RBA Prize for Crime Writing explained

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 .

Winners

YearAuthorTitle
2007Francisco González LedesmaUna novela de barrio (A Neighborhood Novel)[2]
2008Andrea CamilleriLa rizzagliata (The Death of Amalia Sacerdote)
2009Philip KerrIf the Dead Rise Not
2010Harlan CobenLive Wire
2011Patricia CornwellRed Mist[3]
2012Michael ConnellyThe Black Box[4]
2013Arnaldur IndriðasonSkuggasund (The Shadow District)[5]
2014Lee ChildPersonal[6]
2015Don WinslowThe Cartel[7]
2016Ian RankinEven Dogs in the Wild[8]
2017John Banville (under his pseudonym Benjamin Black)Snow[9]
2018Walter MosleyDown the River unto the Sea

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Philip Kerr wins €125,000 RBA crime writing prize . . Giles Tremlett . 3 September 2009 . September 13, 2013.
  2. Web site: September 4, 2009 . Scottish author wins lucrative crime award . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131213120156/http://www.businessandleadership.com/marketing/item/15570-scottish-author-wins-lucrat . December 13, 2013 . September 13, 2013 . Business and Leadership.
  3. News: 29 October 2013 . Patricia Cornwell on a New England stage . 3 March 2015 . Foster's Daily Democrat.
  4. Web site: 7 September 2012 . Michael Connelly wins the RBA Award for his novel ‘The Black Box’ . September 13, 2013 . Catalan News Wire.
  5. Web site: 13 September 2013 . Arnaldur Indridason wins the 7th RBA Crime Novel Award for the forthcoming The Shadow District . September 13, 2013 . Catalan News Wire.
  6. News: 5 September 2014 . British author Lee Child receives the "prestigious" RBA Award for Crime Writing . 3 March 2015 . Catalan News Agency.
  7. Web site: Míriam Pina García . 4 September 2015 . Don Winslow’s ‘The Cartel’ wins the RBA International Prize for Crime Writing . 5 December 2015 . barcelona.cat.
  8. Web site: 8 September 2016 . Premio RBA de Novela Negra 2016 . 13 September 2016 . Fundación RBA . Spanish.
  9. Web site: September 8, 2017 . Benjamin Black gana el Premio RBA de novela negra con 'Pecado' . September 13, 2017 . El Espanol . Spanish.

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