Australian wins top crime-writing prize - Books - theage.com.au

re: "Ballarat-based author Peter Temple hopes his win in the world's richest and most prestigious crime writing prize will create opportunities for other Australian crime writers. /Temple received the UK Crime Writer's Association Duncan Lawrie Dagger award - popularly known as the Gold Dagger - for his novel The Broken Shore...He is the first Australian author to win the award, worth £20,000 pounds (A$47,000). Previous winners have included Patricia Cornwell, Ian Rankin, Ruth Rendell and John le Carre..."...