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- ↑ Crime Writers of Canada, "Crime Writers of Canada Announces the 2024 Awards of Excellence Winners", May 29, 2024
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- ↑ Elizabeth Mitchell, "‘The Berry Pickers’ Examines Hope’s Joy and Pain After a Little Girl’s Disappearance". Everything Zoomer , March 31, 2023.
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- ↑ Crime Writers of Canada, "Crime Writers of Canada Announces the 2024 Awards of Excellence Winners", May 29, 2024.
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- ↑ Cassandra Drudi, "Finalists for Nova Scotia Book Awards and Atlantic Book Awards announced". Quill & Quire , April 15, 2024.
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