CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction

{{Infobox award

| name = CWA ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction

| awarded_for = Best non-fiction work on a crime-related theme

| date = {{start date|2023|07|06|df=y}}

| country = United Kingdom

| presenter = Crime Writers' Association (CWA)

| year = {{start date and age|1978}}

| website = {{URL|thecwa.co.uk/awards-and-competitions/the-daggers/alcs-gold-dagger-for-non-fiction/}}

}}

The CWA ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction also called the ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction is a British literary award established in 1978 by the Crime Writers' Association, who have awarded the CWA Gold Dagger for fiction since 1955. It is sponsored by the Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society, and is open to "any non-fiction work on a crime-related theme by an author of any nationality as long as the book was first published in the UK in English during the judging period."{{cite web |title=ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction |url=https://thecwa.co.uk/awards-and-competitions/the-daggers/alcs-gold-dagger-for-non-fiction/ |access-date=19 May 2024 |website=The Crime Writers’ Association |language=en |archive-date=13 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231013221603/https://thecwa.co.uk/awards-and-competitions/the-daggers/alcs-gold-dagger-for-non-fiction/ |url-status=live }} The prize is a cheque for £1,000 (reduced in 2009 from £2,000){{cite news |last1=Allen |first1=Katie |title=CWA faces prize cuts |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/cwa-faces-prize-cuts |access-date=19 May 2024 |work=The Bookseller |date=5 October 2009 |language=En}} and a decorative dagger.

In 1978 and 1979 only there was also a silver award. From 1995 to 2002 it was sponsored by The Macallan (Scotch whisky brand) and known as The Macallan Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction. In 2008 the award was sponsored by Owatonna Media (a London-based literary brand investor and owner). Between 2006 and 2010 it was awarded every other year, in even-numbered years, but in 2011 it returned as an annual award.

