Joe Pan
@joepan.bsky.social
Writer and Novelist, FLORIDA PALMS, Simon & Schuster
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I’ve never owned vanity plates before but my book bought this car and put me on a nearly two-month roadtrip so hell why not.
October 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I’ve never owned vanity plates before but my book bought this car and put me on a nearly two-month roadtrip so hell why not.
To add something good to the world, I built a tiny library for the neighborhood. Now I just have to paint it the colors of my house.
September 21, 2025 at 5:42 PM
To add something good to the world, I built a tiny library for the neighborhood. Now I just have to paint it the colors of my house.
THE BOOK TOUR ENDS
We left LA on July 25th, a couple of kids with a big blue car and a box of dreams. Actually two boxes. Tonight we returned, 47 days later, full of stories and irrevocable memories. Thanks everyone who picked up a copy of FLORIDA PALMS or came out to one of our many events!
We left LA on July 25th, a couple of kids with a big blue car and a box of dreams. Actually two boxes. Tonight we returned, 47 days later, full of stories and irrevocable memories. Thanks everyone who picked up a copy of FLORIDA PALMS or came out to one of our many events!
September 10, 2025 at 5:48 AM
THE BOOK TOUR ENDS
We left LA on July 25th, a couple of kids with a big blue car and a box of dreams. Actually two boxes. Tonight we returned, 47 days later, full of stories and irrevocable memories. Thanks everyone who picked up a copy of FLORIDA PALMS or came out to one of our many events!
We left LA on July 25th, a couple of kids with a big blue car and a box of dreams. Actually two boxes. Tonight we returned, 47 days later, full of stories and irrevocable memories. Thanks everyone who picked up a copy of FLORIDA PALMS or came out to one of our many events!
If you’re at Bouchercon in New Orleans and see this guy, stop him and say hello!
September 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
If you’re at Bouchercon in New Orleans and see this guy, stop him and say hello!
There’s a New York Joe’s Pizza in Harvard Square now, and a Joe Pan in the New York Times Book Review, both delighting in unexpected places.
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@nytbooks @simonbooks @joespizzanyc
#joepan #floridapalms
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@nytbooks @simonbooks @joespizzanyc
#joepan #floridapalms
August 31, 2025 at 1:10 PM
There’s a New York Joe’s Pizza in Harvard Square now, and a Joe Pan in the New York Times Book Review, both delighting in unexpected places.
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@nytbooks @simonbooks @joespizzanyc
#joepan #floridapalms
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@nytbooks @simonbooks @joespizzanyc
#joepan #floridapalms
I'm coming to St Petersburg / Tampa and will be reading at TOMBOLO BOOKS tomorrow Aug 18th and chatting with Shane Hinton. Everyone says this bookstore is incredible and the people I've met who work there have been nothing but the best. Very excited.
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@tombolobooks #joepan #floridapalms
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@tombolobooks #joepan #floridapalms
August 17, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I'm coming to St Petersburg / Tampa and will be reading at TOMBOLO BOOKS tomorrow Aug 18th and chatting with Shane Hinton. Everyone says this bookstore is incredible and the people I've met who work there have been nothing but the best. Very excited.
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@tombolobooks #joepan #floridapalms
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@tombolobooks #joepan #floridapalms
If you're in Florida I might pop up on your NPR station during "Morning Edition" or "All Things Considered" over the next week or so.
Or you can simply listen to my short interview here: bit.ly/NPR-Pan
Special thanks to Cathy Carter of WUSF.
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#joepan #floridapalms @wusf.org @npr.org
Or you can simply listen to my short interview here: bit.ly/NPR-Pan
Special thanks to Cathy Carter of WUSF.
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#joepan #floridapalms @wusf.org @npr.org
August 16, 2025 at 3:33 AM
If you're in Florida I might pop up on your NPR station during "Morning Edition" or "All Things Considered" over the next week or so.
Or you can simply listen to my short interview here: bit.ly/NPR-Pan
Special thanks to Cathy Carter of WUSF.
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#joepan #floridapalms @wusf.org @npr.org
Or you can simply listen to my short interview here: bit.ly/NPR-Pan
Special thanks to Cathy Carter of WUSF.
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#joepan #floridapalms @wusf.org @npr.org
I've been trying to get on Mitch Kaplan's radar for a while now. He runs the Miami Book Festival as well as the Books & Books chain of bookstores. Turns out he's a fan of FLORIDA PALMS. This makes me joyous.
August 15, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I've been trying to get on Mitch Kaplan's radar for a while now. He runs the Miami Book Festival as well as the Books & Books chain of bookstores. Turns out he's a fan of FLORIDA PALMS. This makes me joyous.
MIAMI !!!
Join me Thursday as I answer curveball questions from the poet Reed Smith at Books & Books in Coral Gables at 7pm, where they invented both coral and gables. Incredible!
Join me Thursday as I answer curveball questions from the poet Reed Smith at Books & Books in Coral Gables at 7pm, where they invented both coral and gables. Incredible!
August 13, 2025 at 12:50 PM
MIAMI !!!
