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Bluebird, Bluebird
by Attica Locke
Gold Dagger · 2021 · ShortlistAnthony Award · 2018 · WinnerEdgar Award · 2018 · Winner
Award History
| Award | Year | Status | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Dagger Award | 2021 | Shortlist | |
| Anthony Award for Best Novel | 2018 | Winner | “Attica Locke's Texas Ranger novel won for its searing portrait of racial injustice, its beautifully realized East Texas setting, and its uncompromising examination of what justice means for Black Americans.” |
| Edgar Award (Best Novel) | 2018 | Winner |
About This Book
Texas Ranger Darren Mathews investigates two murders in a small East Texas town—a Black man and a white woman—navigating a racially divided community and his own complicated family history. Edgar Award winner for Best Novel.
About the Author
Attica Locke is an American crime fiction author and television writer known for her Texas-set novels and her work on the television series Empire and Little Fires Everywhere. She won the Anthony Award for Best Novel for Bluebird, Bluebird (2018) and the CWA Gold Dagger shortlist for the same novel. Her fiction is known for its searing examination of race, justice, and the American South. Read more →
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