Winners and shortlists

class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" \|+Award winners and shortlists ! scope="col" \|Year ! scope="col" \|Author ! scope="col" \|Title ! scope="col" \|Publisher ! scope="col" \|Result ! scope="col" \|{{Abbreviation\|Ref.\|References}}
style="background:lightyellow" !1978 \|{{sortname\|Harry\|Hawkes}} \|{{sort\|Capture of the Black Panther\|The Capture of the Black Panther }} \| \|Winner (joint) \|{{cite web \|title=Past winners \|url=https://thecwa.co.uk/past-winners/?search&from_year&to_year&past_winners_awards%5B0%5D=gold-non-fiction&past_winners_accolades%5B0%5D=winner \|website=The Crime Writers’ Association \|access-date=19 May 2024 \|language=en}} List created by search for "Winner" and "Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction"
style="background:lightyellow" !1978 \|{{sortname\|Audrey\|Williamson\|Audrey_Williamson_(critic)}} \|{{sort\|Mystery of the Princes\|The Mystery of the Princes}} \| \|Winner (joint) \|
style="background:lightyellow" !1979 \|{{sortname\|Jon\|Connell\|Jolyon Connell}} and Douglas Sutherland \|Fraud \| \|Winner (joint) \|
style="background:lightyellow" !1979 \|{{sortname\|Shirley\|Green}} \|Rachman \| \|Winner (joint) \|
style="background:lightyellow" !1980 \|{{sortname\|Anthony\|Summers}} and Robbyn Swan \|Conspiracy \| \|Winner \|
style="background:lightyellow" !1981 \|{{sortname\|Jacobo\|Timerman}} \|Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number \| \|Winner \|
style="background:lightyellow" !1982 \|{{sortname\|John\|Cornwell\|dab=writer}} \|Earth to Earth \| \|Winner \|
style="background:lightyellow" !1983 \|{{sortname\|Peter\|Watson\|link=Peter Watson (intellectual historian)}} \|Double Dealer: How Five Art Dealers, Four Policemen, Three Picture Restorers, Two Auction Houses and a Journalist Plotted to Recover Some of the World's Most Beautiful Stolen Paintings \| \|Winner \|
style="background:lightyellow" !1984 \|{{sortname\|David\|Yallop}} \|In God's Name \| \|Winner \|
style="background:lightyellow" !1985 \|{{sortname\|Brian\|Masters}} \|Killing for Company \| \|Winner \|
style="background:lightyellow" !1986 \|{{sortname\|John\|Bryson\|dab=author}} \|Evil Angels \| \|Winner \|
style="background:lightyellow" !1987 \|{{sortname\|Bernard\|Taylor\|dab=author}} and Stephen Knight \|Perfect Murder \| \|Winner \|
style="background:lightyellow" !1988 \|{{sortname\|Bernard\|Wasserstein}} \|{{sort\|Secret Lives of Trebitsch Lincoln\|The Secret Lives of Trebitsch Lincoln}} \| \|Winner \|
style="background:lightyellow" !1989 \|{{sortname\|Robert\|Lindsey\|dab=journalist}} \|{{sort\|Gathering of Saints: A True Story of Money, Murder and Deceit\|A Gathering of Saints: A True Story of Money, Murder and Deceit}} \| \|Winner \|
style="background:lightyellow" !1990 \|{{sortname\|Jonathan\|Goodman}} \|{{sort\|Passing of Starr Faithfull\|The Passing of Starr Faithfull}} \| \|Winner \|
style="background:lightyellow" !1991 \|{{sortname\|John\|Bossy}} \|Giordano Bruno and the Embassy Affair \| \|Winner \|
style="background:lightyellow" !1992 \|{{sortname\|Charles\|Nicholl\|dab=author}} \|{{sort\|Reckoning\|The Reckoning}} \| \|Winner \|
style="background:lightyellow" !1993 \|{{sortname\|Alexandra\|Artley}} \|Murder in the Heart \| \|Winner \|
style="background:lightyellow" !1994 \|{{sortname\|David\|Canter}} \|Criminal Shadows: Inside the Mind of the Serial Killer \| \|Winner \|
style="background:lightyellow" !1995 \|{{sortname\|Martin\|Beales}} \|Dead Not Buried \| \|Winner \|
style="background:lightyellow" !1996 \|{{sortname\|Antonia\|Fraser}} \|{{sort\|Gunpowder Plot: Terror and Faith in 1605\|The Gunpowder Plot: Terror and Faith in 1605}} \| \|Winner \|
style="background:lightyellow" !1997 \|{{sortname\|Paul\|Britton}} \|{{sort\|Jigsaw Man (The Remarkable Career of Britain's Foremost Criminal Psychologist)\|The Jigsaw Man (The Remarkable Career of Britain's Foremost Criminal Psychologist)}} \| \|Winner \|
style="background:lightyellow" !1998 \|{{sortname\|Gitta\|Sereny}} \|Cries Unheard: Why Children Kill - The Story of Mary Bell \| \|Winner \|
style="background:lightyellow" ! rowspan="3" \|1999{{Efn\|Eligibility: works published in the UK in English between 16 October 1998 and 15 September 1999. It carried a prize of £2,000.}} \|{{sortname\|Brian\|Cathcart}} \|{{sort\|Case of Stephen Lawrence\|The Case of Stephen Lawrence}} \|Viking \|Winner \|{{Cite web \|date=2001-04-05 \|title=The CWA the Macallan Gold Dagger \|url=http://www.thecwa.co.uk/cgi-bin/frame.pl?awards.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010405053013/http://www.thecwa.co.uk/cgi-bin/frame.pl?awards.html \|archive-date=2001-04-05 \|access-date=2023-11-26 \|website=The Crime Writers' Association}}
{{sortname\|Martin\|Booth}} \|{{sort\|Dragon Syndicates\|The Dragon Syndicates}} \|Doubleday \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Stuart S.\|Kind}} \|{{sort\|Sceptical Witness\|The Sceptical Witness}} \|Hodology Ltd. \|Shortlist \|
style="background:lightyellow" ! rowspan="5" \|2000 \|{{sortname\|Edward\|Bunker}} \|Mr. Blue: Memoirs of a Renegade \|No Exit Press \|Winner \|{{cite web \|year=2000 \|title=The CWA Dagger Awards 2000 \|url=http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2000/index.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090224093925/http://thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2000/index.html \|archive-date=2009-02-24 \|accessdate=2009-02-21 \|website=Crime Writers’ Association}}{{Cite web \|date=2001-06-02 \|title=The Crime Writers' Association's Dagger Awards \|url=http://www.thecwa.co.uk:80/cgi-bin/frame.pl?awards.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010602041224/http://www.thecwa.co.uk:80/cgi-bin/frame.pl?awards.html \|archive-date=2001-06-02 \|access-date=2023-11-26 \|website=Crime Writers' Association}}
{{sortname\|Andrew\|Motion}} \|Wainewright the Poisoner \|Faber and Faber \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Errol\|Trzebinski}} \|{{sort\|Life and Death of Lord Errol\|The Life and Death of Lord Errol}} \|Fourth Estate \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Tony\|Barnes\|nolink=1}} \|Richard Elias and Peter Walsh, Cocky \|Milo Books \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Tony\|Thompson\|nolink=1}} \|Bloggs 19 \|Warner Books \|Shortlist \|
style="background:lightyellow" ! rowspan="3" \|2001 \|{{sortname\|Philip\|Etienne}} and Martin Maynard, with Tony Thompson \|{{sort\|Infiltrators: the First Inside Account of Life Deep Undercover with Scotland Yard's Most Secret Unit\|The Infiltrators: the First Inside Account of Life Deep Undercover with Scotland Yard's Most Secret Unit}} \|Penguin \|Winner \|{{Cite web \|title=CWA: Shortlist for the 2001 Macallan Daggers for Non-fiction \|url=http://www.thecwa.co.uk/awards/non.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020415063656fw_/http://www.thecwa.co.uk/awards/non.html \|archive-date=2002-04-15 \|access-date=2023-11-26 \|website=The Crime Writers' Association}}
{{sortname\|Adrian\|Weale}} \|Patriot Traitors: Roger Casement, John Amery and the Real Meaning of Treason \|Viking Press \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Zacaria\|Erzinçlioglu}} \|Maggots, Murder and Men: Memories and Reflections of a Forensic Entomologist \|Harley Books \|Shortlist \|
style="background:lightyellow" ! rowspan="4" \|2002 \|{{sortname\|Lillian\|Pizzichini}} \|Dead Man's Wages: The Secrets of a London Conman and His Family \|Picador \|Winner \|{{cite web \|year=2002 \|title=The CWA The Macallan Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction \|url=http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2002/non.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123222102/http://thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2002/non.html \|archive-date=2009-01-23 \|accessdate=2009-02-21 \|website=Crime Writers' Association}}
style="background:lightblue" \|{{sortname\|Julian\|Earwaker}} and Kathleen Becker \|Scene of the Crime: a Guide to the Landscapes of British Detective FictionJudged to be outside the scope of the award but worthy of commendation \|Aurum \|Special mention \|
{{sortname\|Don\|Hale}}, with Marika Huns and Hamish McGregor \|Town Without Pity: the Fight to Clear Stephen Downing of the Bakewell Murder \|Century \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Miranda\|Carter}} \|Anthony Blunt, His Lives \|Macmillan \|Shortlist \|
style="background:lightyellow" ! rowspan="6" \|2003 \|{{sortname\|Samantha\|Weinberg}} \|Pointing from the Grave: a True Story of Murder and DNA \|Hamish Hamilton \|Winner \|{{cite web \|year=2003 \|title=The 2003 Gold Dagger Award for Non-Fiction \|url=http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2003/non.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090124022232/http://thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2003/non.html \|archive-date=2009-01-24 \|accessdate=2009-02-20 \|website=Crime Writers’ Association}}
{{sortname\|Chandak\|Sengoopta}} \|Imprint of the Raj: the Colonial Origin of Fingerprinting and its Voyage to Britain \|Macmillan \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Donald\|Thomas\|nolink=1}} \|{{sort\|Underworld at War: Spivs, Deserters, Racketeers and Civilians in the Second World War\|An Underworld at War: Spivs, Deserters, Racketeers and Civilians in the Second World War}} \|John Murray \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Erik\|Larson\|dab=author}} \|{{Sort\|Devil In The White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America\|The Devil In The White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America}} \|Doubleday \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Michael\|Bilton\|nolink=1}} \|Wicked Beyond Belief: the Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper \|HarperCollins \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Peter\|Walsh\|nolink=1}} \|Gang War: the Inside Story of the Manchester Gangs \|Milo Books \|Shortlist \|
style="background:lightyellow" ! rowspan="5" \|2004 \|{{sortname\|John\|Dickie\|dab=historian}} \|Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia \|Hodder & Stoughton \|Winner \|{{cite web \|year=2004 \|title=The CWA's 2004 Non-Fiction Gold Dagger Award \|url=http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2004/non.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123221802/http://thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2004/non.html \|archive-date=2009-01-23 \|accessdate=2009-02-11 \|website=Crime Writers' Association}}
style="background:lightyellow" \|{{sortname\|Sarah\|Wise}} \|{{sort\|Italian Boy: Murder and Grave Robbery in 1830s London\|The Italian Boy: Murder and Grave Robbery in 1830s London}} \|Jonathan Cape \|Winner \|
{{sortname\|Mende\|Nazer}} and Damian Lewis \|Slave: The True Story of a Girl's Lost Childhood and her Fight for Survival \|Time Warner \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Rebecca\|Gowers}} \|{{sort\|Swamp of Death: A True Tale of Victorian Lies and Murder\|The Swamp of Death: A True Tale of Victorian Lies and Murder}} \|Hamish Hamilton \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Steve\|Holland\|dab=writer}} \|{{sort\|Trials of Hank Janson\|The Trials of Hank Janson}} \|Telos Publishing \|Shortlist \|
style="background:lightyellow" ! rowspan="5" \|2005 \|{{sortname\|Gregg and Gina\|Hill\|nolink=1}} \|On The Run: a Mafia childhood \|Hutchinson \|Winner \|{{cite web \|year=2005 \|title=CWA Dagger for Non-Fiction \|url=http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2005/non.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123221840/http://thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2005/non.html \|archive-date=2009-01-23 \|accessdate=2009-02-11 \|website=Crime Writers’ Association}}
{{sortname\|Bella\|Bathurst}} \|{{sort\|Wreckers: A Story of Killing Seas, False Lights, and Plundered Shipwrecks.\|The Wreckers: A Story of Killing Seas, False Lights, and Plundered Shipwrecks.}} \|HarperCollins \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Eric\|Jager}} \|{{sort\|Last Duel: A True Story of Crime, Scandal, and Trial by Combat in Medieval France\|The Last Duel: A True Story of Crime, Scandal, and Trial by Combat in Medieval France}} \|Century \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|James\|Owen\|dab=British author}} \|{{sort\|Serpent in Eden: The Greatest Murder Mystery of All Time\|A Serpent in Eden: The Greatest Murder Mystery of All Time}} \|Little, Brown \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Sadakat\|Kadri}} \|{{sort\|Trial: a history from Socrates to O. J. Simpson\|The Trial: a history from Socrates to O. J. Simpson}} \|HarperCollins \|Shortlist \|
style="background:lightyellow" ! rowspan="6" \|2006 \|{{sortname\|Linda\|Rhodes}}, Lee Sheldon, and Kathryn Abnet \|{{sort\|Dagenham Murder: The Brutal Killing of PC George Clark, 1846\|The Dagenham Murder: The Brutal Killing of PC George Clark, 1846}} (The Borough of Barking and Dagenham) \| \|Winner \|{{cite web \|year=2006 \|title=The CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction \|url=http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2006/non.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123222133/http://thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2006/non.html \|archive-date=2009-01-23 \|accessdate=2009-02-08 \|website=Crime Writers' Association}}
{{sortname\|Nuala\|O'Faolain}} \|{{sort\|Story of Chicago May\|The Story of Chicago May}} \|Michael Joseph \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Sebastian\|Junger}} \|{{sort\|Death in Belmont\|A Death in Belmont}} \|Fourth Estate \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Sister Helen\|Prejean}} \|{{sort\|Death of Innocents: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions\|The Death of Innocents: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions}} \|Canterbury Press \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Sue\|Williams\|nolink=1}} \|And Then the Darkness: The Fascinating Story of the Disappearance of Peter Falconio and the Trials of Joanne Lees \|John Blake \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|William\|Queen}} \|Under and Alone: The True Story of the Undercover Agent Who Infiltrated America's Most Violent Outlaw Motorcycle Gang \|Mainstream \|Shortlist \|
