NMLP P-016737 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

When the Bough Breaks

Jonathan Kellerman · Atheneum · 1985

US Atheneum hardcover is the true first, published 1985; Kellerman's debut and the first Alex Delaware novel, winner of the Edgar Award for Best First Novel and the Anthony Award, a key modern collectible.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-016737 for "When the Bough Breaks" by Jonathan Kellerman (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-016737, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).