Jason Mott
Jason Mott is an American novelist and poet. His fourth novel, Hell of a Book, won the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction. Early life and education Mott was born in Bolton, North Carolina. 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. Writing 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. Mott's second novel, The Wonder of All Things, was published in 2014. It is a magically realistic look at the tension between protecting a child's gift of supernatural healing and sacrificing it for the greater good. Mott's third novel, The Crossing, was published in 2018. It is a dystopian thriller that follows two siblings forced on the run to do whatever it takes to survive. Mott's fourth and most critically acclaimed novel, Hell of a Book, was published by Dutton