# Joe Ide

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{{short description|American novelist}}

{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [:Template:Infobox writer/doc](/source/%3ATemplate%3AInfobox_writer%2Fdoc) -->
| name         = Joe Ide
| birth_date   = 1957 or 1958
| nationality  = American
| occupation   = [Crime writer](/source/Crime_writer)
| genre	       = [Crime fiction](/source/Crime_fiction), [noir fiction](/source/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](/source/The_New_York_Times)'', 2018-09-28. Retrieved 2018-10-17.</ref>) is an American [crime fiction](/source/crime_fiction) writer of [Japanese](/source/Japanese_people) descent.

== Career ==
Ide grew up in [South Central](/source/Historic_South_Central_Los_Angeles) [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles), which he used as the setting for a series of crime novels that feature his recurring young [Sherlockian](/source/Sherlock_Holmes_fandom) 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](/source/Edgar_Award) for [Best First Novel by an American writer](/source/List_of_Edgar_Allan_Poe_Award_for_Best_First_Novel_winners),<ref>Flax, Margery. [https://mysterywriters.org/mwa-announces-the-2017-edgar-nominations/ "MWA Announces the 2017 Edgar Nominations"]. [Mystery Writers of America](/source/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](/source/Francis_Fukuyama).<ref>Winters, Ben A. [https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/smartest-guy-room/ "The Smartest Guy in the Room"]. ''[Los Angeles Review of Books](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Mulholland_Books), Retrieved 2021-01-25.</ref>

== Awards and honors==
* Winner of the [Anthony Award for Best First Novel 2017](/source/Anthony_Awards) for ''IQ''
* Winner of the [Macavity Award for Best First Mystery 2017](/source/Macavity_Awards) for ''IQ''
* Winner of the [Shamus Award for Best First P. I. Novel 2017](/source/Shamus_Award) for ''IQ''
* Nominated for the [Edgar Award](/source/Edgar_Award) for Best First Novel 2017 for ''IQ''
* Nominated for the [Barry Award](/source/Barry_Award_(for_crime_novels)) for Best First Novel 2017 for ''IQ''
* Nominated for [The Strand](/source/The_Strand_Magazine) Critics Award for Best First Novel 2017 for ''IQ''
* [Short-listed](/source/Short_list) for the [CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger](/source/CWA_New_Blood_Dagger) 2017/2018 for ''IQ''
* Winner of [AudioFile](/source/AudioFile_(magazine)) Earphones Award 2016 for ''IQ'' ([audiobook](/source/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](/source/Zeno_Robinson)

== References ==
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==External links==
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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

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