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Jason Mott


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Jason Mott lives in southeastern North Carolina. He has a BFA in Fiction and an MFA in Poetry, both from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. His poetry and fiction has appeared in various literary journals.  He was nominated for a 2009 Pushcart Prize award and Entertainment Weekly listed him as one of their 10 New Hollywood: Next Wave people to watch.
 

Awards: NBA (2021)  see all

Genres: Horror, Literary Fiction, Science Fiction
 
New and upcoming books
August 2025

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People Like Us
 
Series
Prequel to The Returned
   1. The First (2013)
   2. The Sparrow (2013)
   3. The Choice (2013)
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Novels
   The Returned (2013)
   The Wonder of All Things (2014)
     aka Ava's Gift
   The Crossing (2018)
   Hell of a Book (2021)
   People Like Us (2025)
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Collections
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Novellas and Short Stories
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Series contributed to
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Awards
2021 National Book Award for Fiction : Hell of a Book

Award nominations
2022 ALA Notable Books for Adults (nominee) : Hell of a Book
2019 Manly Wade Wellman Award (finalist) : The Crossing


Jason Mott recommends
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City of Night Birds (2024)
Juhea Kim
"A beautifully crafted must read. City of Night Birds is a book that lingers long after the final pages have come and gone."
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This Great Hemisphere (2024)
Mateo Askaripour
"This Great Hemisphere is a boldly imaginative sophomore novel from Askaripour. Too few writers have the courage to dream this big."
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Tomb Sweeping (2023)
Alexandra Chang
"Haunting and mesmerizing; it's only after you finish reading Alexandra Chang's Tomb Sweeping that you realize there were so many gaps in you that her stories were destined to fill. A marvelous collection."

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