Irish author Ruth Dudley-Edwards has won the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction for Aftermath: the Omagh Bombing & the Families’ Pursuit of Justice (Harvill Secker).

The judges praised “The historian and crime-novelist‘s detailed account of the successful struggle, with the assistance of lawyers, to achieve recognition of those responsible.”

The award took place at the Daggers Awards Ceremony at the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate. As part of her prize, Dudley-Edwards received a cheque for £2000.