Join me Thursday as I answer curveball questions from the poet Reed Smith at Books & Books in Coral Gables at 7pm, where they invented both coral and gables. Incredible!
Join me Thursday as I answer curveball questions from the poet Reed Smith at Books & Books in Coral Gables at 7pm, where they invented both coral and gables. Incredible!
“Award-winning poet Joe Pan confidently delivers an uncompromising look at the criminal underworld of Central Florida... FLORIDA PALMS ushers in a new talent.”
-South Florida Sun-Sentinel
We are headed your way Miami! Catch me at BOOKS & BOOKS in Coral Gables on 8/14!
bit.ly/MiamiJoe
#booktour
-South Florida Sun-Sentinel
We are headed your way Miami! Catch me at BOOKS & BOOKS in Coral Gables on 8/14!
bit.ly/MiamiJoe
#booktour
August 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
“Award-winning poet Joe Pan confidently delivers an uncompromising look at the criminal underworld of Central Florida... FLORIDA PALMS ushers in a new talent.”
-South Florida Sun-Sentinel
We are headed your way Miami! Catch me at BOOKS & BOOKS in Coral Gables on 8/14!
bit.ly/MiamiJoe
#booktour
-South Florida Sun-Sentinel
We are headed your way Miami! Catch me at BOOKS & BOOKS in Coral Gables on 8/14!
bit.ly/MiamiJoe
#booktour
August 6, 2025 at 5:30 AM
"I think there’s a danger in underestimating or outright refusing to acknowledge the inner life and desires of poor people."
Thanks storySouth for this interview in which I go in-depth on the economics of crime, Korean horror films, and growing up Florida
bit.ly/StorySouthPan
Thanks storySouth for this interview in which I go in-depth on the economics of crime, Korean horror films, and growing up Florida
bit.ly/StorySouthPan
August 2, 2025 at 1:01 PM
"I think there’s a danger in underestimating or outright refusing to acknowledge the inner life and desires of poor people."
Thanks storySouth for this interview in which I go in-depth on the economics of crime, Korean horror films, and growing up Florida
bit.ly/StorySouthPan
Thanks storySouth for this interview in which I go in-depth on the economics of crime, Korean horror films, and growing up Florida
bit.ly/StorySouthPan
Day 5, Book Tour
NY Times Book Review Editors' Choice, front and center at Village Well!
Currently en route from Tulsa to St Louis, where we'll be signing books at Left Bank Books, the largest indie bookstore in Missouri!
@nytbookreview.bsky.social @leftbankbooks.bsky.social #joepan #floridapalms
NY Times Book Review Editors' Choice, front and center at Village Well!
Currently en route from Tulsa to St Louis, where we'll be signing books at Left Bank Books, the largest indie bookstore in Missouri!
@nytbookreview.bsky.social @leftbankbooks.bsky.social #joepan #floridapalms
July 27, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Day 5, Book Tour
NY Times Book Review Editors' Choice, front and center at Village Well!
Currently en route from Tulsa to St Louis, where we'll be signing books at Left Bank Books, the largest indie bookstore in Missouri!
@nytbookreview.bsky.social @leftbankbooks.bsky.social #joepan #floridapalms
NY Times Book Review Editors' Choice, front and center at Village Well!
Currently en route from Tulsa to St Louis, where we'll be signing books at Left Bank Books, the largest indie bookstore in Missouri!
@nytbookreview.bsky.social @leftbankbooks.bsky.social #joepan #floridapalms
PBS book show "Between the Covers" gives FLORIDA PALMS a nice little shout-out for their Summer Series.
Thanks Oline Cogdill for the nice words! I so appreciate it!
#pbs #joepan #floridapalms #debutauthor #crimebooks @pbs.org @simonbooks.bsky.social
Thanks Oline Cogdill for the nice words! I so appreciate it!
#pbs #joepan #floridapalms #debutauthor #crimebooks @pbs.org @simonbooks.bsky.social
July 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
PBS book show "Between the Covers" gives FLORIDA PALMS a nice little shout-out for their Summer Series.
Thanks Oline Cogdill for the nice words! I so appreciate it!
#pbs #joepan #floridapalms #debutauthor #crimebooks @pbs.org @simonbooks.bsky.social
Thanks Oline Cogdill for the nice words! I so appreciate it!
#pbs #joepan #floridapalms #debutauthor #crimebooks @pbs.org @simonbooks.bsky.social
Wendy and I are about to venture on a 1.5 month book tour and we're getting prepped. Get ready folks, we may be coming to your town. Check out the comments for dates.
#booktour #floridapalms #joepan
#booktour #floridapalms #joepan
July 15, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Wendy and I are about to venture on a 1.5 month book tour and we're getting prepped. Get ready folks, we may be coming to your town. Check out the comments for dates.
#booktour #floridapalms #joepan
#booktour #floridapalms #joepan
Here's me as a young skater in Florida, pic part of the interview I did with Flamingo Magazine for my new novel Florida Palms.
