{{Short description|Novel by Lauren Wilkinson}} {{italic title}} {{Use American English|date=March 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} thumb|First edition '''''American Spy''''' is a novel by Lauren Wilkinson, published in February 2019 by Random House. Barack Obama included the book on his 2019 summer reading list.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/14/books/obama-summer-reading.html|title=Obama Shares His Summer Reading List|website=New York Times|date=August 14, 2019}}</ref> The novel details the struggle and growth of Marie, an African American woman, as she recounts her time in the FBI.
==Awards== {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Award !Category !Result !{{Abbr|Ref|Reference}}. |- !2019 |Center for Fiction First Novel Prize |— |{{sho}} |<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-07-25 |title=Here's the Center for Fiction's 2019 First Novel Prize longlist. |url=https://lithub.com/heres-the-center-for-fictions-2019-first-novel-prize-longlist/ |access-date=2023-02-19 |website=Literary Hub |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-09-26 |title=Here are the seven shortlisted debut novels for the 2019 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. |url=https://lithub.com/here-are-the-seven-shortlisted-debut-novels-for-the-2019-center-for-fiction-first-novel-prize/ |access-date=2023-02-19 |website=Literary Hub |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=2019 First Novel Prize |url=https://centerforfiction.org/book-recs/2019-first-novel-prize-long-list |access-date=2023-02-19 |website=The Center for Fiction |language=en-US}}</ref> |- ! rowspan="4" |2020 |Anthony Award |First Novel |{{sho}} |<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-06-10 |title=The 2020 Anthony Award Nominees Have Been Announced |url=https://crimereads.com/the-2020-anthony-award-nominees-have-been-announced/ |access-date=2023-02-19 |website=CrimeReads |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=patti |date=2020-10-17 |title=2020 Anthony Awards - |url=https://nightstandbookreviews.com/2020-anthony-awards/ |access-date=2023-02-19 |website=Nightstand Book Reviews |language=en-US}}</ref> |- |Edgar Award |First Novel |{{sho}} |<ref>{{Cite web |title=MWA Announces the 2020 Edgar Nominations – Mystery Writers of America |url=https://mysterywriters.org/mwa-announces-the-2020-edgar-nominations/ |access-date=2023-02-19 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=2020 Edgar Allan Poe Award Winners – Mystery Writers of America |url=https://mysterywriters.org/2020-edgar-allan-poe-award-winners/ |access-date=2023-02-19 |language=en}}</ref> |- |HWA Crown Award |HWA Debut Crown |{{sho}} |<ref>{{Cite web |title=The HWA Crowns longlists for 2020 – Historia Magazine |url=https://www.historiamag.com/hwa-crowns-longlists-2020/ |access-date=2023-02-19 |website=www.historiamag.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The HWA Crowns Shortlists for 2020 |url=https://historicalwriters.org/the-hwa-crowns-shortlists-for-2020/ |access-date=2023-02-19 |website=historicalwriters.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The winners! The HWA Crown Awards 2020 – Historia Magazine |url=https://www.historiamag.com/the-winners-the-hwa-crown-awards-2020/ |access-date=2023-02-19 |website=www.historiamag.com}}</ref> |- |Macavity Awards |First Mystery |{{sho}} |<ref>{{Cite web |last=patti |date=2020-10-16 |title=Macavity Awards - 2020 - |url=https://nightstandbookreviews.com/macavity-awards-2020/ |access-date=2023-02-19 |website=Nightstand Book Reviews |language=en-US}}</ref> |}
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