Nita Prose

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Nita Pronovost, [1] better known by her pen name Nita Prose, is a Canadian author and book editor. She is best known for her 2022 novel, The Maid, which won a Anthony Award (2023), Barry Award (2023), Goodreads Choice Award (2022), Macavity Award (2023), and Ned Kelly Award (2022).

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Prose began her career writing for literary magazines before becoming a production editor with HarperCollins Canada. She eventually transferred to Doubleday, where she served as senior editor. In 2016, she began overseeing the editorial team at Simon & Schuster Canada, ultimately becoming vice president and editorial director. As editor, she also worked as a ghost writer for multiple celebrity memoirs. [1]

As of 2022, Prose lived in Toronto. [2]

Awards

The Maid was a number one New York Times Best Seller and a Good Morning America Book Club Pick. [3] CrimeReads included it on their list of the best traditional mysteries of 2022. [2] The same year, it was the eighth most-popular book club pick. [4]

Awards for Prose's writing
YearTitleAwardResultRef.
2022The MaidFingerprint Award for Debut Novel of the YearFinalist [5]
Goodreads Choice Award for Best Mystery & ThrillerWon [6] [7]
Goodreads Choice Award for Best Debut NovelNominated [7]
Ned Kelly Award for Best International Crime NovelWon [8] [9]
2023 Anthony Award for Best First Novel Won [8]
Audie Award for Mystery Finalist [10]
Barry Award for Best Debut Novel Won [8] [11] [12]
Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel Finalist [8] [13]
Macavity Award for Best First Mystery Won [8]
2024The Mystery Guest Crime Writers of Canada Award for Best Traditional MyseryFinalist [8]

Publications

Molly the Maid series

  1. The Maid. Ballantine Books. 2022. ISBN   9780593356159. [14]
  2. The Mystery Guest. Ballantine Books. 2023. ISBN   9780593356180. [15]

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