Fingerprint Awards 2022

S.A. Cosby, C.J. Tudor & Abigail Dean
Amongst Winners of the Inaugural
Fingerprint Awards

 ·       The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse named
Crime Book of the Year 2021

·       Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby named
Thriller of the Year 2021

·       Laura Purcell’s The Shape of Darkness wins
Historical Crime Book of the year 2021

·       Abigail Dean wins Debut Book of the Year 2021 for Girl A

·       The Burning Girls by C.J. Tudor is named
Genre-busting Book of the Year 2021

·       The Girl Who Died by Ragnar Jónasson, narrated by Amanda Redman, wins Audiobook Book of the Year 2021

·       Industry Award of the Year 2021 is awarded to HarperCollins for their Girl A campaign

·       Lifetime Achievement Award is posthumously awarded to Thalia Proctor

The winners of the inaugural Fingerprint Awards, celebrating international crime and thriller writing, were announced by actor and author Paul Clayton last night, Thursday 29^th September, at Capital Crime, in the shadow of the iconic Battersea Power Station.

The winners of six out of eight categories were voted for online by crime and thriller fans: Crime Book of the Year 2021; Thriller of the Year 2021; Historical Crime Book of the Year 2021; Debut Book of the Year 2021; Genre-busting Book of the Year 2021 and Audio Book of the Year 2021.

Notable winners included Blacktop Wasteland by S.A Cosby for Thriller of the Year 2021; Girl A by Abigail Dean for Debut Book of the Year 2021 and The Girl Who Died by Ragnar Jónasson, narrated by Amanda Redman, for Audiobook Book of the Year 2021.

The winners of the Industry Award of the Year and the Lifetime Achievement Award were chosen solely by the Capital Crime Advisory Board. The Industry Award of the Year was won by HarperCollins for Girl A by Abigail Dean and

the Lifetime Achievement Award was posthumously awarded to editor Thalia Proctor.

Capital Crime Festival Director Lizzie Curle said: “We were honoured to kick off the inaugural Fingerprint Awards with Paul Clayton at the helm. We are grateful for all the support we have received from publishers, authors, and most importantly, the readers, who make these awards possible.”

The Fingerprint Award Winners

Crime Book of the Year 2021

Sarah Pearse

The Sanatorium

Transworld

 Thriller Book of the Year 2021

S.A. Cosby

Blacktop Wasteland

Headline

 Historical Crime Book of the Year - 2021

Laura Purcell

Shape of Darkness

Bloomsbury

Debut Book of the Year 2021

Abigail Dean

Girl A

HarperCollins

Genre-Busting Book of the Year 2021

C.J. Tudor

The Burning Girl

Penguin

Audiobook of the Year 2021

Ragnar Jonasson & Amanda Redman

The Girl Who Died

Penguin

 Industry Award the year 2021

HarperCollins

Girl A

 Lifetime Achievement Award (Posthumous)

Thalia Proctor