The Ellis Peters Historical Award

Started in 1999 in memory of Ellis Peters, author of the medieval Brother Cadfael series, this award is sponsored by the Estate of Ellis Peters and her publishers - Headline and Little Brown. The award, £3,000 (about $5,600/€4,400) and an ornamental dagger is presented to a novel with a crime theme and a historical background of any period up to the 1960s. The judging panel is made up out of the most recent winner, as well as reviewers and historians. In 2006 this was renamed the Ellis Peters Award (previously the Ellis Peters Historical Dagger).

• 2008 Stratton's war Laura Wilson
• 2007 Mistress of the Art of Death Ariana Franklin
• 2006 Red Sky Lament Edward Wright
• 2005 Dark Fire C J Sansom
• 2004 The Damascened Blade Barbara Cleverly
• 2003 The American boy Andrew Taylor
• 2002 Fingersmith Sarah Waters
• 2001 The Office Of The Dead Andrew Taylor
• 2000 Absent Friends Gillian Linscott
• 1999 Two for the Lions Lindsey Davis