Cartier Diamond Dagger

The CWA Diamond Dagger is an award given by the Crime [Writers' Association] of the United Kingdom to authors who have made an outstanding lifetime contribution to the genre.

Winners

1986 – Eric Ambler
1987 – P. D. James
1988 – John le Carré
1989 – Dick Francis
1990 – Julian Symons
1991 – Ruth Rendell
1992 – Leslie Charteris
1993 – Ellis Peters
1994 – Michael Gilbert
1995 – Reginald Hill
1996 – H. R. F. Keating
1997 – Colin Dexter
1998 – Ed McBain
1999 – Margaret Yorke
2000 – Peter Lovesey
2001 – Lionel Davidson
2002 – Sara Paretsky
2003 – Robert Barnard
2004 – Lawrence Block
2005 – Ian Rankin
2006 – Elmore Leonard
2007 – John Harvey
2008 – Sue Grafton
2009 – Andrew Taylor
2010 – Val McDermid
2011 – Lindsey Davis
2012 – Frederick Forsyth
2013 – Lee Child
2014 – Simon Brett
2015 – Catherine Aird
2016 – Peter James
2017 – Ann Cleeves
2018 – Michael Connelly
2019 – Robert Goddard
2020 – Martin [Edwards |Martin Edwards]
2021 – Martina Cole
2022 – C. J. Sansom
2023 – Walter Mosley
2024 – James Lee Burke and Lynda [La Plante]
2025 – Mick Herron
2026 – Mark Billingham