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Jordan Harper was born and educated in Missouri. He's worked as an ad man, a rock critic and a teevee writer. He is the former music editor of St. Louis's Riverfront Times and a former critic for Village Voice Media. He currently lives in Los Angeles and writes for Gotham on Fox.

Jordan collects trash fiction, true crime books and how-to manuals for dirty deeds.
 

Awards: CWA (2024), Edgar (2018)  see all

Genres: Mystery
 
Novels
   She Rides Shotgun (2017)
     aka A Lesson in Violence
   The Last King of California (2022)
   Everybody Knows (2023)
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Books containing stories by Jordan Harper
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The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2024 (2024)
(Best American Mystery Stories)
edited by
S A Cosby
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Cruel Yule (2015)
Holiday Tales of Crime for People on the Naughty List
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Trouble in the Heartland (2014)
Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Bruce Springsteen
(Gutter Books Rock Anthology)
edited by
Joe Clifford

Awards
2024 CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger : Everybody Knows
2018 Edgar Award for Best First Novel : She Rides Shotgun

Award nominations
2024 Lefty Award for Best Mystery Novel (nominee) : Everybody Knows
2024 Barry Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Everybody Knows
2024 Anthony Award for Best Hardcover Novel (nominee) : Everybody Knows
2023 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller (nominee) : Everybody Knows
2018 Macavity Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : She Rides Shotgun
2018 Barry Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : She Rides Shotgun
2018 Anthony Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : She Rides Shotgun


Jordan Harper recommends
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Saint of the Narrows Street (2025)
William Boyle
"With Saint of the Narrows Street, a magnum opus of family and crime, blood both shared and spilled, William Boyle proves himself once more the poet laureate of Brooklyn, and a writer of true craft and depth. He shows once more how the crime novel can peer as deep into the human heart as any other artform. William Boyle is the real thing. I don't know how else to say it."
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Something Bad Wrong (2023)
(Jess Keeler, book 1)
Eryk Pruitt
"A rising crime-fiction star, Eryk Pruitt is at the height of his powers with Something Bad Wrong, a page-turning story of people caught between truth and lies, justice and corruption, and life and death. Pruitt utilizes his experience as an (excellent) true crime podcaster to expertly plot a narrative that weaves two timelines, rich with twists and mystery. Above all, Pruitt has the crime writer's greatest gift of being able to slice into the human heart so he can show you its darkest, bloodiest chambers."
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Cruz (2022)
Nicolás Ferraro
"As cold and shocking as a gun barrel against your neck, Cruz is about the blood you share with family, and the blood you spill because of it, set in the savage underbelly of Argentina. A darkly fun, fast-paced and compulsively readable noir thriller."

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