• Lost by Michael Robotham
• Spiking The Girl by Gabrielle Lord
• The Happiness Punch by Kirsty Brooks
• Covet by Tara Moss
• Murder By Manuscript by Steve J. Spears
• Heavenly Pleasures by Kerry Greenwood
• No Trace by Barry Maitland
• Queen Of the Flowers by Kerry Greenwood
• The Domino Game by Greg Wilson
• Dangerous Deception by Sandy Curtis
• Static by Randall Longmire
• Private Dicks and Fiesty Chicks by Cathy Cole
• A Hand In the Bush by Jane Clifton

BEST FIRST CRIME NOVEL

• A Private Man by Malcolm Knox 
• Malicious Intent by Kathryn Fox
• The Groundsman by William Youatt-Pine 

BEST TRUE CRIME

• Mr Big by Tony Reeves
• Jo Cinque's Consolation by Helen Garner
• Underbelly 8 by Andrew Rule
• Leadbelly by Andrew Rule
• Wild Life by John Dale
• The Bagman by Tom Gilling
• The Coroner by Derrick Hand
• The Phillip Island Murder by Vikki Petraitis
• Almost Perfect by Greg Fogarty
• Bound By Blood by John Suter Winton
• All Things Bright and Beautiful by Susan Mitchell
• The Gatton Murders by Stephanie Bennett

• Degrees of Connection by Jon Cleary
• Master's Mates by Peter Corris 
• The Vodka Dialogue by Kirsty Brooks 
• The Wrong Door by Bunty Avieson 
• The Castlemaine Murders by Kerry Greenwood  
• Earthly Delights by Kerry Greenwood 
• Until Death by Sandy Curtis 
• Who Killed Camilla? by Emma Darcy

BEST FIRST NOVEL

• The Walker by Jane Goodall
• Junkie Pilgrim by Wayne Grogan 
• Misconceptions by Terry McGee
• Far Horizon by Tony Park 
• Rogue Element by David A. Rollins

• Bob Bottom (True Crime and Investigative Journalist)

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BEST NOVEL

• White Dog by Peter Temple
• The Affair by Bunty Avieson
• Open For Inspection by Carmel Bird
• The Eye Of The Abyss by Marshall Browne
• Salt And Blood by Peter Corris
• Deadly Tide by Sandy Curtis
• Who Killed Bianca by Emma Darcy
• Kittyhawk Down by Garry Disher
• Murder In Montparnasse by Kerry Greenwood
• The Analyst by Fred Guilhaus
• Breakfastinfur by Michael Herrmann
• Baby Did A Bad Bad Thing by Gabrielle Lord
• Babel by Barry Maitland
• Something Fishy by Shane Maloney
• The Chance by Andy Shea
• The Empty Bed by Paul Thomas
• Evidence by Emma Tom

BEST FIRST NOVEL

• Blood Redemption by Alex Palmer
• Lady Luck by Kirsty Brooks
• Half Past Dead by Jane Clifton
• The Games by Peter de Vries
• The Final Account by Greg Wilson

BEST TRUE CRIME

• Blood Stain by Peter Lalor
• What Happened To Freeda Hayes? by Robin Bowles
• Just Another Little Murder by Phil Cleary
• Beyond Bad by Sandra Lee
• Blood Brothers by Bertil Lintner
• The Mickelberg Stitch by Avon Lovell
• Reasons Of State by Kevin Ruane
• Tough by Andrew Rule And John Silvester
• Underbelly 6 by Andrew Rule and John Silvester
• The Brotherhoods by Arthur Veno

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

• Kerry Greenwood

• Death Delights by Gabrielle Lord
• Inspector Anders and the Ship of Fools by Marshall Browne
• Crime of Silence by Patricia Carlon
• Yesterday's Shadow by Jon Cleary
• Skin Deep by Cathy Cole
• Lugarno by Peter Corris
• Death Club by Claire McNab
• Death of the Author by Andrew Masterson
• A Simple Death by Carolyn Morwood
• The Disciples by Andy Shea
• In the Evil Day by Peter Temple

BEST FIRST NOVEL

• Apartment 255 by Bunty Avieson
• Who Killed Angelique? by Emma Darcy
• On Probation: Detective Ludowski's Casebook by Margaret Bevege
• The Artist Is A Thief by Stephen Gray
• Black Ice by Sandy Curtis

BEST TRUE CRIME

• Razor by Larry Writer
• The Hanged Man by Mike Richards
• The Poison Principle by Stephanie Bennett
• Taken In Contempt by Robin Bowles
• Young Blood by Bob O'Brien
• Touched By the Devil by John Clarke and Andy Shea
• 10 Months In Laos by Paul Conroy
• Death At Bondi by Darren Goodsir
• On Murder 2 by ed. by Kerry Greenwood
• More Cops Crooks and Catastrophes by Shirley Hardy-Rix
• The True Story of Jimmy Governor by Laurie Moore and Stephan Williams
• Underbelly 5 by Andrew Rule and John Silvester
• Writing on Gravestones by Gary Tippett and Ian Munro
• Moran v. Moran by Murray Waldren

BEST TEENAGE / YOUNG ADULT

• Blue Murder by Ken Catran
• Star Struck by Ruth Starke
• Dead Red by Ruth Starke
• Blood On the Microphone by Ian Bone

READERS' FAVOURITE

• Apartment 255 by Bunty Avieson

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

• Patrick Gallagher, managing director of Allen & Unwin

• Dead Point by Peter Temple
• The Second Coming by Andrew Masterson

BEST FIRST NOVEL

• Last Drinks by Andrew McGahan

BEST TRUE CRIME

• Broken Lives by Estelle Blackburn

READERS' FAVOURITE

• Bleeding Hearts by Lindy Cameron

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

• Professor Stephen Knight

2000

BEST NOVEL

• Brush Off by Shane Maloney
• The Clan by J.R. Carroll
• Endpeace by Jon Cleary
• Bad Debts by Peter Temple
• Get Rich Quick by Peter Doyle

BEST FIRST CRIME NOVEL (tie)

• Bad Debts by Peter Temple
• Get Rich Quick by Peter Doyle
• The Kokoda Club by Geoff Stewart
• The Final Dismissal by Anne Hawking
• The Scarlet Rider by Lucy Sussex

BEST NON-FICTION

• How To Write Crime edited by Marele Day

LIFELONG CONTRIBUTION

• Alan Yates (aka Carter Brown)

BEST NOVEL

• The Malcontenta by Barry Maitland
• Inside Dope by Paul Thomas
• Scream Black Murder by Philip McLaren
• Wildfire by Susan Geason

BEST FIRST CRIME NOVEL

• Dark Angel by John Dale
• The Cross by Mandy Sayer

LIFELONG CONTRIBUTION TO THE CRIME, MYSTERY and DETECTIVE GENRES

• Jon Cleary