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Laura McCluskey wins CWA Dagger for “The Wolf Tree”

Monday, 6 July 2026    Books+Publishing
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Australian author Laura McCluskey has won the UK Crime Writers’ Association’s (CWA) 2026 ILP John Creasey (First Novel) Dagger award for The Wolf Tree (HarperCollins). McClusey’s novel was chosen from a shortlist of 6, which also included local authors Sam Guthrie and Zoë Rankin. The judges said The Wolf Tree was “a tense, atmospheric...

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