Joe Ide ( , born c. 1958) is an American

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writer of

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descent.

Career

Ide grew up in South Central

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, which he used as the setting for a series of crime novels that feature his recurring young

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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. It went on to be nominated for the 2017

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for Best First Novel by an American writer, 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.

Personal life

Ide is a cousin of

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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

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Novel)The Goodbye Coast A Philip Marlowe Novel by Joe Ide

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, Retrieved 2021-01-25.

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

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'' *

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for the CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger 2017/2018 for ''IQ'' * Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award 2016 for ''IQ'' (

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), 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

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