2007 ! colspan="4" \|Not awarded. It was decided that the award was to become a biennial award. \|{{Cite web \|date=2009-02-10 \|title=The Duncan Lawrie and CWA Daggers 2007 \|url=http://thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2007/index.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210093534/http://thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2007/index.html \|archive-date=2009-02-10 \|access-date=2023-11-26 \|website=The Crime Writers' Association}}
style="background:lightyellow" ! rowspan="6" \|2008 \|{{sortname\|Kester\|Aspden}} \|Nationality: Wog - The Hounding of David Oluwale \|Random House \|Winner \|{{cite web \|year=2008 \|title=The CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction \|url=http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2008/non.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090124004100/http://thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2008/non.html \|archive-date=2009-01-24 \|accessdate=2009-02-08 \|website=Crime Writers' Association}}{{cite web \|year=2008 \|title=CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction shortlist \|url=http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2008shortlists/non.html \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107084103/http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2008shortlists/non.html \|archivedate=2009-01-07 \|accessdate=2009-02-08 \|website=Crime Writers' Association}}
{{sortname\|David\|Rose\|dab=journalist}} \|Violation: Justice, Race and Serial Murder in the Deep South \|HarperPress \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Duncan\|Staff}} \|{{sort\|Lost Boy\|The Lost Boy}} \|Bantam Press \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Francisco\|Goldman}} \|{{sort\|Art of Political Murder: Who Killed Bishop Gerardi\|The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed Bishop Gerardi}} \|Atlantic Books \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Kate\|Summerscale}} \|{{sort\|Suspicions of Mr Whicher The Murder at Road Hill House\|The Suspicions of Mr Whicher The Murder at Road Hill House}} \|Bloomsbury \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Peter\|Zimonjic}} \|Into the Darkness: 7/7 \|Vintage Books \|Shortlist \|
2009 ! colspan="4" \|Not awarded as award had become biennial. \|
style="background:lightyellow" ! rowspan="6" \|2010{{Efn\|Eligibility: works published between June 1, 2008 and May 31, 2010}} \|{{sortname\|Ruth Dudley\|Edwards}} \|Aftermath: The Omagh Bombing & the Families' Pursuit of Justice \|Harvill Secker \|Winner \|{{cite web \|year=2010 \|title=The CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction \|url=http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2010/non.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902112131/http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2010/non.html \|archive-date=2011-09-02 \|accessdate=2011-09-17 \|website=Crime Writers' Association}}
{{sortname\|Alex\|McBride}} \|Defending the Guilty \|Penguin / Viking \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|David R.\|Dow}} \|Killing Time \|Heinemann \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|David\|Cesarani}} \|Major Farran's Hat \|Heinemann \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Douglas\|Preston}}, with Mario Spezi \|{{Sort\|Monster of Florence: A True Story\|The Monster of Florence: A True Story}} \|Virgin / Random House \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Jeff\|Guinn}} \|{{sort\|True, Untold Story of Bonnie & Clyde\|The True, Untold Story of Bonnie & Clyde}} \|Simon & Schuster \|Shortlist \|
style="background:lightyellow" ! rowspan="5" \|2011{{Efn\|Eligibility: works first published in the UK in English between 1 June 2010 and 31 May 2011. The award became an annual fixture once again, but this year the prize fund was halved to £1000.}} \|{{sortname\|Douglas\|Starr}} \|{{sort\|Killer of Little Shepherds\|The Killer of Little Shepherds}} \|Simon & Schuster \|Winner \|{{cite web \|year=2011 \|title=The CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction \|url=http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2011/non.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912061338/http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2011/non.html \|archive-date=2011-09-12 \|accessdate=2011-09-17 \|website=Crime Writers' Association}}
{{sortname\|Colin\|Evans\|nolink=1}} \|Slaughter on a Snowy Morn \|Icon Books \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Judith\|Flanders}} \|{{sort\|Invention of Murder\|The Invention of Murder}} \|HarperCollins \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Kate\|Colquhoun}} \|Mr Briggs' Hat \|Little, Brown \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Michael\|Capuzzo}} \|{{sort\|Murder Room\|The Murder Room}} \|Michael Joseph \|Shortlist \|
style="background:lightyellow" ! rowspan="6" \|2012 \|{{sortname\|Anthony\|Summers}} and Robbyn Swan \|{{sort\|Eleventh Day\|The Eleventh Day}} \|Transworld \|Winner \|{{Cite web \|date=2012-10-21 \|title=CWA Dagger for Non-fiction: 2012 winners Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan \|url=http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2012/non.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021062245/http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2012/non.html \|archive-date=2012-10-21 \|access-date=2023-11-26 \|website=The Crime Writers' Association}}{{Cite web \|last= \|first= \|date=2012-07-10 \|title=Awards: Frank O'Connor Short Story; CWA Daggers \|url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1779 \|access-date=2024-05-19 \|website=Shelf Awareness \|archive-date=7 February 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207081612/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1779 \|url-status=live }}
style="background:lightgreen" \|{{sortname\|Ben\|Lopez}} \|{{sort\|Negotiator\|The Negotiator}} \|Little, Brown \|Highly commended \|
{{sortname\|David\|Smith\|nolink=1}} with Carol Ann Lee \|Witness \|Mainstream \|Shortlist \|{{Cite web \|last= \|first= \|date=2012-05-26 \|title=2012 CWA Dagger shortlists announced \|url=https://crimespreemag.com/2012-cwa-dagger-shortlists-announced/ \|access-date=2024-05-19 \|website=Crimespree Magazine \|language=en-US \|archive-date=19 May 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519171304/https://crimespreemag.com/2012-cwa-dagger-shortlists-announced/ \|url-status=live }}
{{sortname\|Gavin\|Knight}} \|Hood Rat \|Pan Macmillan \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Leaf\|Fielding}} \|To Live Outside the Law \|Serpent’s Tail \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Misha\|Glenny}} \|Dark Market \|Vintage \|Shortlist \|
style="background:lightyellow" ! rowspan="6" \|2013 \|{{sortname\|Paul\|French\|dab=author}} \|Midnight in Peking \|Penguin / Viking \|Winner \|{{Cite web \|date=2013-07-29 \|title=Paul French wins 2013 CWA Dagger for Non-fiction \|url=http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2013/non.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729062417/http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2013/non.html \|archive-date=2013-07-29 \|access-date=2023-11-26 \|website=The Crime Writers' Association}}{{Cite web \|last= \|first= \|date=2013-07-17 \|title=Awards: SCBWI Late Bloomer; CWA Daggers \|url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2041 \|access-date=2024-05-19 \|website=Shelf Awareness \|archive-date=31 March 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331222730/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2041 \|url-status=live }}
style="background:lightgreen" \|{{sortname\|Richard\|Hoskins}} \|{{sort\|Boy in the River\|The Boy in the River}} \|Pan Macmillan \|Highly commended \|
{{sortname\|Carol Ann\|Lee}} \|{{sort\|Fine Day for a Hanging\|A Fine Day for a Hanging}} \|Mainstream \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Clive Stafford\|Smith}} \|Injustice: Life and Death in the Courtrooms of America \|Random House \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Diana\|Souhami}} \|Murder at Wrotham Hill \|Quercus \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Mukesh\|Kapila}} with Damien Lewis \|Against a Tide of Evil \|Mainstream \|Shortlist \|
style="background:lightyellow" ! rowspan="6" \|2014 \|{{sortname\|Adrian\|Levy}} and Cathy Scott-Clark \|{{sort\|Siege\|The Siege}} \|Viking \|Winner \|{{Cite web \|date=2014-12-03 \|title=CWA Non-Fiction Dagger \|url=http://thecwa.co.uk/the-daggers/categories/non-fiction/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141203080627/http://thecwa.co.uk/the-daggers/categories/non-fiction/ \|archive-date=2014-12-03 \|access-date=2023-11-26 \|website=The Crime Writers' Association}}{{Cite web \|last= \|first= \|date=2014-07-02 \|title=Awards: CWA Daggers \|url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2288 \|access-date=2024-05-19 \|website=Shelf Awareness \|archive-date=20 November 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120121440/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2288 \|url-status=live }}{{Cite web \|last= \|first= \|date=2014-07-01 \|title=Winners for 2014 CWA Dagger Awards \|url=https://crimespreemag.com/winners-for-2014-cwa-dagger-awards/ \|access-date=2024-05-19 \|website=Crimespree Magazine \|language=en-US \|archive-date=2 June 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602040200/http://crimespreemag.com/winners-for-2014-cwa-dagger-awards/ \|url-status=live }}
{{sortname\|Damien\|Echols}} \|Life After Death: Eighteen Years on Death Row \|Atlantic Books \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Jeff\|Guinn}} \|Manson \|Simon & Schuster \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Kate\|Colqhoun}} \|Did She Kill Him? \|Little, Brown Book Group \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Paul\|Lewis\|dab=journalist}} and Rob Evans \|Undercover: The True Story of Britain's Secret Police \|Faber and Faber \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Samantha\|Geimer}} \|{{sort\|Girl\|The Girl}} \|Simon & Schuster \|Shortlist \|
style="background:lightyellow" ! rowspan="6" \|2015 \|{{sortname\|Dan\|Davies\|dab=writer}} \|In Plain Sight: The Life and Lies of Jimmy Savile \|Quercus \|Winner \|{{Cite web \|title=ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-fiction 2015 \|url=https://thecwa.co.uk/in-plain-sight-the-life-and-lies-of-jimmy-savile \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730203811/https://thecwa.co.uk/in-plain-sight-the-life-and-lies-of-jimmy-savile \|archive-date=30 July 2020 \|access-date=2020-09-08 \|website=The Crime Writers' Association}}{{Cite web \|last= \|first= \|date=2015-07-02 \|title=Awards: Desmond Elliott; CWA Daggers \|url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2541 \|access-date=2024-05-19 \|website=Shelf Awareness \|archive-date=18 May 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230518110156/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2541 \|url-status=live }}
{{sortname\|Ǻsne\|Seierstad}} \|One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway \|Virago \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Bryan\|Stevenson}} \|Just Mercy: a story of justice and redemption \|Scribe \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Iain\|Overton}} \|Gun Baby Gun: A Bloody Journey Into the World of the Gun \|Canongate \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Jill\|Leovy}} \|Ghettoside: Investigating a Homicide Epidemic \|Bodley Head \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Paul\|Fischer\|nolink=1}} \|{{sort\|Kim Jong il Production\|A Kim Jong il Production}} \|Penguin \|Shortlist \|
style="background:lightyellow" ! rowspan="6" \|2016 \|{{sortname\|Andrew\|Hankinson\|nolink=1}} \|You Could Do Something Amazing With Your Life [You Are Raoul Moat] \|Scribe \|Winner \|{{Cite web \|date=2016-11-10 \|title=Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction \|url=http://thecwa.co.uk/the-daggers/categories/non-fiction \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161110005243/http://thecwa.co.uk/the-daggers/categories/non-fiction \|archive-date=2016-11-10 \|access-date=2023-11-26 \|website=The Crime Writers' Association}}
{{sortname\|Adam\|Sisman}} \|John le Carré: The Biography \|Bloomsbury \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Luke\|Harding}} \|{{sort\|Very Expensive Poison\|A Very Expensive Poison}} \|Faber and Faber \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Martin\|Edwards\|dab=author}} \|{{sort\|Golden Age of Murder\|The Golden Age of Murder}} \|HarperCollins \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Thomas\|Grant\|nolink=1}} \|Jeremy Hutchinson’s Case Histories \|John Murray \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Wensley\|Clarkson}} \|Sexy Beasts: The Hatton Garden Mob \|Quercus \|Shortlist \|
style="background:lightyellow" ! rowspan="6" \|2017 \|{{sortname\|Stephen\|Purvis}} \|Close but No Cigar: A True Story of Prison Life in Castro's Cuba \|Weidenfeld & Nicolson \|Winner \|{{Cite web \|date=2017-09-27 \|title=Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction \|url=https://thecwa.co.uk/the-daggers/categories/non-fiction/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170927022952/https://thecwa.co.uk/the-daggers/categories/non-fiction/ \|archive-date=2017-09-27 \|access-date=2023-11-26 \|website=The Crime Writers' Association}}
