Ned Kelly Awards 2025
The Australian Crime Writers Association has announced the 2025 Ned Kelly Award winners.
Winning works in each category, chosen from shortlists announced in August, are:
Best crime fiction
- The Creeper (Margaret Hickey, Penguin)
Best true crime writing
- A Thousand Miles from Care (Steve Johnson, HarperCollins)
Best debut crime fiction
- All You Took from Me (Lisa Kenway, Transit Lounge) *
Best international crime fiction
- A Case of Matricide (Graeme Macrae Burnet, Text).
The winners were announced via a live-streamed video on the Australian Crime Writers Association website on Thursday, 26 September.
More information about the awards is available on the Australian Crime Writers Association website.
All You Took from Me was reviewed by QRC. Click here to read our review.