Joe Ide


Joe Ide 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. It went on to be nominated for the 2017 Edgar Award for List of Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best [First Novel winners|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 Francis Fukuyama.

Awards and honors