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Following his commendation on Case Closed — a 2023 programme run by Spread the Word in partnership with the C&W literary agency — Joe Eurell has been announced as the winner of the 2025 Crime Writers’ Association Emerging Author Dagger.
The award, which recognises outstanding work by an unpublished writer, was presented to Joe for his novel Ashland, a crime novel about the first female Chief of Police of a small town in Arizona. Judges praised the work for its strong sense of place and layered characters.
Joe is currently being co-represented by Curtis Brown and the C&W literary agency.
Read more about the Awards here.
Published: Thursday 31 October 2025.