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Jordan Harper

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Born

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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April 2012

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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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Praise for American Death Songs

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: 3.87 · 24,299 ratings · 3,451 reviews · 29 distinct works • Similar authors

	Everybody Knows 3.71 avg rating — 11,844 ratings — published 2023 — 22 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
	She Rides Shotgun 4.03 avg rating — 9,457 ratings — published 2017 — 34 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 by Jordan Harper (Goodreads Author), S.A. Cosby (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 3.95 avg rating — 1,670 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	Love and Other Wounds 4.08 avg rating — 845 ratings — published 2015 — 10 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 4.37 avg rating — 112 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
	A Violent Masterpiece 4.81 avg rating — 16 ratings — expected publication 2026 — 5 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
	L'ultimo re di California by Jordan Harper (Goodreads Author), Giovanni Zucca (Translator) 3.67 avg rating — 6 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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	The Power of Smoothies for a Fit Body: Nourish Your Way to Health and Vitality 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 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

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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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“You got to feel weak to get strong. Don’t run away from it.”
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Jordan’s Quotes

“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