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CWA Daggers wins new sponsorship with tribute to late author Marilyn Livingstone
The Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Daggers has announced two new sponsors.
The 2025 Dagger Awards sees the editorial consultancy Fiction Feedback sponsor the Emerging Author Dagger, while author and academic Morgen Witzel will sponsor the Historical Dagger in memory of his wife Dr Marilyn Livingstone.
The Fiction Feedback consultancy was established in 2008 by editor Dea Parkin, the CWA’s secretary who then became its co-ordinator for eight years.
Dea said: “The CWA and the wonderful crime writers they support have helped me to pursue the career of my dreams: editing fiction and helping talented writers get published. It’s an honour to give something back by supporting the Emerging Author Dagger as a sponsor, as well as continuing the best role in the world as the CWA’s competitions co-ordinator.”
Witzel is a writer and lecturer who wrote with his wife, Livingstone, under the pen names A J MacKenzie and R L Graham, publishing 13 historical crime novels and thrillers. Under their own names, they also wrote two works of historical non-fiction analysing the battles of Crécy and Poitiers. Morgen also teaches ethics and leadership at the University of Exeter Business School and writes on a range of subjects.
Witzel said: “I am sponsoring the Historical Dagger in memory of Dr Marilyn Livingstone, historian, writer, musician and composer, who passed away in September 2023. Marilyn and I were married for 43 years, during which time we wrote 15 books together and planned many more."
He added: "Her death from cancer at the age of 63 was far too soon, and robbed the world of a renaissance woman whose talents had really begun to shine. I hope that this award will help to preserve her memory.”
The CWA is keen to hear from other individuals or organisations with an interest in sponsoring a Dagger.
Heather Fitt, co-ordinator at the CWA, said: “We’re incredibly grateful to Dea Parkin and Morgen Witzel for their support for 2025’s Dagger Awards. As a members’ organisation, the support of authors and organisations who work in the genre is crucial. It helps us deliver these prestigious annual awards, which in turn puts new and emerging authors on the map, as well as celebrating established talent.”
For more information, go to visit the Daggers’ website.
