As a result, the top prize is again called the Gold Dagger without a monetary award.įrom 1969 to 2005, a Silver Dagger was awarded to the runner-up. In 2008, Duncan Lawrie Bank withdrew its sponsorship of the awards. It was the biggest crime-fiction award in the world in monetary terms. In 2006, because of new sponsorship from the Duncan Lawrie Bank, the award was officially renamed as the Duncan Lawrie Dagger, and gained a prize fund of £20,000. From 1995 to 2002 the award acquired sponsorship from Macallan and was known as the Macallan Gold Dagger. The Gold Dagger is an award given annually by the Crime Writers' Association of the United Kingdom since 1960 for the best crime novel of the year.įrom 1955 to 1959, the organization named their top honor as the Crossed Red Herring Award. Ruth Rendell, James Lee Burke, and Mick Herron (5)
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