2015 Davitt Awards - Shortlist

The shortlist for the 2015 Davitt Awards has been announced tonight.

ADULT FICTION

• Honey Brown, Through the Cracks
• Ilsa Evans, Forbidden Fruits: A Nell Forrest mystery
• Sulari Gentill, A Murder Unmentioned
• Annie Hauxwell, A Morbid Habit
• Liane Moriarty, Big Little Lies
• Malla Nunn, Present Darkness

YOUNG ADULT NOVELS

• Christine Bongers, Intruder (Woolshed Press – a Random House imprint)
• Rebecca Lim, The Astrologer’s Daughter (Text Publishing)
• Ellie Marney, Every Word (Allen & Unwin)
• Pamela Rushby, The Ratcatcher’s Daughter (HarperCollins Australia)

CHILDREN'S NOVELS

• Lollie Barr, The Adventures of Stunt Boy and His Amazing Wonder Dog Blindfold (Pan Macmillan Australia)
• Eileen O’Hely, Kitten Kaboodle Mission 1: The Catier Emerald (Walker Books)
• Judith Rossell, Withering-by-Sea (HarperCollins Australia)
• R A Spratt, Friday Barnes: Big Trouble (Random House)
• Jen Storer, Truly Tan #4: Freaked! (ABC Books – a HarperCollins Australia imprint)

NON FICTION

• Megan Norris, Love You to Death: A story of sex, betrayal and murder gone wrong (The Five Mile Press)
• Caroline Overington, Last Woman Hanged (HarperCollins Australia)
• Virginia Peters, Have You Seen Simone? The story of an unsolved murder (Nero)
• Julie Szego, The Tainted Trial of Farah Jama (Wild Dingo Press)

DEBUT

• Lollie Barr, The Adventures of Stunt Boy and His Amazing Wonder Dog Blindfold (Pan Macmillan Australia)
• Candice Fox, Hades (Random House)
• Anna George, What Came Before (Penguin Books Australia)
• Rebecca Jessen, Gap (University of Queensland Press)
• Christine Bongers, Intruder (Woolshed Press – a Random House imprint)
• Virginia Peters, Have You Seen Simone? The story of an unsolved murder (Nero)
• Pamela Rushby, The Ratcatcher’s Daughter (HarperCollins Australia)
• Sandi Wallace, Tell Me Why (Clan Destine Press) Debut
• Julie Szego, The Tainted Trial of Farah Jama (Wild Dingo Press)