During the 20th edition of the Quais du Polar Festival, 10 literary prizes were awarded to guest authors. Find all the winners of this very fine selection, bringing together the Best crime novels of 2024 !
READERS' PRIZE QUAIS DU POLAR / LE FIGARO
No One Dies in Longyearbyen by Morgan Audic (Éditions Albin Michel)
The 10 readers who are members of the jury of the Quais du Polar readers’ prize, in partnership with Le Figaro, have chosen the best French-language crime novel of the year, from a selection made by the festival’s partner booksellers.
MENTION THRILLER BEHIND THE WALLS
Free Queens by Marin Ledun (Éditions Gallimard).
PRIX BD QUAIS DU POLAR / LIBRAIRIE EXPÉRIENCE / FRANCE 3 AUVERGNE-RHÔNE-ALPES
The Lagoon Treader by Christophe Dabitch and Piero Macola (Futuropolis)
Amateur readers of comic books were able to vote online to designate the winners of the prize from the selection established by the bookstore Expérience, a historical partner of the festival.
QUAIS DU POLAR YOUTH PRIZE / CITY OF LYON
The Arsènes, The Key to the Three Jewels by Bertrand Puard (Éditions Poulpe Fictions)
The winner was chosen by a jury of 8 classes of CM1/CM2, accompanied by the AFEV Book Ambassadors.
POLAR PRIZE OF THE LIBRARIANS OF THE CITY AND METROPOLIS OF LYON
The Wrath of S.A. Cosby, translated by Pierre Szczeciner (Sonatine Editions)
Quais du Polar has joined forces with the Municipal Libraries of the City and Metropolis of Lyon to organize a new edition of this prize. Invested in the festival thanks to meetings, events and enhancement of the collections, the librarians made a selection of crime novels among their favorites of the year, and rewarded their favorite title published between September 1, 2022 and August 31, 2023.
POLAR AND JUSTICE PRIZE QUAIS DU POLAR / LYON JUDICIAL COURT / LIBÉRATION
Daniel’s Book by Chris De Stoop, translated by Anne-Laure Vignaux (Globe Editions)
Created with the Judicial Court of Lyon and in partnership with Libération, the Polar and Justice Prize is awarded to a literary work of non-fiction – investigation, true-crime, testimony – with a link to justice and news items. The jury is made up of magistrates from the Lyon judicial court and legal professionals, as well as a journalist from Libération, a representative of Quais du Polar and a guest of honour.
THRILLER SERIES / SCELF PRIZE
SkilledFast (volumes 1, 2, 3) by Hachin (New Hydra)
For the tenth consecutive year, the prize rewards a French-language crime novel, thriller or thriller for its own qualities and its potential to be adapted into an audiovisual series. It was created with the support of the SCELF – Société civile des éditeurs de langue française, as part of the professional program Polar Connection, to promote links between literature and audiovisual.
THRILLER SERIES / SCELF PRIZE
SkilledFast (volumes 1, 2, 3) by Hachin (New Hydra)
For the tenth consecutive year, the prize rewards a French-language crime novel, thriller or thriller for its own qualities and its potential to be adapted into an audiovisual series. It was created with the support of the SCELF – Société civile des éditeurs de langue française, as part of the professional program Polar Connection, to promote links between literature and audiovisual.
THE EUROPEAN CRIME FICTION AWARD
The Bramard Affair by Davide Longo, translated by Marianne Faurobert (Éditions du Masque)
Since its creation in 2003, the prize has distinguished each year a crime novel by a French or European author.
CLAUDE MESPLÈDE PRIZE
The Black Novel, a French History by Natacha Levet (Presses Universitaires de France)
In tribute to Claude Mesplède (publisher, critic, historian, crime fiction enthusiast and fellow traveller of the festival), this prize rewards each year a work that contributes to a better knowledge of the crime genre, in the form of essays, historical works, correspondence, documents, investigations, translations, etc.
SHORT STORY CONTEST / BABELIO
With the truth will come better days by Claude Mamier
Meet the new adult winner!
Available in digital format with an interview with the author on the Babelio website.
2nd place: Let’s walk in the woods by Noëlie Merlet
MENTION THRILLER BEHIND THE WALLS
20 years of ugliness for a night of pleasure
Discover the new winner – Crime Fiction Mention behind the walls!
YOUTH SHORT STORY CONTEST
Mayssa Bounenni’s first error of justice
Discover the new youth winner!
Congratulations to the winning authors for their works, which are now among the best crime books!