{{sortname\|A. T.\|Williams}} \|{{sort\|Passing Fury: Searching for Justice at the End of World War II\|A Passing Fury: Searching for Justice at the End of World War II}} \|Jonathan Cape \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Anja\|Reich-Osang}} \|{{sort\|Scholl Case: The Deadly End of a Marriage\|The Scholl Case: The Deadly End of a Marriage}} \|Text Publishing \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Gary\|Younge}} \|Another Day in the Death of America \|Guardian / Faber and Faber \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Kate\|Summerscale}} \|{{sort\|Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer\|The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer}} \|Bloomsbury \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Simon\|Farquhar}} \|{{sort\|Dangerous Place\|A Dangerous Place}} \|The History Press \|Shortlist \|
style="background:lightyellow" ! rowspan="6" \|2018 \|{{sortname\|Thomas\|Harding\|dab=writer}} \|Blood on the Page \|William Heinemann \|Winner \|{{Cite web \|date=2019-04-15 \|title=Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction \|url=https://thecwa.co.uk/the-daggers/categories/non-fiction \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415105209/https://thecwa.co.uk/the-daggers/categories/non-fiction \|archive-date=2019-04-15 \|access-date=2023-11-26 \|website=The Crime Writers' Association}}{{Cite web \|date=2018-10-27 \|title=2018 CWA Dagger Award Winners \|url=https://poisonedpen.com/2018/10/27/2018-cwa-dagger-award-winners/ \|access-date=2024-05-19 \|website=The Poisoned Pen Bookstore \|language=en-US \|archive-date=28 November 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231128102038/https://poisonedpen.com/2018/10/27/2018-cwa-dagger-award-winners/ \|url-status=live }}
{{sortname\|Alexandria\|Mariano-Lesnevich}} \|{{sort\|Fact of a Body\|The Fact of a Body}} \|Macmillan \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|David\|Grann}} \|Killers of the Flower Moon \|Simon & Schuster \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Laura\|Thompson\|nolink=1}} \|Rex v Edith Thompson \|Head of Zeus \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Piu\|Eatwell}} \|Black Dahlia Red Rose \|Coronet \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|T. Christian\|Miller}} and Ken Armstrong \|{{sort\|False Report\|A False Report}} \|Hutchinson \|Shortlist \|
style="background:lightyellow" ! rowspan="6" \|2019 \|{{sortname\|Ben\|MacIntyre}} \|{{sort\|Spy and the Traitor\|The Spy and the Traitor}} \|Viking \|Winner \|{{Cite web \|date=2019-11-20 \|title=ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction \|url=http://thecwa.co.uk/the-daggers/categories/non-fiction \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191120062931/http://thecwa.co.uk/the-daggers/categories/non-fiction \|archive-date=2019-11-20 \|access-date=2023-11-26 \|website=The Crime Writers' Association}}
{{sortname\|Claire\|Harman\|dab=writer}} \|Murder by the Book \|Viking \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Hallie\|Rubenhold}} \|{{sort\|Five\|The Five}} \|Doubleday \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Kirk Wallace\|Johnson}} \|{{sort\|Feather Thief\|The Feather Thief}} \|Hutchinson \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Mikita\|Brottman}} \|{{Sort\|Unexplained Death\|An Unexplained Death}} \|Canongate \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Sue\|Black\|nolink=1}} \|All That Remains \|Doubleday \|Shortlist \|
style="background:lightyellow" ! rowspan="6" \|2020 \|{{sortname\|Casey\|Cep}} \|Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper Lee \|William Heinemann \|Winner \|{{Cite web \|date=2021-09-20 \|title=ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920071111/https://thecwa.co.uk/the-daggers/categories/non-fiction \|archive-url=https://thecwa.co.uk/the-daggers/categories/non-fiction \|archive-date=2021-09-20 \|access-date=2023-11-26 \|website=The Crime Writers' Association}}{{Cite web \|date=2020-10-23 \|title=Michael Robotham wins the 2020 Gold Dagger \|url=https://www.booktopia.com.au/blog/2020/10/23/michael-robotham-wins-the-2020-gold-dagger/ \|access-date=2020-10-23 \|website=The Booktopian \|language=en-AU \|archive-date=19 November 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231119165133/https://www.booktopia.com.au/blog/2020/10/23/michael-robotham-wins-the-2020-gold-dagger/ \|url-status=live }}{{Cite web \|last=Mitchell \|first=Erin \|date=2020-10-22 \|title=CWA Dagger Awards 2020 Winners Announced \|url=https://crimespreemag.com/cwa-dagger-awards-2020-winners-announced/ \|access-date=2024-05-19 \|website=Crimespree Magazine \|language=en-US \|archive-date=13 January 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113163118/https://crimespreemag.com/cwa-dagger-awards-2020-winners-announced/ \|url-status=live }}
{{sortname\|Adam\|Sisman}} \|{{sort\|Professor and the Parson\|The Professor and the Parson}} \|Profile Books \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Caroline\|Goode}} \|Honour: Achieving Justice for Banaz Mahmod \|Oneworld Publications \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Peter\|Everett\|dab=author}} \|Corrupt Bodies \|Icon Books \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Sean\|O'Connor\|dab=\|nolink=1}} \|{{sort\|Fatal Passion of Alma Rattenbury\|The Fatal Passion of Alma Rattenbury}} \|Simon & Schuster \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Susannah\|Stapleton}} \|{{sort\|Adventures of Maud West, Lady Detective\|The Adventures of Maud West, Lady Detective}} \|Picador \|Shortlist \|
style="background:lightyellow" ! rowspan="6" \|2021 \|{{sortname\|Sue\|Black\|nolink=1}} \|Written in Bone \|Doubleday, Penguin \|Winner \|{{Cite web \|last=Mabee \|first=Megan \|date=2021-07-08 \|title=Looking Sharp: Announcing the 2021 CWA Dagger Award Winners \|url=https://bookriot.com/2021-cwa-dagger-award-winners/ \|access-date=2024-05-19 \|website=Book Riot \|language=en-US \|archive-date=5 June 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605170200/https://bookriot.com/2021-cwa-dagger-award-winners/ \|url-status=live }}{{Cite web \|date=2021-07-03 \|title=CWA’s Dagger Awards \|url=https://poisonedpen.com/2021/07/03/cwas-dagger-awards/ \|access-date=2024-05-19 \|website=The Poisoned Pen Bookstore \|language=en-US \|archive-date=31 December 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221231171616/https://poisonedpen.com/2021/07/03/cwas-dagger-awards/ \|url-status=live }}
{{sortname\|Andrew\|Harding}} \|These Are Not Gentle People \|MacLehose \|Shortlist \|{{Cite web \|last=Mitchell \|first=Erin \|date=2021-05-20 \|title=CWA Dagger Awards Shortlists Announced \|url=https://crimespreemag.com/cwa-dagger-awards-shortlists-announced/ \|access-date=2024-05-19 \|website=Crimespree Magazine \|language=en-US \|archive-date=21 May 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521224704/https://crimespreemag.com/cwa-dagger-awards-shortlists-announced/ \|url-status=live }}
{{sortname\|Becky\|Cooper}} \|We Keep the Dead Close \|William Heinemann, Penguin \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Ben\|MacIntyre}} \|Agent Sonya \|Viking, Penguin \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Debora\|Harding}} \|Dancing with the Octopus \|Profile Books \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Nick\|Hayes}} \|{{sort\|Book of Trespass\|The Book of Trespass}} \|Bloomsbury \|Shortlist \|
style="background:lightyellow" ! rowspan="6" \|2022 \|{{sortname\|Julia\|Laite}} \|{{Sort\|Disappearance of Lydia Harvey: A True Story of Sex, Crime and the Meaning of Justice\|The Disappearance of Lydia Harvey: A True Story of Sex, Crime and the Meaning of Justice}} \|Profile Books \|Winner \|{{Cite web \|title=2022 CWA Dagger Awards Announced \|url=https://thecwa.co.uk/news/2022-cwa-dagger-awards-announced \|access-date=2023-07-10 \|website=The Crime Writers’ Association \|language=en \|archive-date=10 July 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710080231/https://thecwa.co.uk/news/2022-cwa-dagger-awards-announced \|url-status=live }}{{Cite web \|last= \|first= \|date=2022-07-01 \|title=Awards: CWA Dagger Winners \|url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4266 \|access-date=2024-05-19 \|website=Shelf Awareness \|archive-date=23 February 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223192427/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4266 \|url-status=live }}{{Cite web \|last=Mitchell \|first=Erin \|date=2022-06-30 \|title=2022 CWA Dagger Awards Announced \|url=https://crimespreemag.com/2022-cwa-dagger-awards-announced/ \|access-date=2024-05-19 \|website=Crimespree Magazine \|language=en-US \|archive-date=6 July 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706140436/https://crimespreemag.com/2022-cwa-dagger-awards-announced/ \|url-status=live }}
{{sortname\|Ben\|Machell}} \|{{sort\|Unusual Suspect\|The Unusual Suspect}} \|Canongate \|Shortlist \|{{Cite web \|title=CWA Dagger Shortlists Announced \|url=https://thecwa.co.uk/news/cwa-dagger-shortlists-announced \|access-date=2023-07-10 \|website=The Crime Writers’ Association \|language=en \|archive-date=19 June 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619082730/https://thecwa.co.uk/news/cwa-dagger-shortlists-announced \|url-status=live }}{{Cite web \|last=Mitchell \|first=Erin \|date=2022-05-13 \|title=CWA Dagger Award Shortlists Announced \|url=https://crimespreemag.com/cwa-dagger-award-shortlists-announced/ \|access-date=2024-05-19 \|website=Crimespree Magazine \|language=en-US \|archive-date=16 May 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516040040/https://crimespreemag.com/cwa-dagger-award-shortlists-announced/ \|url-status=live }}
{{sortname\|Gwen\|Adshead}} \|{{sort\|Devil You Know\|The Devil You Know}} \|Faber and Faber \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Julie\|Kavanagh}} \|{{sort\|Irish Assassins\|The Irish Assassins}} \|Atlantic Books; Grove Press UK \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Patrick\|Radden Keefe}} \|Empire of Pain \|Pan Macmillan; Picador \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Thomas\|Morris\|dab=author}} \|{{sort\|Dublin Railway Murder\|The Dublin Railway Murder}} \|Penguin Random House; Harvill Secker \|Shortlist \|
style="background:lightyellow" ! rowspan="6" \|2023 \|{{sortname\|Wendy\|Joseph}} \|Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey \|Transworld \|Winner \|{{Cite web \|title=2023 Dagger Award Winners Announced \|url=https://thecwa.co.uk/news/2023-dagger-award-winners-announced \|access-date=2023-07-10 \|website=The Crime Writers’ Association \|language=en \|archive-date=28 August 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230828144542/https://thecwa.co.uk/news/2023-dagger-award-winners-announced \|url-status=live }}{{Cite web \|last=Mitchell \|first=Erin \|date=2023-07-07 \|title=2023 CWA Dagger Awards Announced \|url=https://crimespreemag.com/2023-cwa-dagger-awards-announced/ \|access-date=2024-05-19 \|website=Crimespree Magazine \|language=en-US \|archive-date=10 July 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710215356/https://crimespreemag.com/2023-cwa-dagger-awards-announced/ \|url-status=live }}
{{sortname\|Amit\|Katwala}} \|Tremors in the Blood \|HarperCollins \|Shortlist \|{{Cite web \|last=Mitchell \|first=Erin \|date=2023-05-12 \|title=2023 CWA Dagger Shortlists Revealed \|url=https://crimespreemag.com/2023-cwa-dagger-shortlists-revealed/ \|access-date=2023-07-10 \|website=Crimespree Magazine \|language=en-US \|archive-date=10 July 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710215356/https://crimespreemag.com/2023-cwa-dagger-shortlists-revealed/ \|url-status=live }}
{{sortname\|David\|Whitehouse\|dab=writer}} \|About a Son \|Orion Publishing Group \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Julie\|Mackay}} \|To Hunt a Killer \|HarperCollins \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Martin\|Edwards\|dab=author}} \|{{sort\|Life of Crime\|The Life of Crime}} \|HarperCollins \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Stephen\|Bates\|nolink=1}} \|{{sort\|Poisonous Solicitor\|The Poisonous Solicitor}} \|Icon Books \|Shortlist \|
style="background:lightyellow" ! rowspan="6" \|2024 \|{{sortname\|Nicholas\|Shakespeare}} \|Ian Fleming: The Complete Man \|Vintage \|Winner \|{{Cite web \|last=Cooper-Fiske \|first=Casey \|date=2024-07-04 \|title=James Bond author among winners of crime writing awards \|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/alex-rider-anthony-horowitz-faber-midsomer-murders-nicholas-shakespeare-b1168774.html \|access-date=2025-02-05 \|website=The Standard \|language=en}}
{{sortname\|Michael\|Finkel}} \|{{Sort\|Art Thief\|The Art Thief}} \|Simon & Schuster \|Shortlist \|{{Cite web \|title=ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction \|url=https://thecwa.co.uk/awards-and-competitions/the-daggers/alcs-gold-dagger-for-non-fiction/ \|access-date=2024-05-19 \|website=Crime Writers’ Association \|language=en \|archive-date=13 October 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231013221603/https://thecwa.co.uk/awards-and-competitions/the-daggers/alcs-gold-dagger-for-non-fiction/ \|url-status=live }}{{Cite web \|last=Mitchell \|first=Erin \|date=2024-05-16 \|title=CWA Dagger Awards Shortlists Announced \|url=https://crimespreemag.com/cwa-dagger-awards-shortlists-announced-2/ \|access-date=2024-05-19 \|website=Crimespree Magazine \|language=en-US \|archive-date=19 May 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519171305/https://crimespreemag.com/cwa-dagger-awards-shortlists-announced-2/ \|url-status=live }}
{{sortname\|Matt\|Johnson\|nolink=1}} with John Murray \|No Ordinary Day \|Ad Lib Publishers \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Jennifer\|McAdam}} with Douglas Thompson \|Devil’s Coin \|Ad Lib Publishers \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Alex\|Mar}} \|Seventy Times Seven \|Bedford Square Publishers \|Shortlist \|
{{sortname\|Jennifer\|Robinson\|nolink=1}} and Keina Yoshida \|How Many More Women? \|Endeavor \|Shortlist \|

