THE CWA EMERGING AUTHOR DAGGER Nida Broughton with Murder on the Moon Emma Byrne with Murder on the IPD Cariad Rob Cookson with Ill Met by Murder Sophia Georghiou with The Man Who Fit the Case Chris Gill with The Desolate City Kate Koester with Just A Simple Wedding Joyanna Lovelock with Cordelia’s Chocolate Fix Rebecca McFarland with The Madam of Morningside Lorna Mathew with The Fixer Michael Nikitin with Blind Side of the Sun Jude Simms with Dead in the Water Melissa Smith with The Pattern of Absence
Please join us in congratulating all the longlisted authors for The 2026 CWA Emerging Author Dagger! ⚔️📚 (the earlier post contained an error)
The shortlistwill be announced on 28th May! 🗓️
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