Jordan Harper

Jordan Harper is a novelist, short-story writer, and television writer. His books include She Rides Shotgun, Everybody Knows, The Last King of California, and the collection Love and Other Wounds. She Rides Shotgun received the Edgar Award for Best First Novel and was adapted as a feature film. Harper grew up in Missouri and has worked as a writer and producer for television.

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She Rides Shotgun

2017 · Mystery & Thriller

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2 editions: Print · 2017 | eBook · 2017

1 adaptation: She Rides Shotgun · Film · 2025

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Eleven-year-old Polly McClusky is pulled from school by her father, Nate, soon after his release from prison. Nate has learned that the violent gang he once worked for has marked Polly and her mother for retaliation. Father and daughter travel across California while Nate tries to keep her alive and confront the people hunting them. Polly gradually discovers both the danger surrounding her family and the skills needed to survive it. The crime novel became a 2025 feature film.

Print · HarperCollins · 2017 · English

eBook · HarperCollins · 2017 · English

Podcasts & Discussion (5)

Locked On MLB - Daily Podcast On Major League BaseballSURPRISE: Phillies’ Home Run Derby HYPE as Jordan Walker DOMINATES Schwarber, Harper & Fans React ↗2026-07-14 Nerd Farmer PodcastA Violent Masterpiece – Jordan Harper, Novelist – #266 ↗2026-06-08 Lisa Harper's Back Porch TheologyA Chain-Breaking Kind of Bath ↗2023-06-05 This Is Horror PodcastJordan Harper on Everybody Knows, James Ellroy, and Black-Bag PR ↗2023-03-12 Lisa Harper's Back Porch TheologyThe Thanksgiving Stretch ↗2022-11-21

Screen & Stage

She Rides Shotgun

Lionsgate's feature-film adaptation of Jordan Harper's novel.

Film · 2025 · Released

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Mystery & Thriller

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