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|+Award winners and shortlists

! scope="col" |Year

! scope="col" |Author

! scope="col" |Title

! scope="col" |Publisher

! scope="col" |Result

! scope="col" |{{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}

style="background:lightyellow"

!1978

|{{sortname|Harry|Hawkes}}

|{{sort|Capture of the Black Panther|The Capture of the Black Panther }}

|Winner (joint)

|{{cite web |title=Past winners |url=https://thecwa.co.uk/past-winners/?search&from_year&to_year&past_winners_awards%5B0%5D=gold-non-fiction&past_winners_accolades%5B0%5D=winner |website=The Crime Writers’ Association |access-date=19 May 2024 |language=en}} List created by search for "Winner" and "Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction"

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!1978

|{{sortname|Audrey|Williamson|Audrey_Williamson_(critic)}}

|{{sort|Mystery of the Princes|The Mystery of the Princes}}

|Winner (joint)

style="background:lightyellow"

!1979

|{{sortname|Jon|Connell|Jolyon Connell}} and Douglas Sutherland

|Fraud

|Winner (joint)

style="background:lightyellow"

!1979

|{{sortname|Shirley|Green}}

|Rachman

|Winner (joint)

style="background:lightyellow"

!1980

|{{sortname|Anthony|Summers}} and Robbyn Swan

|Conspiracy

|Winner

style="background:lightyellow"

!1981

|{{sortname|Jacobo|Timerman}}

|Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number

|Winner

style="background:lightyellow"

!1982

|{{sortname|John|Cornwell|dab=writer}}

|Earth to Earth

|Winner

style="background:lightyellow"

!1983

|{{sortname|Peter|Watson|link=Peter Watson (intellectual historian)}}

|Double Dealer: How Five Art Dealers, Four Policemen, Three Picture Restorers, Two Auction Houses and a Journalist Plotted to Recover Some of the World's Most Beautiful Stolen Paintings

|Winner

style="background:lightyellow"

!1984

|{{sortname|David|Yallop}}

|In God's Name

|Winner

style="background:lightyellow"

!1985

|{{sortname|Brian|Masters}}

|Killing for Company

|Winner

style="background:lightyellow"

!1986

|{{sortname|John|Bryson|dab=author}}

|Evil Angels

|Winner

style="background:lightyellow"

!1987

|{{sortname|Bernard|Taylor|dab=author}} and Stephen Knight

|Perfect Murder

|Winner

style="background:lightyellow"

!1988

|{{sortname|Bernard|Wasserstein}}

|{{sort|Secret Lives of Trebitsch Lincoln|The Secret Lives of Trebitsch Lincoln}}

|Winner

style="background:lightyellow"

!1989

|{{sortname|Robert|Lindsey|dab=journalist}}

|{{sort|Gathering of Saints: A True Story of Money, Murder and Deceit|A Gathering of Saints: A True Story of Money, Murder and Deceit}}

|Winner

style="background:lightyellow"

!1990

|{{sortname|Jonathan|Goodman}}

|{{sort|Passing of Starr Faithfull|The Passing of Starr Faithfull}}

|Winner

style="background:lightyellow"

!1991

|{{sortname|John|Bossy}}

|Giordano Bruno and the Embassy Affair

|Winner

style="background:lightyellow"

!1992

|{{sortname|Charles|Nicholl|dab=author}}

|{{sort|Reckoning|The Reckoning}}

|Winner

style="background:lightyellow"

!1993

|{{sortname|Alexandra|Artley}}

|Murder in the Heart

|Winner

style="background:lightyellow"

!1994

|{{sortname|David|Canter}}

|Criminal Shadows: Inside the Mind of the Serial Killer

|Winner

style="background:lightyellow"

