Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| National Book Award for FictionFiction | 2021 | Winner |
About This Book
A Black author is on a surreal, dream-like book tour across America to promote his bestselling novel—a book that may or may not be called Hell of a Book. Running alongside his journey is the story of a Black boy in rural North Carolina called Soot, whose father fears for his safety in a world that has proven repeatedly dangerous for young Black boys. The two stories spiral toward a devastating collision.
About the Author
Jason Mott was born in 1981 in Whiteville, North Carolina, and grew up in a small town in the American South. He earned a BA from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and an MFA in Creative Writing from UNCW's graduate programme. His debut novel The Returned (2013) became an international bestseller and was adapted into the ABC television series Resurrection. Read more →
