Nita Prose

Nita Pronovost, 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 an Anthony Award (2023), Barry Award (2023), Goodreads Choice Award (2022), Macavity Award (2023), and Ned Kelly Award (2022).

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.

As of 2022, Prose lived in Toronto.

Awards

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

Awards for Prose's writing
Year Title Award Result Ref.
2022 The Maid Fingerprint Award for Debut Novel of the Year Finalist
Goodreads Choice Award for Best Mystery & Thriller Won
Goodreads Choice Award for Best Debut Novel Nominated
Ned Kelly Award for Best International Crime Novel Won
2023 Anthony Award for Best First Novel Won
Audie Award for Mystery Finalist
Barry Award for Best Debut Novel Won
Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel Finalist
Macavity Award for Best First Mystery Won
2024 The Mystery Guest Crime Writers of Canada Award for Best Traditional Mystery Won

Publications

Molly the Maid series

  1. The Maid. Ballantine Books. 2022. ISBN 9780593356159.
  2. The Mystery Guest. Ballantine Books. 2023. ISBN 9780593356180.
  3. The Mistletoe Mystery: A Maid Novella. Ballantine Books. 2024. ISBN 9780593875445.
  4. The Maid's Secret. Ballantine Books. 2025. ISBN 9780593875414.

References

  1. 1 2 Rehman, Zeahaa (2022-01-05). "Nita Pronovost brings the unnoticed life of a hotel cleaner to the forefront in her debut novel". Quill and Quire. Archived from the original on 2023-10-01. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  2. 1 2 Rutigliano, Olivia (2022-12-14). "The Best Traditional Mysteries of the Year". CrimeReads. Archived from the original on 2023-10-04. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
  3. ↑ "Q&A With Nita Prose". Publishers Weekly. 2022-10-24. Archived from the original on 2024-05-13. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  4. ↑ "Top Book Club Picks of 2022". Shelf Awareness. 2023-01-05. Archived from the original on 2023-09-23. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  5. ↑ Glyer, Mike (2023-07-09). "Stealing Up on the Latest Crime Fiction Awards". File 770. Archived from the original on 2024-05-10. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  6. ↑ "2022 Goodreads Choice Awards Winners Announced". BOOK RIOT. 2022-12-08. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  7. 1 2 Prose, Nita (4 January 2022). The Maid (Molly the Maid, #1). National Geographic Books. ISBN 978-0-593-35615-9. Archived from the original on 2024-04-25. Retrieved 2024-05-13. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 "Nita Prose". Stop, You're Killing Me!. Archived from the original on 2023-12-27. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
  9. ↑ "Awards: Ned Kelly, Davitt Winners". Shelf Awareness. 2022-08-29. Archived from the original on 2022-12-13. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  10. ↑ "2023 Audie Awards Winners". Audio Publishers Association. Archived from the original on 2023-04-06. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
  11. ↑ "Barry Award Nominations 2023". Deadly Pleasures. March 2023. Archived from the original on 2023-03-01. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
  12. ↑ Schaub, Michael (2023-03-02). "'Deadly Pleasures' Reveals Barry Awards Finalists". Kirkus Reviews. Archived from the original on 2023-03-02. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
  13. ↑ Schaub, Michael (2023-01-19). "Edgar Award Nominations for 2023 Are Revealed". Kirkus Reviews. Archived from the original on 2023-01-20. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  14. ↑ https://crimewriterscanada.com/index.php/en/page/updates/permalink/crime-writers-of-canada-announces-the-2024-awards-of-excellence-winners