!1995

|{{sortname|Martin|Beales}}

|Dead Not Buried

|Winner

style="background:lightyellow"

!1996

|{{sortname|Antonia|Fraser}}

|{{sort|Gunpowder Plot: Terror and Faith in 1605|The Gunpowder Plot: Terror and Faith in 1605}}

|Winner

style="background:lightyellow"

!1997

|{{sortname|Paul|Britton}}

|{{sort|Jigsaw Man (The Remarkable Career of Britain's Foremost Criminal Psychologist)|The Jigsaw Man (The Remarkable Career of Britain's Foremost Criminal Psychologist)}}

|Winner

style="background:lightyellow"

!1998

|{{sortname|Gitta|Sereny}}

|Cries Unheard: Why Children Kill - The Story of Mary Bell

|Winner

style="background:lightyellow"

! rowspan="3" |1999{{Efn|Eligibility: works published in the UK in English between 16 October 1998 and 15 September 1999. It carried a prize of £2,000.}}

|{{sortname|Brian|Cathcart}}

|{{sort|Case of Stephen Lawrence|The Case of Stephen Lawrence}}

|Viking

|Winner

|{{Cite web |date=2001-04-05 |title=The CWA the Macallan Gold Dagger |url=http://www.thecwa.co.uk/cgi-bin/frame.pl?awards.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010405053013/http://www.thecwa.co.uk/cgi-bin/frame.pl?awards.html |archive-date=2001-04-05 |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=The Crime Writers' Association}}

|{{sort|Dragon Syndicates|The Dragon Syndicates}}

|Doubleday

|Shortlist

|{{sort|Sceptical Witness|The Sceptical Witness}}

|Hodology Ltd.

|Shortlist

style="background:lightyellow"

! rowspan="5" |2000

|{{sortname|Edward|Bunker}}

|Mr. Blue: Memoirs of a Renegade

|No Exit Press

|Winner

|{{cite web |year=2000 |title=The CWA Dagger Awards 2000 |url=http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2000/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090224093925/http://thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2000/index.html |archive-date=2009-02-24 |accessdate=2009-02-21 |website=Crime Writers’ Association}}{{Cite web |date=2001-06-02 |title=The Crime Writers' Association's Dagger Awards |url=http://www.thecwa.co.uk:80/cgi-bin/frame.pl?awards.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010602041224/http://www.thecwa.co.uk:80/cgi-bin/frame.pl?awards.html |archive-date=2001-06-02 |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=Crime Writers' Association}}

|Wainewright the Poisoner

|Faber and Faber

|Shortlist

|{{sort|Life and Death of Lord Errol|The Life and Death of Lord Errol}}

|Fourth Estate

|Shortlist

|Richard Elias and Peter Walsh, Cocky

|Milo Books

|Shortlist

|Bloggs 19

|Warner Books

|Shortlist

style="background:lightyellow"

! rowspan="3" |2001

|{{sortname|Philip|Etienne}} and Martin Maynard, with Tony Thompson

|{{sort|Infiltrators: the First Inside Account of Life Deep Undercover with Scotland Yard's Most Secret Unit|The Infiltrators: the First Inside Account of Life Deep Undercover with Scotland Yard's Most Secret Unit}}

|Penguin

|Winner

|{{Cite web |title=CWA: Shortlist for the 2001 Macallan Daggers for Non-fiction |url=http://www.thecwa.co.uk/awards/non.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020415063656fw_/http://www.thecwa.co.uk/awards/non.html |archive-date=2002-04-15 |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=The Crime Writers' Association}}

|Patriot Traitors: Roger Casement, John Amery and the Real Meaning of Treason

|Viking Press

|Shortlist

|Maggots, Murder and Men: Memories and Reflections of a Forensic Entomologist

|Harley Books

|Shortlist

style="background:lightyellow"

! rowspan="4" |2002

|{{sortname|Lillian|Pizzichini}}

|Dead Man's Wages: The Secrets of a London Conman and His Family

|Picador

|Winner

|{{cite web |year=2002 |title=The CWA The Macallan Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction |url=http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2002/non.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123222102/http://thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2002/non.html |archive-date=2009-01-23 |accessdate=2009-02-21 |website=Crime Writers' Association}}

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|{{sortname|Julian|Earwaker}} and Kathleen Becker

|Scene of the Crime: a Guide to the Landscapes of British Detective FictionJudged to be outside the scope of the award but worthy of commendation

|Aurum

|Special mention

{{sortname|Don|Hale}}, with Marika Huns and Hamish McGregor

|Town Without Pity: the Fight to Clear Stephen Downing of the Bakewell Murder

|Century

|Shortlist

|Anthony Blunt, His Lives

|Macmillan

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="6" |2003

|{{sortname|Samantha|Weinberg}}

|Pointing from the Grave: a True Story of Murder and DNA

|Hamish Hamilton

|Winner

|{{cite web |year=2003 |title=The 2003 Gold Dagger Award for Non-Fiction |url=http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2003/non.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090124022232/http://thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2003/non.html |archive-date=2009-01-24 |accessdate=2009-02-20 |website=Crime Writers’ Association}}

|Imprint of the Raj: the Colonial Origin of Fingerprinting and its Voyage to Britain

|Macmillan

|Shortlist

|{{sort|Underworld at War: Spivs, Deserters, Racketeers and Civilians in the Second World War|An Underworld at War: Spivs, Deserters, Racketeers and Civilians in the Second World War}}

|John Murray

|Shortlist

|{{Sort|Devil In The White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America|The Devil In The White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America}}

|Doubleday

|Shortlist

|Wicked Beyond Belief: the Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper

|HarperCollins

|Shortlist

|Gang War: the Inside Story of the Manchester Gangs

|Milo Books

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="5" |2004

|{{sortname|John|Dickie|dab=historian}}

|Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia

|Hodder & Stoughton

|Winner

|{{cite web |year=2004 |title=The CWA's 2004 Non-Fiction Gold Dagger Award |url=http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2004/non.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123221802/http://thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2004/non.html |archive-date=2009-01-23 |accessdate=2009-02-11 |website=Crime Writers' Association}}

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|{{sortname|Sarah|Wise}}

|{{sort|Italian Boy: Murder and Grave Robbery in 1830s London|The Italian Boy: Murder and Grave Robbery in 1830s London}}

|Jonathan Cape

|Winner

{{sortname|Mende|Nazer}} and Damian Lewis

|Slave: The True Story of a Girl's Lost Childhood and her Fight for Survival

|Time Warner

|Shortlist

|{{sort|Swamp of Death: A True Tale of Victorian Lies and Murder|The Swamp of Death: A True Tale of Victorian Lies and Murder}}

|Hamish Hamilton

|Shortlist

|{{sort|Trials of Hank Janson|The Trials of Hank Janson}}

|Telos Publishing

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="5" |2005

|{{sortname|Gregg and Gina|Hill|nolink=1}}

|On The Run: a Mafia childhood

|Hutchinson

|Winner

|{{cite web |year=2005 |title=CWA Dagger for Non-Fiction |url=http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2005/non.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123221840/http://thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2005/non.html |archive-date=2009-01-23 |accessdate=2009-02-11 |website=Crime Writers’ Association}}

|{{sort|Wreckers: A Story of Killing Seas, False Lights, and Plundered Shipwrecks.|The Wreckers: A Story of Killing Seas, False Lights, and Plundered Shipwrecks.}}

|HarperCollins

|Shortlist

|{{sort|Last Duel: A True Story of Crime, Scandal, and Trial by Combat in Medieval France|The Last Duel: A True Story of Crime, Scandal, and Trial by Combat in Medieval France}}

|Century

|Shortlist

|{{sort|Serpent in Eden: The Greatest Murder Mystery of All Time|A Serpent in Eden: The Greatest Murder Mystery of All Time}}

|Little, Brown

|Shortlist

|{{sort|Trial: a history from Socrates to O. J. Simpson|The Trial: a history from Socrates to O. J. Simpson}}

|HarperCollins

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="6" |2006

|{{sortname|Linda|Rhodes}}, Lee Sheldon, and Kathryn Abnet

|{{sort|Dagenham Murder: The Brutal Killing of PC George Clark, 1846|The Dagenham Murder: The Brutal Killing of PC George Clark, 1846}} (The Borough of Barking and Dagenham)

|Winner

|{{cite web |year=2006 |title=The CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction |url=http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2006/non.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123222133/http://thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2006/non.html |archive-date=2009-01-23 |accessdate=2009-02-08 |website=Crime Writers' Association}}

|{{sort|Story of Chicago May|The Story of Chicago May}}

|Michael Joseph

|Shortlist

|{{sort|Death in Belmont|A Death in Belmont}}

|Fourth Estate

|Shortlist

|{{sort|Death of Innocents: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions|The Death of Innocents: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions}}

|Canterbury Press

|Shortlist

|And Then the Darkness: The Fascinating Story of the Disappearance of Peter Falconio and the Trials of Joanne Lees

|John Blake

|Shortlist

|Under and Alone: The True Story of the Undercover Agent Who Infiltrated America's Most Violent Outlaw Motorcycle Gang

|Mainstream

|Shortlist

2007

! colspan="4" |Not awarded. It was decided that the award was to become a biennial award.

|{{Cite web |date=2009-02-10 |title=The Duncan Lawrie and CWA Daggers 2007 |url=http://thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2007/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210093534/http://thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2007/index.html |archive-date=2009-02-10 |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=The Crime Writers' Association}}

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! rowspan="6" |2008

|{{sortname|Kester|Aspden}}

|Nationality: Wog - The Hounding of David Oluwale

|Random House

|Winner

|{{cite web |year=2008 |title=The CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction |url=http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2008/non.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090124004100/http://thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2008/non.html |archive-date=2009-01-24 |accessdate=2009-02-08 |website=Crime Writers' Association}}{{cite web |year=2008 |title=CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction shortlist |url=http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2008shortlists/non.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107084103/http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2008shortlists/non.html |archivedate=2009-01-07 |accessdate=2009-02-08 |website=Crime Writers' Association}}

|Violation: Justice, Race and Serial Murder in the Deep South

|HarperPress

|Shortlist

|{{sort|Lost Boy|The Lost Boy}}

|Bantam Press

|Shortlist

|{{sort|Art of Political Murder: Who Killed Bishop Gerardi|The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed Bishop Gerardi}}

|Atlantic Books

|Shortlist

|{{sort|Suspicions of Mr Whicher The Murder at Road Hill House|The Suspicions of Mr Whicher The Murder at Road Hill House}}

|Bloomsbury

|Shortlist

|Into the Darkness: 7/7

|Vintage Books

|Shortlist

2009

! colspan="4" |Not awarded as award had become biennial.

