Joshua Sharpe
@joshuasharpe.bsky.social
Investigative reporter. Wrote THE MAN NO ONE BELIEVED (WW Norton, summer 2025). Type Media Center Fellow, 2025. Knight-Wallace Feller, 23-24. Livingston Award winner. Detroit based.
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omg josh has so many good stories that need publishing TELL US
Today is my birthday, and for my birthday, I would like to know the names of editors who are taking pitches related to criminal justice.
October 14, 2025 at 5:29 PM
omg josh has so many good stories that need publishing TELL US
Today is my birthday, and for my birthday, I would like to know the names of editors who are taking pitches related to criminal justice.
October 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Today is my birthday, and for my birthday, I would like to know the names of editors who are taking pitches related to criminal justice.
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Type Media Center Fellow @joshuasharpe.bsky.social was interviewed about his new book, The Man No One Believed: The Untold Story of the Georgia Church Murders, by @crimereads.bsky.social: crimereads.com/joshua-sharp...
Joshua Sharpe on the Four Decade Quest to Catch the Killer of a Black Couple in Southern Georgia
Over the past 20 years, ruthless cutbacks have devastated once robust investigative teams at newspapers nationwide. Joshua Sharpe’s new book reminds us why this kind of reporting is so vital. Build…
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September 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Type Media Center Fellow @joshuasharpe.bsky.social was interviewed about his new book, The Man No One Believed: The Untold Story of the Georgia Church Murders, by @crimereads.bsky.social: crimereads.com/joshua-sharp...
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Currently Reading @joshuasharpe.bsky.social @bookofthemonth.bsky.social #TrueCrime #BOTM #BookBlogger #BookSky www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
The Man No One Believed: The Untold Story of the Georgi…
“Only very rarely does one of our stories—one of us—cha…
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August 27, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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Type Media Center Fellow @joshuasharpe.bsky.social's new book, "The Man No One Believed," was chosen as a Book of the Month: www.bookofthemonth.com/all-hardcove...
The Man No One Believed by Joshua Sharpe
The true story of a grisly murder, the man falsely accused of the crime, and the journalist fighting to set him free.
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August 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Type Media Center Fellow @joshuasharpe.bsky.social's new book, "The Man No One Believed," was chosen as a Book of the Month: www.bookofthemonth.com/all-hardcove...
Thanks to Lit Hub for publishing this excerpt from “The Man No One Believed”!
“In a broken world, Harold believed in that endless love.” @joshuasharpe.bsky.social chronicles the horror and aftermath of the 1985 Georgia Church Murders.
The Man in the Vestibule: Chronicle of a Double Homicide in the Rural South
A bare yellow bulb hung over the front door of a small church of white cinderblock. The moon waned. A young man walked across the grass toward the door. It was a Monday night in March 1985, and twe…
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August 6, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Thanks to Lit Hub for publishing this excerpt from “The Man No One Believed”!
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Yall go buy @joshuasharpe.bsky.social’s new book!
August 5, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Yall go buy @joshuasharpe.bsky.social’s new book!
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It's pub day for my buddy @joshuasharpe.bsky.social and his incredible book THE MAN NO ONE BELIEVED ... I did a Q&A with him about his reporting process, freeing innocent people from prison, and the magic of the pedal steel.
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Pub Day: Joshua Sharpe, THE MAN NO ONE BELIEVED
Today we’re starting a new occasional feature here on the Shed.
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August 5, 2025 at 1:26 PM
It's pub day for my buddy @joshuasharpe.bsky.social and his incredible book THE MAN NO ONE BELIEVED ... I did a Q&A with him about his reporting process, freeing innocent people from prison, and the magic of the pedal steel.
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It's the last month of Summer Reading Season & we rounded up 19 of the week's best new #books, ft. Francesca Serritella, Louis Sachar, Jason Mott, Sarah Pekkanen, David Levithan, @marthabarnette.bsky.social, @oliviawrites.bsky.social, @peteramescarlin.bsky.social, @joshuasharpe.bsky.social, & more!
