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 writingYearTitleAwardResult2022The MaidFingerprint Award for Debut Novel of the YearGoodreads Choice Award for Best Mystery & ThrillerGoodreads Choice Award for Best Debut NovelNed Kelly Award for Best International Crime Novel2023Anthony Award for Best First NovelAudie Award for MysteryBarry Award for Best Debut NovelEdgar Allan Poe Award for Best NovelMacavity Award for Best First Mystery2024The Mystery GuestCrime Writers of Canada Award for Best Traditional Mysteryhttps://crimewriterscanada.com/index.php/en/page/updates/permalink/crime-writers-of-canada-announces-the-2024-awards-of-excellence-winners
Publications
Molly the Maid series
References
External links
Official website