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! rowspan="6" |2010{{Efn|Eligibility: works published between June 1, 2008 and May 31, 2010}}

|{{sortname|Ruth Dudley|Edwards}}

|Aftermath: The Omagh Bombing & the Families' Pursuit of Justice

|Harvill Secker

|Winner

|{{cite web |year=2010 |title=The CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction |url=http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2010/non.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902112131/http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2010/non.html |archive-date=2011-09-02 |accessdate=2011-09-17 |website=Crime Writers' Association}}

|Defending the Guilty

|Penguin / Viking

|Shortlist

|Killing Time

|Heinemann

|Shortlist

|Major Farran's Hat

|Heinemann

|Shortlist

{{sortname|Douglas|Preston}}, with Mario Spezi

|{{Sort|Monster of Florence: A True Story|The Monster of Florence: A True Story}}

|Virgin / Random House

|Shortlist

|{{sort|True, Untold Story of Bonnie & Clyde|The True, Untold Story of Bonnie & Clyde}}

|Simon & Schuster

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="5" |2011{{Efn|Eligibility: works first published in the UK in English between 1 June 2010 and 31 May 2011. The award became an annual fixture once again, but this year the prize fund was halved to £1000.}}

|{{sortname|Douglas|Starr}}

|{{sort|Killer of Little Shepherds|The Killer of Little Shepherds}}

|Simon & Schuster

|Winner

|{{cite web |year=2011 |title=The CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction |url=http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2011/non.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912061338/http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2011/non.html |archive-date=2011-09-12 |accessdate=2011-09-17 |website=Crime Writers' Association}}

|Slaughter on a Snowy Morn

|Icon Books

|Shortlist

|{{sort|Invention of Murder|The Invention of Murder}}

|HarperCollins

|Shortlist

|Mr Briggs' Hat

|Little, Brown

|Shortlist

|{{sort|Murder Room|The Murder Room}}

|Michael Joseph

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="6" |2012

|{{sortname|Anthony|Summers}} and Robbyn Swan

|{{sort|Eleventh Day|The Eleventh Day}}

|Transworld

|Winner

|{{Cite web |date=2012-10-21 |title=CWA Dagger for Non-fiction: 2012 winners Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan |url=http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2012/non.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021062245/http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2012/non.html |archive-date=2012-10-21 |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=The Crime Writers' Association}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2012-07-10 |title=Awards: Frank O'Connor Short Story; CWA Daggers |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1779 |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=7 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207081612/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1779 |url-status=live }}

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|{{sortname|Ben|Lopez}}

|{{sort|Negotiator|The Negotiator}}

|Little, Brown

|Highly commended

{{sortname|David|Smith|nolink=1}} with Carol Ann Lee

|Witness

|Mainstream

|Shortlist

|{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2012-05-26 |title=2012 CWA Dagger shortlists announced |url=https://crimespreemag.com/2012-cwa-dagger-shortlists-announced/ |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=Crimespree Magazine |language=en-US |archive-date=19 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519171304/https://crimespreemag.com/2012-cwa-dagger-shortlists-announced/ |url-status=live }}

|Hood Rat

|Pan Macmillan

|Shortlist

|To Live Outside the Law

|Serpent’s Tail

|Shortlist

|Dark Market

|Vintage

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="6" |2013

|{{sortname|Paul|French|dab=author}}

|Midnight in Peking

|Penguin / Viking

|Winner

|{{Cite web |date=2013-07-29 |title=Paul French wins 2013 CWA Dagger for Non-fiction |url=http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2013/non.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729062417/http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2013/non.html |archive-date=2013-07-29 |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=The Crime Writers' Association}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2013-07-17 |title=Awards: SCBWI Late Bloomer; CWA Daggers |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2041 |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=31 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331222730/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2041 |url-status=live }}

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|{{sortname|Richard|Hoskins}}

|{{sort|Boy in the River|The Boy in the River}}

|Pan Macmillan

|Highly commended

|{{sort|Fine Day for a Hanging|A Fine Day for a Hanging}}

|Mainstream

|Shortlist

|Injustice: Life and Death in the Courtrooms of America

|Random House

|Shortlist

|Murder at Wrotham Hill

|Quercus

|Shortlist

{{sortname|Mukesh|Kapila}} with Damien Lewis

|Against a Tide of Evil

|Mainstream

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="6" |2014

|{{sortname|Adrian|Levy}} and Cathy Scott-Clark

|{{sort|Siege|The Siege}}

|Viking

|Winner

|{{Cite web |date=2014-12-03 |title=CWA Non-Fiction Dagger |url=http://thecwa.co.uk/the-daggers/categories/non-fiction/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141203080627/http://thecwa.co.uk/the-daggers/categories/non-fiction/ |archive-date=2014-12-03 |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=The Crime Writers' Association}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2014-07-02 |title=Awards: CWA Daggers |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2288 |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=20 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120121440/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2288 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2014-07-01 |title=Winners for 2014 CWA Dagger Awards |url=https://crimespreemag.com/winners-for-2014-cwa-dagger-awards/ |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=Crimespree Magazine |language=en-US |archive-date=2 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602040200/http://crimespreemag.com/winners-for-2014-cwa-dagger-awards/ |url-status=live }}

|Life After Death: Eighteen Years on Death Row

|Atlantic Books

|Shortlist

|Manson

|Simon & Schuster

|Shortlist

|Did She Kill Him?

|Little, Brown Book Group

|Shortlist

{{sortname|Paul|Lewis|dab=journalist}} and Rob Evans

|Undercover: The True Story of Britain's Secret Police

|Faber and Faber

|Shortlist

|{{sort|Girl|The Girl}}

|Simon & Schuster

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="6" |2015

|{{sortname|Dan|Davies|dab=writer}}

|In Plain Sight: The Life and Lies of Jimmy Savile

|Quercus

|Winner

|{{Cite web |title=ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-fiction 2015 |url=https://thecwa.co.uk/in-plain-sight-the-life-and-lies-of-jimmy-savile |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730203811/https://thecwa.co.uk/in-plain-sight-the-life-and-lies-of-jimmy-savile |archive-date=30 July 2020 |access-date=2020-09-08 |website=The Crime Writers' Association}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2015-07-02 |title=Awards: Desmond Elliott; CWA Daggers |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2541 |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=18 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230518110156/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2541 |url-status=live }}

|One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway

|Virago

|Shortlist

|Just Mercy: a story of justice and redemption

|Scribe

|Shortlist

|Gun Baby Gun: A Bloody Journey Into the World of the Gun

|Canongate

|Shortlist

|Ghettoside: Investigating a Homicide Epidemic

|Bodley Head

|Shortlist

|{{sort|Kim Jong il Production|A Kim Jong il Production}}

|Penguin

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="6" |2016

|{{sortname|Andrew|Hankinson|nolink=1}}

|You Could Do Something Amazing With Your Life [You Are Raoul Moat]

|Scribe

|Winner

|{{Cite web |date=2016-11-10 |title=Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction |url=http://thecwa.co.uk/the-daggers/categories/non-fiction |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161110005243/http://thecwa.co.uk/the-daggers/categories/non-fiction |archive-date=2016-11-10 |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=The Crime Writers' Association}}

|John le Carré: The Biography

|Bloomsbury

|Shortlist

|{{sort|Very Expensive Poison|A Very Expensive Poison}}

|Faber and Faber

|Shortlist

|{{sort|Golden Age of Murder|The Golden Age of Murder}}

|HarperCollins

|Shortlist

|Jeremy Hutchinson’s Case Histories

|John Murray

|Shortlist

|Sexy Beasts: The Hatton Garden Mob

|Quercus

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="6" |2017

|{{sortname|Stephen|Purvis}}

|Close but No Cigar: A True Story of Prison Life in Castro's Cuba

|Weidenfeld & Nicolson

|Winner

|{{Cite web |date=2017-09-27 |title=Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction |url=https://thecwa.co.uk/the-daggers/categories/non-fiction/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170927022952/https://thecwa.co.uk/the-daggers/categories/non-fiction/ |archive-date=2017-09-27 |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=The Crime Writers' Association}}

