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Henry Wise is a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute and the University of Mississippi MFA program. A writer across multiple genres, his poetry has been published in Shenandoah, Radar Poetry, Clackamas, Nixes Mate Review, and elsewhere. His nonfiction and photography have appeared in Southern Cultures. Holy City is his first novel.
 

Awards: Edgar (2025)  see all

Genres: Mystery
 
New and upcoming books
September 2026

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Promised Land
 
Novels
   Holy City (2024)
   Promised Land (2026)
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Awards
2025 Edgar Award for Best First Novel : Holy City

Award nominations
2026 ILP John Creasey First Novel (longlist) : Holy City
2025 Macavity Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : Holy City
2025 Anthony Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : Holy City


Henry Wise recommends
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My Name Was Gerry Sass (2026)
Tiffany Hanssen
"Tiffany Hanssen's debut novel, My Name was Gerry Sass, packs a wallop and pulls no punches. We have a faithless priest, a determined daughter, and a protagonist who is haunted - but not all that bothered - by the decisions he has made in his life. My Name was Gerry Sass is fueled by a rare mixture of momentum, wit, and depth, and charges like a Mustang."
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Saint of the Narrows Street (2025)
William Boyle
"William Boyle's Saint of the Narrows Street is incisive, beautiful, brutal - a book that examines what happens in a small world when big secrets are held down. Set in a neighborhood you will smell and feel as if it's your own, this novel presents a cast of characters you'll swear you've known or known about for years, and yet they'll find a way to surprise you. Death echoes, rumors kill, and the living are cursed on Saint of the Narrows Street."

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