RBA Prize for Crime Writing

RBA Prize for Crime Writing (Spanish: Premio RBA de Novela Policiaca) was a Spanish literary award said to be the world's most lucrative crime fiction prize at €125,000.[1] It is funded by Barcelona-based multimedia publishing company RBA [es].

Winners

Year Author Title Ref
2007 Francisco González Ledesma Una novela de barrio (A Neighborhood Novel) [2]
2008 Andrea Camilleri La rizzagliata (The Death of Amalia Sacerdote) [2]
2009 Philip Kerr If the Dead Rise Not [1]
2010 Harlan Coben Live Wire
2011 Patricia Cornwell Red Mist [3]
2012 Michael Connelly The Black Box [4]
2013 Arnaldur Indriðason Skuggasund (The Shadow District) [5]
2014 Lee Child Personal [6]
2015 Don Winslow The Cartel [7]
2016 Ian Rankin Even Dogs in the Wild [8]
2017 John Banville

(under his pseudonym Benjamin Black)

Snow [9]
2018 Walter Mosley Down the River unto the Sea

References

  1. ^ a b Giles Tremlett (3 September 2009). "Philip Kerr wins €125,000 RBA crime writing prize". The Guardian. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Scottish author wins lucrative crime award". Business and Leadership. September 4, 2009. Archived from the original on December 13, 2013. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  3. ^ "Patricia Cornwell on a New England stage". Foster's Daily Democrat. 29 October 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Michael Connelly wins the RBA Award for his novel 'The Black Box'". Catalan News Wire. 7 September 2012. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  5. ^ "Arnaldur Indridason wins the 7th RBA Crime Novel Award for the forthcoming The Shadow District". Catalan News Wire. 13 September 2013. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  6. ^ "British author Lee Child receives the "prestigious" RBA Award for Crime Writing". Catalan News Agency. 5 September 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  7. ^ Míriam Pina García (4 September 2015). "Don Winslow's 'The Cartel' wins the RBA International Prize for Crime Writing". barcelona.cat. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  8. ^ "Premio RBA de Novela Negra 2016" (in Spanish). Fundación RBA. 8 September 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  9. ^ "Benjamin Black gana el Premio RBA de novela negra con 'Pecado'". El Espanol (in Spanish). September 8, 2017. Retrieved September 13, 2017.