Lori Rader-Day

Lori Rader-Day is an American author of mystery, crime, and suspense novels. She has won three Anthony Awards (2015, 2018, 2019), a Simon & Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award, and an Agatha Award for Best Historical Novel (2021).

Personal life and education Rader-Day was born in Thorntown, Indiana and currently lives in Chicago.

She received a Bachelor of Science degree from Ball State University, Master of Arts degree in creative nonfiction from Ball State University and a Master of Fine Arts degree in creative writing from Roosevelt University.

Career From 2019 to 2020, Rader-Day served as the national president for Sisters in Crime. +Awards for Rader-Day's writingYearTitleAwardResultRef.2015Anthony Award for Best First NovelWinner Simon & Schuster Mary Higgins Clark AwardNominee Anthony Award for Best Paperback OriginalNominee ITW Thriller Award for Best Paperback Original Nominee Simon & Schuster Mary Higgins Clark AwardNominee Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Paperback OriginalNominee Lefty Award for Best MysteryNominee Anthony Award for Best Best Paperback /E-book/ Audiobook Original Novel Nominee Simon & Schuster Mary Higgins Clark AwardNominee Bruce Alexander Memorial Award (Lefty Award for Best Historical Novel)Nominee Agatha Award for Best Historical NovelWinner

Publications

The Black Hour (2014) Little Pretty Things (2015) The Day I Died (2017) Under a Dark Sky (2018) The Lucky One (2020) Death at Greenway (2021) The Death of Us (2023) Wreck Your Heart (2026)