Joe Ide

{{Infobox writer  | name = Joe Ide | birth_date = 1957 or 1958 | nationality = American | occupation = Crime writer | genre = Crime fiction, noir fiction | website = {{URL|https://joeide.com}} }}

'''Joe Ide''' ({{ipac-en|'|i:|d|ei}} {{respell|EE|day}}, born c. 1958<ref>Beckerman, Gal. [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/28/books/joe-ide-iq-crime-los-angeles-wrecked.html "Raised in South Central, Joe Ide Expands the Territory of L.A. Noir"]. ''The New York Times'', 2018-09-28. Retrieved 2018-10-17.</ref>) is an American crime fiction writer of Japanese descent.

== Career == Ide grew up in South Central Los Angeles, which he used as the setting for a series of crime novels that feature his recurring young Sherlockian protagonist, Isaiah Quintabe.

Ide's 2016 debut novel ''IQ'' received high critical acclaim and was included on numerous Top 10 book lists for both 2016 and 2017.<ref>Critics’ and authors’ praise for Joe Ide and the ''IQ'' series https://www.joeide.com/praise</ref> It went on to be nominated for the 2017 Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American writer,<ref>Flax, Margery. [https://mysterywriters.org/mwa-announces-the-2017-edgar-nominations/ "MWA Announces the 2017 Edgar Nominations"]. Mystery Writers of America, press release, 2017-01-19. Retrieved 2018-10-17.</ref> and received many other nominations and awards. IQ's sequel ''Righteous'' was also widely praised.

In 2020, it was announced that Snoop Dogg and his Snoopadelic Films would work on a project to produce the IQ novels for television.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 5, 2020 |title=Snoop Dogg to Produce Reimagined 'Sherlock Holmes' Series 'IQ' From Alcon Television, Atlas Entertainment |url=https://www.thewrap.com/snoop-dogg-to-produce-reimagined-sherlock-holmes-series-iq-from-alcon-television/ |website=The Wrap}}</ref>

== Personal life == Ide is a cousin of Francis Fukuyama.<ref>Winters, Ben A. [https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/smartest-guy-room/ "The Smartest Guy in the Room"]. ''Los Angeles Review of Books'', 2016-11-07. Retrieved 2018-10-17.</ref>

== Bibliography ==

'''Isaiah "IQ" Quintabe series''' * ''IQ'' (2016) * ''Righteous'' (2017) * ''Wrecked'' (2018) * ''Hi Five'' (2020) * ''Smoke'' (2021) * ''Fixit'' (2023)

'''Other novels''' * ''The Goodbye Coast'' (2022) (A Philip Marlowe Novel)<ref>[https://www.mulhollandbooks.com/titles/joe-ide/the-goodbye-coast/9780316459273/ The Goodbye Coast A Philip Marlowe Novel by Joe Ide]. Mulholland Books, Retrieved 2021-01-25.</ref>

== Awards and honors== * Winner of the Anthony Award for Best First Novel 2017 for ''IQ'' * Winner of the Macavity Award for Best First Mystery 2017 for ''IQ'' * Winner of the Shamus Award for Best First P. I. Novel 2017 for ''IQ'' * Nominated for the Edgar Award for Best First Novel 2017 for ''IQ'' * Nominated for the Barry Award for Best First Novel 2017 for ''IQ'' * Nominated for The Strand Critics Award for Best First Novel 2017 for ''IQ'' * Short-listed for the CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger 2017/2018 for ''IQ'' * Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award 2016 for ''IQ'' (audiobook), narrated by Sullivan Jones * Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award 2017 for ''Righteous'' (audiobook), narrated by Sullivan Jones * Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award 2018 for ''Wrecked'' (audiobook), narrated by Sullivan Jones * Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award 2020 for ''Hi-Five'' (audiobook), narrated by Zeno Robinson

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ide, Joe}} Category:American crime fiction writers Category:American mystery writers Category:Novelists from Los Angeles Category:1950s births Category:Living people Category:American writers of Japanese descent Category:21st-century American novelists Category:21st-century American male writers Category:Anthony Award winners Category:Macavity Award winners Category:Shamus Award winners Category:Writers of Sherlock Holmes pastiches