|{{sort|Passing Fury: Searching for Justice at the End of World War II|A Passing Fury: Searching for Justice at the End of World War II}}

|Jonathan Cape

|Shortlist

|{{sort|Scholl Case: The Deadly End of a Marriage|The Scholl Case: The Deadly End of a Marriage}}

|Text Publishing

|Shortlist

|Another Day in the Death of America

|Guardian / Faber and Faber

|Shortlist

|{{sort|Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer|The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer}}

|Bloomsbury

|Shortlist

|{{sort|Dangerous Place|A Dangerous Place}}

|The History Press

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="6" |2018

|{{sortname|Thomas|Harding|dab=writer}}

|Blood on the Page

|William Heinemann

|Winner

|{{Cite web |date=2019-04-15 |title=Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction |url=https://thecwa.co.uk/the-daggers/categories/non-fiction |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415105209/https://thecwa.co.uk/the-daggers/categories/non-fiction |archive-date=2019-04-15 |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=The Crime Writers' Association}}{{Cite web |date=2018-10-27 |title=2018 CWA Dagger Award Winners |url=https://poisonedpen.com/2018/10/27/2018-cwa-dagger-award-winners/ |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=The Poisoned Pen Bookstore |language=en-US |archive-date=28 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231128102038/https://poisonedpen.com/2018/10/27/2018-cwa-dagger-award-winners/ |url-status=live }}

|{{sort|Fact of a Body|The Fact of a Body}}

|Macmillan

|Shortlist

|Killers of the Flower Moon

|Simon & Schuster

|Shortlist

|Rex v Edith Thompson

|Head of Zeus

|Shortlist

|Black Dahlia Red Rose

|Coronet

|Shortlist

{{sortname|T. Christian|Miller}} and Ken Armstrong

|{{sort|False Report|A False Report}}

|Hutchinson

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="6" |2019

|{{sortname|Ben|MacIntyre}}

|{{sort|Spy and the Traitor|The Spy and the Traitor}}

|Viking

|Winner

|{{Cite web |date=2019-11-20 |title=ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction |url=http://thecwa.co.uk/the-daggers/categories/non-fiction |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191120062931/http://thecwa.co.uk/the-daggers/categories/non-fiction |archive-date=2019-11-20 |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=The Crime Writers' Association}}

|Murder by the Book

|Viking

|Shortlist

|{{sort|Five|The Five}}

|Doubleday

|Shortlist

|{{sort|Feather Thief|The Feather Thief}}

|Hutchinson

|Shortlist

|{{Sort|Unexplained Death|An Unexplained Death}}

|Canongate

|Shortlist

|All That Remains

|Doubleday

|Shortlist

style="background:lightyellow"

! rowspan="6" |2020

|{{sortname|Casey|Cep}}

|Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper Lee

|William Heinemann

|Winner

|{{Cite web |date=2021-09-20 |title=ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920071111/https://thecwa.co.uk/the-daggers/categories/non-fiction |archive-url=https://thecwa.co.uk/the-daggers/categories/non-fiction |archive-date=2021-09-20 |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=The Crime Writers' Association}}{{Cite web |date=2020-10-23 |title=Michael Robotham wins the 2020 Gold Dagger |url=https://www.booktopia.com.au/blog/2020/10/23/michael-robotham-wins-the-2020-gold-dagger/ |access-date=2020-10-23 |website=The Booktopian |language=en-AU |archive-date=19 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231119165133/https://www.booktopia.com.au/blog/2020/10/23/michael-robotham-wins-the-2020-gold-dagger/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Mitchell |first=Erin |date=2020-10-22 |title=CWA Dagger Awards 2020 Winners Announced |url=https://crimespreemag.com/cwa-dagger-awards-2020-winners-announced/ |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=Crimespree Magazine |language=en-US |archive-date=13 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113163118/https://crimespreemag.com/cwa-dagger-awards-2020-winners-announced/ |url-status=live }}

|{{sort|Professor and the Parson|The Professor and the Parson}}

|Profile Books

|Shortlist

|Honour: Achieving Justice for Banaz Mahmod

|Oneworld Publications

|Shortlist

|Corrupt Bodies

|Icon Books

|Shortlist

|{{sort|Fatal Passion of Alma Rattenbury|The Fatal Passion of Alma Rattenbury}}

|Simon & Schuster

|Shortlist

|{{sort|Adventures of Maud West, Lady Detective|The Adventures of Maud West, Lady Detective}}

|Picador

|Shortlist

style="background:lightyellow"

! rowspan="6" |2021

|{{sortname|Sue|Black|nolink=1}}

|Written in Bone

|Doubleday, Penguin

|Winner

|{{Cite web |last=Mabee |first=Megan |date=2021-07-08 |title=Looking Sharp: Announcing the 2021 CWA Dagger Award Winners |url=https://bookriot.com/2021-cwa-dagger-award-winners/ |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=Book Riot |language=en-US |archive-date=5 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605170200/https://bookriot.com/2021-cwa-dagger-award-winners/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2021-07-03 |title=CWA’s Dagger Awards |url=https://poisonedpen.com/2021/07/03/cwas-dagger-awards/ |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=The Poisoned Pen Bookstore |language=en-US |archive-date=31 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221231171616/https://poisonedpen.com/2021/07/03/cwas-dagger-awards/ |url-status=live }}

|These Are Not Gentle People

|MacLehose

|Shortlist

|{{Cite web |last=Mitchell |first=Erin |date=2021-05-20 |title=CWA Dagger Awards Shortlists Announced |url=https://crimespreemag.com/cwa-dagger-awards-shortlists-announced/ |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=Crimespree Magazine |language=en-US |archive-date=21 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521224704/https://crimespreemag.com/cwa-dagger-awards-shortlists-announced/ |url-status=live }}

|We Keep the Dead Close

|William Heinemann, Penguin

|Shortlist

|Agent Sonya

|Viking, Penguin

|Shortlist

|Dancing with the Octopus

|Profile Books

|Shortlist

|{{sort|Book of Trespass|The Book of Trespass}}

|Bloomsbury

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="6" |2022

|{{sortname|Julia|Laite}}

|{{Sort|Disappearance of Lydia Harvey: A True Story of Sex, Crime and the Meaning of Justice|The Disappearance of Lydia Harvey: A True Story of Sex, Crime and the Meaning of Justice}}

|Profile Books

|Winner

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|{{sort|Unusual Suspect|The Unusual Suspect}}

|Canongate

|Shortlist

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|{{sort|Devil You Know|The Devil You Know}}

|Faber and Faber

|Shortlist

|{{sort|Irish Assassins|The Irish Assassins}}

|Atlantic Books; Grove Press UK

|Shortlist

|Empire of Pain

|Pan Macmillan; Picador

|Shortlist

|{{sort|Dublin Railway Murder|The Dublin Railway Murder}}

|Penguin Random House; Harvill Secker

|Shortlist

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|Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey

|Transworld

|Winner

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|Tremors in the Blood

|HarperCollins

|Shortlist

|{{Cite web |last=Mitchell |first=Erin |date=2023-05-12 |title=2023 CWA Dagger Shortlists Revealed |url=https://crimespreemag.com/2023-cwa-dagger-shortlists-revealed/ |access-date=2023-07-10 |website=Crimespree Magazine |language=en-US |archive-date=10 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710215356/https://crimespreemag.com/2023-cwa-dagger-shortlists-revealed/ |url-status=live }}

|About a Son

|Orion Publishing Group

|Shortlist

|To Hunt a Killer

|HarperCollins

|Shortlist

|{{sort|Life of Crime|The Life of Crime}}

|HarperCollins

|Shortlist

|{{sort|Poisonous Solicitor|The Poisonous Solicitor}}

|Icon Books

|Shortlist

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|{{sortname|Nicholas|Shakespeare}}

|Ian Fleming: The Complete Man

|Vintage

|Winner

|{{Cite web |last=Cooper-Fiske |first=Casey |date=2024-07-04 |title=James Bond author among winners of crime writing awards |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/alex-rider-anthony-horowitz-faber-midsomer-murders-nicholas-shakespeare-b1168774.html |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=The Standard |language=en}}

|{{Sort|Art Thief|The Art Thief}}

|Simon & Schuster

|Shortlist

|{{Cite web |title=ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction |url=https://thecwa.co.uk/awards-and-competitions/the-daggers/alcs-gold-dagger-for-non-fiction/ |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=Crime Writers’ Association |language=en |archive-date=13 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231013221603/https://thecwa.co.uk/awards-and-competitions/the-daggers/alcs-gold-dagger-for-non-fiction/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Mitchell |first=Erin |date=2024-05-16 |title=CWA Dagger Awards Shortlists Announced |url=https://crimespreemag.com/cwa-dagger-awards-shortlists-announced-2/ |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=Crimespree Magazine |language=en-US |archive-date=19 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519171305/https://crimespreemag.com/cwa-dagger-awards-shortlists-announced-2/ |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|Matt|Johnson|nolink=1}} with John Murray

|No Ordinary Day

|Ad Lib Publishers

|Shortlist

{{sortname|Jennifer|McAdam}} with Douglas Thompson

|Devil’s Coin

|Ad Lib Publishers

|Shortlist

|Seventy Times Seven

|Bedford Square Publishers

|Shortlist

{{sortname|Jennifer|Robinson|nolink=1}} and Keina Yoshida