Arthur Ellis Award

The Arthur Ellis Awards är en grupp av kanadensiska litteraturpriser, de delas årligen ut av Crime Writers of Canada för bästa kanadensiska böcker inom genren deckare och kriminallitteratur.

Priserna är uppkallade efter Arthur Ellis, pseudonymen för Kanadas officiella bödel. Prisstatyetten är en trämodell av en hängande man. Armar och ben rör sig när man drar i statyettens rep.

Bästa roman

1984 - Eric Wright, The Night the Gods Smiled
1985 - Howard Engel, Murder Sees the Light
1986 - Eric Wright, Death in the Old Country
1987 - Edward O. Phillips, Buried on Sunday
1988 - Carol Shields, Mary Swann ("Swann: A Mystery")
1989 - Chris Scott, Jack
1990 - Laurence Gough, Hot Shots
1991 - L.R. Wright, A Chill Rain in January
1992 - Peter Robinson, Past Reason Hated
1993 - Carsten Stroud, Lizardskin
1994 - John Lawrence Reynolds, Gypsy Sins
1995 - Gail Bowen, A Colder Kind of Death
1996 - L.R. Wright, Mother Love
1997 - Peter Robinson, Innocent Graves
1998 - William Deverell, Trial of Passion
1999 - Nora Kelly, Old Wounds
2000 - Rosemary Aubert, The Feast of Stephen
2001 - Peter Robinson, Kall som graven ("Cold is the Grave")
2002 - Michelle Spring, In the Midnight Hour
2003 - Rick Mofina, Blood of Others
2004 - Giles Blunt, En stilla storm ("The Delicate Storm")
2005 - Barbara Fradkin, Fifth Son
2006 - William Deverell, April Fool
2007 - Barbara Fradkin, Honour Among Men
2008 - Jon Redfern, Trumpets Sound No More
2009 - Linwood Barclay, Too Close to Home
2010 - Howard Shrier, High Chicago
2011 - Louise Penny, Bury Your Dead
2012 - Peter Robinson, En förgiftad man ("Before the Poison")

Bästa novell

1988 - Eric Wright, "Looking for an Honest Man"
1989 - Jas. R. Petrin, "Killer in the House"
1990 - Josef Skvorecky, "Humbug"
1991 - Peter Robinson, "Innocence"
1992 - Eric Wright, "Two in the Bush"
1993 - Nancy Kilpatrick, "Mantrap"
1994 - Robert J. Sawyer, "Just Like Old Times"
1995 - Rosemary Aubert, "The Midnight Boat Toronto Palermo"
1996 - Mary Jane Maffini, "Cotton Armour"
1997 - Richard K. Bercuson, "Dead Run"
1998 - Sue Pike, "Widow's Weeds"
1999 - Scott Mackay, "Last Inning"
2000 - Matt Hughes, "One More Kill"
2001 - Peter Robinson, "Murder in Utopia"
2002 - Mary Jane Maffini, "Sign of the Times"
2003 - James Powell, "Bottom Walker"
2004 - Gregory Ward, "Dead Wood"
2005 - Leslie Watts, "Crocodile Tears"
2006 - Rick Mofina, "Lightning Rider"
2007 - Dennis Richard Murphy, "Fuzzy Wuzzy"
2008 - Leslie Watts, "Turners"
2009 - Pasha Malla, "Filmsong"
2010 - Dennis Richard Murphy, "Prisoner in Paradise"
2011 - Mary Jane Maffini, "So Much in Common"
2012 - Catherine Astolfo, "What Kelly Did"

Bästa debutroman

1987 - Medora Sale, Murder on the Run
1988 - Laurence Gough, The Goldfish Bowl
1989 - John Brady, A Stone of the Heart
1990 - John Lawrence Reynolds, The Man Who Murdered God
1991 - Carsten Stroud, Sniper's Moon
1992 - Paul Grescoe, Flesh Wound
1993 - Sean Stewart, Passion Play
1994 - Gavin Scott, Memory Trace
1995 - Sparkle Hayter, What's A Girl Gotta Do?
1996 - (Delad) John Spencer Hill, The Last Castrato och D.H. Toole, Moonlit Days and Nights
1997 - C. C. Benison, Death At Buckingham Palace
1998 - Kathy Reichs, Déja Dead
1999 - Liz Brady, Sudden Blow
2000 - Andrew Pyper, Lost Girls
2001 - Mark Zuehlke, Hands Like Clouds
2002 - Jon Redfern, The Boy Must Die
2003 - James W. Nichol, Midnight Cab
2004 - Jan Rehner, Just Murder
2005 - Jon Evans, Dark Places
2006 - Louise Penny, Still Life
2007 - Anne Emery, Sign of the Cross
2008 - Liam Durcan, Garcia's Heart
2009 - Howard Shrier, Buffalo Jump
2010 - Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
2011 - Avner Mandleman, The Debba
2012 - Ian Hamilton, The Water Rat of Wanchai