Jason Mott

Jason Mott is an American novelist and poet.

Early life and education[]

Mott was born in Bolton, North Carolina.^[1] He attended Cape Fear Community College and graduated from the University of North Carolina Wilmington with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fiction and a Master of Fine Arts in Poetry.^[2]

Career[]

Mott's debut novel, The Returned, was published in 2013. It centered on the return of dead people to the living world and their impact on the daily lives of the people around them. The novel was adapted into the television series Resurrection, which was produced by ABC Studios and aired in 2014 and 2015.^[2]

Mott's fourth novel, Hell of a Book, was published by Dutton on June 29, 2021.^[3] On November 17, 2021, the novel was awarded the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction.^[4] It was nominated for the 2021 Sir Walter Raleigh Prize for Fiction.^[5] It was also longlisted for the 2022 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction,^[6] the 2022 Aspen Words Literary Prize,^[7] and the 2022 Joyce Carol Oates Prize.^[8]

Works[]

Novels[]

• — (2013). The Returned. Don Mills, Ontario: Mira Books. ISBN 978-0-7783-1533-9.
• — (2014). The Wonder of All Things. Don Mills, Ontario: Mira Books. ISBN 978-0-7783-1652-7.
• — (2018). The Crossing. Toronto, Ontario: Park Row Books. ISBN 9780778330738.
• — (2021). Hell of a Book: Or the Altogether Factual, Wholly Bona Fide Story of a Big Dreams, Hard Luck, American-Made Mad Kid. New York: Dutton. ISBN 978-0-593-33096-8.

Poetry collections[]

• — (2009). We Call This Thing Between Us Love. Charlotte, North Carolina: Main Street Rag Publishing Company. ISBN 978-1-59948-210-1.
• — (2011). "...hide behind me...". Charlotte, North Carolina: Main Street Rag Publishing Company. ISBN 978-1-59948-316-0.

References[]

External links[]

• Official website

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