The Crime Writers of Canada unveiled the winners of its annual Arthur Ellis Awards on Thursday night at a gala held at the Mysteriously Yours Dinner Theatre in Toronto. The winners were as follows:

Best Novel: Howard Shrier, High Chicago (Random House Canada)

Best First Novel: Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Doubleday Canada)

Best Non-fiction: Terry Gould, Murder Without Borders (Random House Canada)

Best Juvenile: Barbara Haworth-Attard, Haunted (HarperCollins Canada)

Derrick Murdoch Award (for outstanding contribution to crime writing): Peter Robinson

Best Short Story: Dennis Richard Murphy, “Prisoner in Paradise” (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)

Best Crime Writing in French: Jean Lemieux, Le mort du chemin des Arsene (La courte échelle)

Best Unpublished First Crime Novel: Gloria Ferris, The Corpse Flower