Davitt Awards 2011 - YA Shortlist

The longlists for the Australian Sisters in Crime’s 2011 Davitt Awards (criteria: crime/mystery fiction by an Australian woman) have been announced. The list for the Children and Young Adult category is:

Randa Abdel-Fattah, Noah’s Law: Crime, Punishment and Paper Jams (PanMacmillan Australia)
Georgia Blain, Darkwater (Random House Australia)
Nette Hilton, The Innocents (Random House Australia)
Rebecca James, Beautiful Malice (Allen & Unwin)
Catherine Jinks, The Abused Werewolf Rescue Group (Allen & Unwin)
Rebecca Lim, Mercy (Harper Collins)
Gabrielle Lord, Conspiracy 365 – February (Scholastic Australia)
Gabrielle Lord, Conspiracy 365 – March (Scholastic Australia)
Gabrielle Lord, Conspiracy 365 – April (Scholastic Australia)
Gabrielle Lord, Conspiracy 365 – May (Scholastic Australia)
Gabrielle Lord, Conspiracy 365 – June (Scholastic Australia)
Gabrielle Lord, Conspiracy 365 – July (Scholastic Australia)
Gabrielle Lord, Conspiracy 365 – August (Scholastic Australia)
Gabrielle Lord, Conspiracy 365 – September (Scholastic Australia)
Gabrielle Lord, Conspiracy 365 – October (Scholastic Australia)
Gabrielle Lord, Conspiracy 365 – November (Scholastic Australia)
Gabrielle Lord, Conspiracy 365 – December (Scholastic Australia)
Shirley Marr, Fury (Black Dog Books)
Sophie Masson, The Phar Lap Mystery (Scholastic Australia)
Penny Matthews, A Girl Like Me (Penguin Books Australia
Isabelle Merlin, Bright Angel (Random House Australia)
Chrissie Michaels, Lonnie's Shadow (Ford Street Publishing)
Lara Morgan, Genesis (Walker Books)

The winner will be announced on 8th October 2011.