January 2023

We're so excited to announce the HarperCollins authors selected for the Mystery Writers of America's 2023 Edgar Allan Poe Awards! These awards honor the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, and television published or produced in 2022. The 77^th Annual Edgar® Awards will be celebrated on April 27, 2023, at the New York Marriott Marquis Times Square. Find out more about the awards here.

Best Novel nomination includes:

Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka

Listen to an interview with Danya on our podcast:

Best First Novel by an American author:

More Than You’ll Ever Know by Katie Gutierrez

Watch Katie on our Galley Club program on Facebook Live:

Best Critical/Biographical

• The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and Their Creators by Martin Edwards 

Best Television Episode Teleplay

• “Episode 1” – Magpie Murders, written by Anthony Horowitz (Masterpiece/PBS)

The Simon & Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award

• The Disinvited Guest by Carol Goodman
• A Dreadful Splendor by B.R. Myers

Congrats to all!

-Lainey

Hello, librarians!

We have a list of staff suggestions eligible for the March LibraryReads List. Reminder: votes for the March LibraryReads List are due February 1st.

-The LLF Team (Virginia, Lainey, and Grace)

Hello, librarians!

You voted, they counted, and the winners have finally been announced!

This month, we are thrilled to share that Roshani Chokshi's The Last Tale of the Flower Bride has been selected for the February LibraryReads list! Additionally, Tessa Bailey's Secretly Yours and Shannon Chakraborty's The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi have made the Hall of Fame!

Find out more about our titles and see the full February 2023 LibraryReads list here.

Want to hear how our authors reacted to the big news? Listen to our latest episode of The Library Love Fest Podcast to hear their responses: