Joe Pan’s debut literary crime novel, FLORIDA PALMS, was a New York Times Editors’ Choice pick and named a Best Book of 2025 by CrimeReads, Library Journal, and the Sun Sentinel. The New York Times Book Review hailed the novel as “a musky, Florida-specific stew of sweat, blood, swamp gas and amphetamine addiction.” Joe is also the founding publisher and editor-in-chief of Augury Books and Brooklyn Arts Press, honored with a National Book Award in Poetry. He lives in Los Angeles.