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July 14, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Here's me as a young skater in Florida, pic part of the interview I did with Flamingo Magazine for my new novel Florida Palms.
flamingomag.com/2025/07/09/j...
flamingomag.com/2025/07/09/j...
A: The mythologizing of Americana, what we tend to celebrate. Epic family sagas of sex and violence. Books on poverty. Brooding, tense works that balance slow-burn character exploration/interrogation with sudden bursts of action and high drama. Feminist writers who focus on masculinity and violence.
July 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
A: The mythologizing of Americana, what we tend to celebrate. Epic family sagas of sex and violence. Books on poverty. Brooding, tense works that balance slow-burn character exploration/interrogation with sudden bursts of action and high drama. Feminist writers who focus on masculinity and violence.
July 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Thanks for watching my unboxing video for my debut literary crime novel, FLORIDA PALMS, out July 22nd. Pre-order now and you’ll get it in 2 weeks!
I’m also doing a 2 month cross-country book tour, so visit me at joepan.com and see me in your city!
Thanks to all who made this possible!
#fiction
I’m also doing a 2 month cross-country book tour, so visit me at joepan.com and see me in your city!
Thanks to all who made this possible!
#fiction
July 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Thanks for watching my unboxing video for my debut literary crime novel, FLORIDA PALMS, out July 22nd. Pre-order now and you’ll get it in 2 weeks!
I’m also doing a 2 month cross-country book tour, so visit me at joepan.com and see me in your city!
Thanks to all who made this possible!
#fiction
I’m also doing a 2 month cross-country book tour, so visit me at joepan.com and see me in your city!
Thanks to all who made this possible!
#fiction
If you weren't able to get him a Father's Day gift in time, might I suggest ordering him a copy of my crime fiction book, which arrives in July, and you can just lie about when you purchased it. Easy peasy.
Click here: bit.ly/JoePanAuthorPage
#fathersday #books #fiction
Click here: bit.ly/JoePanAuthorPage
#fathersday #books #fiction
June 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
If you weren't able to get him a Father's Day gift in time, might I suggest ordering him a copy of my crime fiction book, which arrives in July, and you can just lie about when you purchased it. Easy peasy.
Click here: bit.ly/JoePanAuthorPage
#fathersday #books #fiction
Click here: bit.ly/JoePanAuthorPage
#fathersday #books #fiction
"Verdict: A must-read."
LIBRARY JOURNAL gave FLORIDA PALMS a starred review!
"Pan's intense drama has a Sons of Anarchy vibe but with greater pathos."
Here's to all the librarians out there looking for a low-down dirty summer crime drama. Pre-order today.
#literature #crimenovel #mystery
LIBRARY JOURNAL gave FLORIDA PALMS a starred review!
"Pan's intense drama has a Sons of Anarchy vibe but with greater pathos."
Here's to all the librarians out there looking for a low-down dirty summer crime drama. Pre-order today.
#literature #crimenovel #mystery
May 31, 2025 at 7:58 AM
"Verdict: A must-read."
LIBRARY JOURNAL gave FLORIDA PALMS a starred review!
"Pan's intense drama has a Sons of Anarchy vibe but with greater pathos."
Here's to all the librarians out there looking for a low-down dirty summer crime drama. Pre-order today.
#literature #crimenovel #mystery
LIBRARY JOURNAL gave FLORIDA PALMS a starred review!
"Pan's intense drama has a Sons of Anarchy vibe but with greater pathos."
Here's to all the librarians out there looking for a low-down dirty summer crime drama. Pre-order today.
#literature #crimenovel #mystery
My amazing group of fellow Simon & Schuster writers will be in conversation with Courtney Maum on Tuesday, June 3.
Sign up, listen in, there's also a book giveaway--which I'll update you on closer to the date.
Copy link:
bit.ly/MaumSquad
@simonbooks.bsky.social #books #debutauthors
Sign up, listen in, there's also a book giveaway--which I'll update you on closer to the date.
Copy link:
bit.ly/MaumSquad
@simonbooks.bsky.social #books #debutauthors
May 29, 2025 at 2:12 AM
My amazing group of fellow Simon & Schuster writers will be in conversation with Courtney Maum on Tuesday, June 3.
Sign up, listen in, there's also a book giveaway--which I'll update you on closer to the date.
Copy link:
bit.ly/MaumSquad
@simonbooks.bsky.social #books #debutauthors
Sign up, listen in, there's also a book giveaway--which I'll update you on closer to the date.
Copy link:
bit.ly/MaumSquad
@simonbooks.bsky.social #books #debutauthors
For Mother's Day, I wanted to read from the acknowledgments section of my new book Florida Palms, which thanks my mother, Ava Millar, and my grandmother, Rosalie Rhoden, for instilling within me a great love of storytelling. I was raised by powerful women with big hearts and imaginations #mothersday
May 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
For Mother's Day, I wanted to read from the acknowledgments section of my new book Florida Palms, which thanks my mother, Ava Millar, and my grandmother, Rosalie Rhoden, for instilling within me a great love of storytelling. I was raised by powerful women with big hearts and imaginations #mothersday