Crime Thriller Awards
The awards, called daggers, are for the best actor, actress, supporting actor, supporting actress,
best TV, best international TV and best film alongside the CWA book awards, The Gold Dagger, Steel
Dagger and New Blood Dagger.
Held at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel. Book, Film and TV Daggers.
The ceremony will be televised in the UK on Tuesday 11 October at 9pm on ITV3.
ITV3 People’s Bestseller Dagger 2011 (voted for by the public)
Won by Peter James – Dead Man’s Grip (Macmillan)
David Baldacci – The Sixth Man (Macmillan)
Lee Child – Worth Dying For (Bantam)
Mark Billingham – Good As Dead (Little, Brown)
Peter Robinson – Before the Poison (Hodder)
THE FILM DAGGER
Won by True Grit (Paramount Pictures)
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Momentum Pictures)
Brighton Rock (Optimum Releasing)
Source Code (Optimum Releasing)
THE TV DAGGER
Won by Case Histories (Ruby Films, BBC One)
Luther (BBC One)
The Shadow Line (Company Pictures, BBC Two)
Zen (Left Bank Pictures, BBC One)
Vera (ITV Studios, ITV1)
THE INTERNATIONAL TV DAGGER
Won by The Killing, (Arrow Films, BBC4)
Boardwalk Empire (HBO, Sky Atlantic)
Castle (ABC Studios, Alibi)
Dexter (Showtime Networks, FX Channel)
Spiral (Son Et Lumiere, BBC 4)
BEST ACTRESS DAGGER
Won by Sofie Gråbøl for The Killing (Arrow Films, BBC4)
Brenda Blethyn for Vera (ITV Studios, ITV1)
Maxine Peake for Silk (BBC One)
Olivia Williams for Case Sensitive (Hat Trick Productions, ITV1)
Sue Johnston for Waking the Dead (BBC One)
Kelly Reilly for Above Suspicion (La Plante Productions, ITV1)
BEST ACTOR DAGGER
Won by Idris Elba for Luther (BBC One)
Lars Mikkelsen for The Killing (Arrow Films, BBC4)
Steve Buscemi for Boardwalk Empire (HBO, Sky Atlantic)
Jason Isaacs for Case Histories (Ruby Films, BBC One)
Rufus Sewell for Zen (Left Bank Pictures, BBC One)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR DAGGER
Won by Rafe Spall for The Shadow Line (Company Pictures, BBC Two)
Bjarne Henriksen for The Killing (Arrow Films, BBC 4)
Søren Malling for The Killing (Arrow Films, BBC 4)
John Lithgow for Dexter (Showtime Networks, FX Channel)
Aidan Gillen for Thorne (Stagereel / Cité Amérique, Sky One)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS DAGGER
Won by Ann Eleonora Jørgensen for The Killing (Arrow Films, BBC 4)
Kelly Macdonald for Boardwalk Empire (HBO, Sky Atlantic)
Ruth Wilson for Luther (BBC One)
Amanda Abbington for Case Histories (Ruby Films, BBC One)
Tara Fitzgerald for Waking The Dead (BBC One)
CWA JOHN CREASEY (NEW BLOOD) DAGGER 2011
Won by Before I Go To Sleep by S. J. Watson (Doubleday)
Kiss Me Quick by Danny Miller (Robinson)
The Dead Woman of Juárez by Sam Hawken (Serpent’s Tail)
The Dogs of Rome by Conor Fitzgerald (Bloomsbury)
CWA IAN FLEMING STEEL DAGGER 2011, SPONSORED BY IAN FLEMING PUBLICATIONS LTD
Won by The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton (Orion)
Before I Go To Sleep by S.J. Watson (Doubleday)
Cold Rain by Craig Smith (Myrmidon)
The Good Son by Michael Gruber (Corvus)
CWA GOLD DAGGER 2011
Won by Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin (Pan)
Snowdrops by A.D. Miller (Atlantic Books)
The End of the Wasp Season by Denise Mina (Orion)
The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton (Orion)
