Arthur Ellis Award winners

The Crime Writers of Canada announced the 2006 Arthur Ellis Award Winners on June 8 in Toronto as follows:

BEST NOVEL: APRIL FOOL, by William Deverell (McClelland & Stewart)

BEST FIRST NOVEL: STILL LIFE, by Louise Penny (McArthur & Company)

BEST SHORT STORY: “Lightning rider,” by Rick Mofina (in MURDER IN VEGAS, edited by Michael Connelly; Forge Books)

BEST NON-FICTION: UNDER THE BRIDGE: THE TRUE STORY OF THE MURDER OF REENA VIRK, by Rebecca Godfrey (HarperCollins Canada)

BEST JUNVENICE: QUID PRO QUO, by Vicki Grant (Orca Book Publishers)

BEST CRIME WRITING IN FRENCH: MOTEL RIVIERA, by Gerald Galarneau (Les Editions JCL)

DERRICK MURDOCH AWARD: Mary Jane Maffini

Congrats to all the winners!