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Jordan Harper

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Springfield, MO, The United States

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Fiction, Crime, Thriller

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James Ellroy, Cormac McCarthy, Jim Thompson, ...more

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Jordan Harper is the Edgar-Award winning author of SHE RIDES SHOTGUN, THE LAST KING OF CALIFORNIA, EVERYBODY KNOWS and the short story collection LOVE AND OTHER WOUNDS. He lives in Los Angeles, where he works as a writer and producer for television.

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I've been really flattered by the kind words that people have had for American Death Songs (on sale now, I might mention). Here are some quotes:

"Hardboiled and violent, Jordan Harper polished this work with fine-grit sandpaper. These stories were exercised like racehorses before publication. There is an exquisite economy to the words, skill and cadence in the sentence structure. The result is an i

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Average rating: 4.01 · 10,015 ratings · 1,800 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors

	She Rides Shotgun 4.04 avg rating — 6,207 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Everybody Knows 3.90 avg rating — 2,584 ratings — published 2023 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love and Other Wounds: Stories 4.08 avg rating — 623 ratings — published 2015 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last King of California 4.33 avg rating — 207 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thuglit Issue 1 by Todd Robinson (Editor), Johnny Shaw (Goodreads Author), Jason Duke 3.87 avg rating — 142 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	American Death Songs 4.35 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trouble in the Heartland: Crime Fiction Based on the Songs of Bruce Springsteen by Joe Clifford (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Dennis Lehane (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Hillary Davidson (Contributor) 3.83 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cruel Yule: Holiday Tales of Crime for People on the Naughty List by Todd Robinson, Jordan Harper (Goodreads Author), Thomas Pluck (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Out of the Gutter #5 by Matthew Louis (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Vicki Hendricks (contributor), Matthew P. Mayo (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La educación de Polly McClusky by Jordan Harper (Goodreads Author), Noemí Jiménez Furquet (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Jordan Harper liked a quote “Sometimes I hear Mark laugh, and some days in the car the right song will come on the satellite radio and I'll feel him there tingling like a phantom limb. Like he's sitting there next to me in the dark. But I know that's not so. And I know that when you die there's not even darkness, and I know Mark and me won't meet on some cloud or in some pit of fire. And I guess that's a good thing. I couldn't take those eyes seeing what's become of me, those eyes looking down at my hands and my chewed-up ragged nails.” ...more Jordan Harper
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Jordan Harper and 9 other people liked Larry H's review of Everybody Knows: "Jordan Harper's latest is a compelling thriller that reads like a movie. “…when Mae looks at people, all she sees are secrets.” When there’s trouble to be covered up, Mae Pruett is on the case. As a “black bag” publicist for one of the most powerful cr" Read more of this review »
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Jordan Harper and 10 other people liked Michael Hicks's review of Everybody Knows: "Everybody Knows, Jordan Harper's US follow-up to She Rides Shotgun, is a supremely confident -- and righteously so -- pitch-perfect noir tackling the criminality of the rich and powerful that prop up Hollywood and the support system that sustains the" Read more of this review »
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Jordan Harper liked Brennan LaFaro's review of Everybody Knows: ""Nobody talks, but everybody whispers." And thus, the tone is set. Jordan Harper's Everybody Knows best fits into the genre of noir and mystery, but displays the pacing, beats, and occasional bouts of violence of a thriller. Harper immerses the reader" Read more of this review »
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Jordan Harper made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — This book is not mine, please move it (part 12) topic " Hello, if someone could please remove this book from my author page, I did not write it. Thank you! https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6... ...more "
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“She had a teddy bear in her arms and murder in her eyes.”
― Jordan Harper, She Rides Shotgun

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“He could have laughed at how fucked up life was. That soon as you found something to live for, you found something to die for too. But he guessed in the end it was a good trade.”
― Jordan Harper, She Rides Shotgun

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“She thought it was the police who were really missing. They were the ones who weren’t where they were supposed to be, which was coming to get her.”
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“LA traffic is like quicksand—struggling just makes you sink faster.”
― Jordan Harper, Everybody Knows

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“Sometimes I hear Mark laugh, and some days in the car the right song will come on the satellite radio and I'll feel him there tingling like a phantom limb. Like he's sitting there next to me in the dark. But I know that's not so. And I know that when you die there's not even darkness, and I know Mark and me won't meet on some cloud or in some pit of fire. And I guess that's a good thing. I couldn't take those eyes seeing what's become of me, those eyes looking down at my hands and my chewed-up ragged nails.”
― Jordan Harper, Love and Other Wounds: Stories

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