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Forsyth wins Diamond Dagger

16.02.12 | Katie Allen

Thriller-writer Frederick Forsyth has been awarded the Crime Writers’ Association (CWA)’s Diamond Dagger award, as the organisation revealed more details about its new Crime Readers' Association (CRA).

Forsyth, who will receive the award at a ceremony later this year, joins a list of recipients that includes Val McDermid, Ian Rankin and last year’s winner Lindsey Davis. The Diamond Dagger recognises authors’ careers that have been “marked by sustained excellence” and that have made “a significant contribution to crime fiction published in the English language”.

Chair of the CWA Peter James said: “Frederick Forsyth is a hugely deserving recipient and The Day of the Jackal remains one of the greatest thrillers of our times.

"We are very thrilled that he has accepted this award.”

The CWA has also launched its CRA, first announced in December last year. New website www.thecra.co.uk is now live, where readers can subscribe to a free e-newsletter. The first edition will include an exclusive extract from Michael Ridpath’s new novel.

James said the initiave would “bring readers and writers closer together, in order to further promote the crime writing genre”.
 

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