presented 1994 - not presented 1995 - Jim and Margaret McBride 1996 - not presented 1997 - not presented 1998 - Howard Engel and Eric Wright 1999 - Ted Wood 2000 - Eddie Barber, Rick Blechta, John North and David Skene-Melvin 2001 - L.R. Wright 2002 - James Dubro and Caro Soles 2003 - Margaret Cannon 2004 - Cheryl Freedman 2005 - Max Haines 2006 - Mary Jane Maffini 2007 - not presented 2008 - Edward D. Hoch 2009 - Gail Bowen 2010 - Peter Robinson 2011 - Louise Allin and N.A.T. Grant 2012 - Don Graves and Catherine Astolfo 2013 - Lyn Hamilton 2014 - not presented 2015 - Sylvia McConnell 2016 - not presented 2017 - Christina Jennings 2018 - not presented 2019 - Vicki Delany Grand Master Award The Grand Master Award is presented every two years as a lifetime achievement award, to a crime writer with a distinguished and successful national and international career. 2014 - Howard Engel 2016 - Eric Wright 2018 - Gail Bowen 2020 - Peter Robinson Best Genre Criticism/Reference The award for Best Genre Criticism or Reference has only been presented twice. 1991 - Donald A. Redmond, Sherlock Holmes Among the Pirates1992 - Wesley A. Wark, Spy Fiction, Spy Films and Real IntelligenceBest Play The award for Best Play has only been presented once. 1994 - Timothy Findley, The Stillborn Lover'' References External links Crime Writers of Canada List of Arthur Ellis Award winners 1984-Present Awards established in 1984 1984 establishments in Canada First book awards Canadian fiction awards Short story awards Mystery and detective fiction awards