 365 – February (Scholastic Australia)
  • Gabrielle Lord, Conspiracy 365 – March (Scholastic Australia)
  • Gabrielle Lord, Conspiracy 365 – April (Scholastic Australia)
  • Gabrielle Lord, Conspiracy 365 – May (Scholastic Australia)
  • Gabrielle Lord, Conspiracy 365 – June (Scholastic Australia)
  • Gabrielle Lord, Conspiracy 365 – July (Scholastic Australia)
  • Gabrielle Lord, Conspiracy 365 – August (Scholastic Australia)
  • Gabrielle Lord, Conspiracy 365 – September (Scholastic Australia)
  • Gabrielle Lord, Conspiracy 365 – October (Scholastic Australia)
  • Gabrielle Lord, Conspiracy 365 – November (Scholastic Australia)
  • Gabrielle Lord, Conspiracy 365 – -December (Scholastic Australia)
  • Shirley Marr, Fury (Black Dog Books)
  • Sophie Masson, The Phar Lap Mystery (Scholastic Australia)
  • Penny Matthews, A Girl Like Me (Penguin Books Australia
  • Isabelle Merlin, Bright Angel (Random House Australia)
  • Chrissie Michaels, Lonnie's Shadow (Ford Street Publishing)
  • Lara Morgan, Genesis (Walker Books)

TRUE CRIME

  • Lindy Cameron & Ruth Wykes,Women Who Kill: Chilling Portraits of Australia's Worst Female Murderers (The Five Mile Press)
  • Colleen Egan, Murderer No More (Allen & Unwin)
  • Geesche Jacobsen, Abandoned: The Sad Death of Dianne Brimble (Allen & Unwin)
  • Wendy Lewis, Gone: 25 of the world’s most chilling and bizarre kidnappings (The Five Mile Press)
  • Lindsay Simpson and Jennifer Cooke, Honeymoon Dive (PanMacmillan Australia)