Best New Books: Week of 8/5/25
Francesca Serritella, Louis Sachar, Sarah Pekkanen, Jason Mott, David Levithan, Scott Anderson, Danielle Valentine, and more.
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August 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
It's the last month of Summer Reading Season & we rounded up 19 of the week's best new #books, ft. Francesca Serritella, Louis Sachar, Jason Mott, Sarah Pekkanen, David Levithan, @marthabarnette.bsky.social, @oliviawrites.bsky.social, @peteramescarlin.bsky.social, @joshuasharpe.bsky.social, & more!
DETROIT BOOK LAUNCH, PLS COME! www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
Book Launch: The Man No One Believed
Celebrate the release of Investigative Journalist Joshua Sharpe's debut book: THE MAN NO ONE BELIEVED. Reading and Conversation. Free.
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August 4, 2025 at 12:00 AM
DETROIT BOOK LAUNCH, PLS COME! www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
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My dear friend Josh Sharpe’s debut book got a glowing review in the Post today.
“‘The Man No One Believed’ inspires powerful, mixed emotions: fury at the failings of the justice system, and gratitude for organizations like the Georgia Innocence Project and indefatigable journalists like Sharpe.”
“‘The Man No One Believed’ inspires powerful, mixed emotions: fury at the failings of the justice system, and gratitude for organizations like the Georgia Innocence Project and indefatigable journalists like Sharpe.”
Review | ‘The Man No One Believed’ recounts a shocking murder and delayed justice
Joshua Sharpe’s book is about the killing of a Black couple in 1985 at a Georgia church and the wrongful conviction that eventually resulted.
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August 1, 2025 at 7:58 PM
My dear friend Josh Sharpe’s debut book got a glowing review in the Post today.
“‘The Man No One Believed’ inspires powerful, mixed emotions: fury at the failings of the justice system, and gratitude for organizations like the Georgia Innocence Project and indefatigable journalists like Sharpe.”
“‘The Man No One Believed’ inspires powerful, mixed emotions: fury at the failings of the justice system, and gratitude for organizations like the Georgia Innocence Project and indefatigable journalists like Sharpe.”
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Read an excerpt of THE MAN NO ONE BELIEVED and learn more about the author @joshuasharpe.bsky.social in this piece from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: www.ajc.com/arts-enterta...
Georgia author explores injustice in the justice system
Former AJC reporter who discovered evidence that helped free Dennis Perry recounts the wrongful conviction case in new book.
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July 29, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Read an excerpt of THE MAN NO ONE BELIEVED and learn more about the author @joshuasharpe.bsky.social in this piece from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: www.ajc.com/arts-enterta...
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I'm so lucky--I get to read this ahead of the pub date!
The Man No One Believed, by @joshuasharpe.bsky.social, is about a 1985 double homicide in a South Georgia church that and the long investigation to find the killer.
Stay tuned for my ArtsATL review in the next few weeks!
The Man No One Believed, by @joshuasharpe.bsky.social, is about a 1985 double homicide in a South Georgia church that and the long investigation to find the killer.
Stay tuned for my ArtsATL review in the next few weeks!
The Man No One Believed
“Only very rarely does one of our stories—one of us—change the course of human events. Joshua Sharpe asked the right questions, refusing easy answers.” —Anna Quindlen, Pu...
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July 29, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I'm so lucky--I get to read this ahead of the pub date!
The Man No One Believed, by @joshuasharpe.bsky.social, is about a 1985 double homicide in a South Georgia church that and the long investigation to find the killer.
Stay tuned for my ArtsATL review in the next few weeks!
The Man No One Believed, by @joshuasharpe.bsky.social, is about a 1985 double homicide in a South Georgia church that and the long investigation to find the killer.
Stay tuned for my ArtsATL review in the next few weeks!
