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Johnny Shaw was born and raised on the Calexico/Mexicali border in the stifling heat of the California desert. He is the author of six novels including the Jimmy Veeder Fiasco border novels: DOVE SEASON, PLASTER CITY, and IMPERIAL VALLEY.
Johnny has been nominated for the Anthony Award three times, winning for Best Paperback Original in 2013 for the comedic adventure novel BIG MARIA. He has been shortlisted for a number of awards and has won the Spotted Owl Award twice. His short fiction has appeared in Thuglit, Plots with Guns, Crime Factory, Shotgun Honey, and numerous anthologies.
He was the Grand Marshal of the Holtville Carrot Festival Parade in 2016, which means nothing to you, but everything to him. You can find Johnny on Twitter at @BloodandTacos.
"Johnny Shaw's novel THE SOUTHLAND will rip you up and put you back
together. His story of the convergence of three undocumented
immigrant women is a revelation: by turns harrowing, truthful, and
a rip-roaring ride through their world."—Charlaine Harris, #1 New
York Times bestselling author
"Shaw movingly reveals how each woman, under unbearable
circumstances, survives in a land that doesn’t want her. Those who
like their crime fiction with a social conscience will welcome this
timely novel."—Publishers Weekly
"Johnny Shaw once remarked that his initial concept for his books
tends to circle around three guys with a really bad idea. The
results were hilarious, but there was always an atmosphere of
struggle and injustice lurking just below the surface . With THE
SOUTHLAND, he brings that substratum to the surface with gripping,
powerful, compassionate results. His eye for the telling detail;
his understanding of the sprawling, embattled, multi-ethnic terrain
of southern California; and his commitment to portray honestly each
and every one of his characters, justifying not judging, makes this
not just an excellent novel, but an exceptional one. A moving,
gripping, eye-opening story. I loved it." —David Corbett,
award-winning author of THE LONG-LOST LOVE LETTERS OF DOC
HOLLIDAY”
"THE SOUTHLAND is a terrific novel, both compelling and
illuminating. Johnny Shaw writes with deep empathy for his
characters and an unflinching eye for the dark side of the American
Dream. Highly recommend."—Lou Berney, Edgar Award-winning author of
NOVEMBER ROAD
"Urgent, compulsively readable crime fiction that never takes the
easy way out. While it's both a gripping page turner and a deft
examination of justice and what it means to belong, it's the three
complex women at the heart of this novel that make it
unputdownable. I'll be thinking about Luz, Nadia, and Ostelinda for
a long time."—Jess Lourey, Amazon Charts bestselling author of
UNSPEAKABLE THINGS
"Great frontera fiction, full of strong women, grief, hope, love,
pain, humor, and a critique of our immigration system. It's also
devoid of nonsense and white saviors. This is a novel about people
chasing the American Dream and finding a nightmare, and Shaw's
gigantic heart screams for change in every page.” —Gabino Iglesias,
author of COYOTE SONGS
"Johnny Shaw is an incredible talent. Southland is full of heart. A
novel that stays with you long after reading. Shaw is the new
Dennis Lehane."—Steve Cavanagh, author of THIRTEEN
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