Anne Burt's debut novel, The Dig, was an American Booksellers Association Indie Next pick, the Strand Book Store's mystery selection for spring 2023, and the IndieBound.org Indie Next list's lead "Thrills & Chills" reading group title for summer 2024. She is also a nonfiction writer and editor and a past winner of the Meridian literary magazine's Editors' Prize in fiction.