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We're in the final day of an emergency fundraising campaign at @wunc.org (due to the pulling of federal funding). We need the support of North Carolinians now more than ever. And that's why I'm asking Bill Belichick, once again, to become a sustaining member, at any level. www.wunc.org/donate
WUNC Recurring Gift - North Carolina Public Radio - WUNC
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July 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
We're in the final day of an emergency fundraising campaign at @wunc.org (due to the pulling of federal funding). We need the support of North Carolinians now more than ever. And that's why I'm asking Bill Belichick, once again, to become a sustaining member, at any level. www.wunc.org/donate
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The great @hurwitz.bsky.social reports that ICE is using Canary Mission to build a database of pro-Palestine activists to target for harassment, detainment, and deportation. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How a shadowy online blacklist became a legal threat to pro-Palestinian activists
“Are you familiar with the Canary?”
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July 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The great @hurwitz.bsky.social reports that ICE is using Canary Mission to build a database of pro-Palestine activists to target for harassment, detainment, and deportation. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Thanks to @gardenandgun.com for putting “The Man No Believed” alongside these amazing authors and their new/coming soon books!
“Sharpe…practices Journalism with a capital J.”
“Sharpe…practices Journalism with a capital J.”
June 28, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Thanks to @gardenandgun.com for putting “The Man No Believed” alongside these amazing authors and their new/coming soon books!
“Sharpe…practices Journalism with a capital J.”
“Sharpe…practices Journalism with a capital J.”
Coming Aug. 5. So soon!
May 30, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Coming Aug. 5. So soon!
Just three days left in the Goodreads giveaway for my upcoming book. www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
Book giveaway for The Man No One Believed: The Untold Story of the Georgia Church Murders by Joshua Sharpe Apr 18-May 18, 2025
Enter to win one of 30 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Apr 18-May 18, 2025. The riveting story of a 1985 double murder, a long-overdue investi...
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May 16, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Just three days left in the Goodreads giveaway for my upcoming book. www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
Today I was at a stoplight in Detroit and someone in the backseat of the SUV in front of me cracked the door and placed onto the pavement, a single yellow marshmallow peep, closing the door. When the light turned, they drove away.
April 18, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Today I was at a stoplight in Detroit and someone in the backseat of the SUV in front of me cracked the door and placed onto the pavement, a single yellow marshmallow peep, closing the door. When the light turned, they drove away.
So honored by the advanced praise for “The Man No One Believed: the Untold Story of the Georgia Church Murders”:
April 4, 2025 at 11:12 PM
So honored by the advanced praise for “The Man No One Believed: the Untold Story of the Georgia Church Murders”:
I got the first copies of advanced readers for my first book, "The Man No One Believed: The Untold Story of the Georgia Church Murders." It comes out Aug. 5 and details the murders of Harold and Thelma Swain in their historic Black church—40 years ago this week—and the still unfolding aftermath.
March 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I got the first copies of advanced readers for my first book, "The Man No One Believed: The Untold Story of the Georgia Church Murders." It comes out Aug. 5 and details the murders of Harold and Thelma Swain in their historic Black church—40 years ago this week—and the still unfolding aftermath.
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“The Chewa people of Malawi created this mask of Elvis Presley, called ‘Elvisi,’ as a tool to warn young people about the undesirable Western values he, and other American celebrities, represented.”
February 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
“The Chewa people of Malawi created this mask of Elvis Presley, called ‘Elvisi,’ as a tool to warn young people about the undesirable Western values he, and other American celebrities, represented.”
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Atlanta police have set up secret surveillance cameras outside of Stop Cop City activists' houses and gathering spots––and they refuse to answer any questions about the cameras
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Cameras have appeared outside homes of Atlanta’s ‘Cop City’ activists. Why are they there?
Cameras are hidden in unmarked boxes on utility poles in a move residents and advocates call ‘creepy’ and ‘corrosive’
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February 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Atlanta police have set up secret surveillance cameras outside of Stop Cop City activists' houses and gathering spots––and they refuse to answer any questions about the cameras
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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