Joshua Sharpe @joshuasharpe.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The paperback for “The Man No One Believed: The Untold Story of the Georgia Church Murders” is officially out next week and I just got a box in the mail! wwnorton.com/books/978132... 020
Joshua Sharpe @joshuasharpe.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Thanks for the nod! And thanks for Saturday Evening Post for picking up my essay on women who love someone behind bars. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/08/its-...saturdayeveningpost.comIt’s Lonely When You Love Someone in Prison | The Saturday Evening PostMoms, grandmothers, wives, and sisters support incarcerated people. But who supports them? 031
Joshua Sharpe @joshuasharpe.bsky.social · 18/05/2026I’m so grateful to tell you about these women. 010
Reposted by Joshua SharpeType Media Center @typemediacenter.org · 18/05/2026Moms, Grandmothers, Wives, and Sisters Support Incarcerated People. But Who Supports Them? Type Media Center Joshua Sharpe @joshuasharpe.bsky.social for Zocalo @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social: www.zocalopublicsquare.org/lonely-when-...zocalopublicsquare.orgIt’s Lonely When You Love Someone in Prison | EssayMoms, Grandmothers, Wives, and Sisters Support Incarcerated People. But Who Supports Them? 011
Joshua Sharpe @joshuasharpe.bsky.social · 28/04/2026A big update on my @thenewyorktimesrss.newsmast.social.ap.brid.gy story about Jessie Askew Jr. and prosecutor Kelly Burke. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/28/m...nytimes.comHe Was Supposed to Die in Prison, but the Prosecutor Felt Guilty 121
Reposted by Joshua SharpeLong Days and Pleasant Nights @pleasant-nights.bsky.social · 23/03/2026The Man No One Believed review #TheManNoOneBelieved @joshuasharpe.bsky.social #books #reading #booksky #truecrime 011
Joshua Sharpe @joshuasharpe.bsky.social · 12/01/2026How great it was to be on Undisclosed pod to talk Dennis Perry and Temujin Kensu's cases and the horrific errors by police and prosecutors in both. Check it out! 061
Reposted by Joshua SharpeColin Miller @evidenceprof.bsky.social · 11/01/2026The investigative efforts of Undisclosed & @joshuasharpe.bsky.social helped free Dennis Perry & lead to the arrest of alternate suspect Erik Sparre for the murders of Thelma & Harold Swain. In tomorrow's new episode, we talk to Joshua about his book about the case. 0164
Reposted by Joshua SharpeType Media Center @typemediacenter.org · 15/12/2025"She was set to give birth as a Georgia prisoner, again. Terrified, she asked a nonprofit for help." Type Media Center fellow @joshuasharpe.bsky.social for @georgiarecorder.com: georgiarecorder.com/2025/12/15/s...georgiarecorder.comShe was set to give birth as a Georgia prisoner, again. Terrified, she asked a nonprofit for help. • Georgia RecorderWalking into court, Danielle Edwards thought she might have a chance to get her daughter back—someday. She’d given birth to Lily two years earlier as a state prisoner, and the relative who’d cared fo... 022
Joshua Sharpe @joshuasharpe.bsky.social · 16/12/2025If you don’t know what keeps a lot of women in cycles of incarceration, this woman story will explain it profoundly. 011
Reposted by Joshua SharpeJosie Duffy Rice @jduffyrice.bsky.social · 14/10/2025omg josh has so many good stories that need publishing TELL US 0143
Joshua Sharpe @joshuasharpe.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Today is my birthday, and for my birthday, I would like to know the names of editors who are taking pitches related to criminal justice. 121
Reposted by Joshua SharpeType Media Center @typemediacenter.org · 25/09/2025Type 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...crimereads.comJoshua Sharpe on the Four Decade Quest to Catch the Killer of a Black Couple in Southern GeorgiaOver 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… 022
Reposted by Joshua SharpeKathleen @jerseygirlbooks.bsky.social · 30/08/20255⭐ @joshuasharpe.bsky.social @bookofthemonth.bsky.social #TrueCrime #BOTM #Bookly #BookBlogger #BookSky 011
Reposted by Joshua SharpeKathleen @jerseygirlbooks.bsky.social · 27/08/2025Currently Reading @joshuasharpe.bsky.social @bookofthemonth.bsky.social #TrueCrime #BOTM #BookBlogger #BookSky www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...goodreads.comThe Man No One Believed: The Untold Story of the Georgi…“Only very rarely does one of our stories—one of us—cha… 021
Reposted by Joshua SharpeType Media Center @typemediacenter.org · 14/08/2025Type 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...bookofthemonth.comThe Man No One Believed by Joshua SharpeThe true story of a grisly murder, the man falsely accused of the crime, and the journalist fighting to set him free. 011
Joshua Sharpe @joshuasharpe.bsky.social · 06/08/2025Thanks to Lit Hub for publishing this excerpt from “The Man No One Believed”! 051
Reposted by Joshua SharpeMitchell Northam @northam67.bsky.social · 05/08/2025Yall go buy @joshuasharpe.bsky.social’s new book! 111
Reposted by Joshua SharpeTommy Tomlinson @tommytomlinson.bsky.social · 05/08/2025It'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. tommytomlinson.substack.com/p/pub-day-jo...tommytomlinson.substack.comPub Day: Joshua Sharpe, THE MAN NO ONE BELIEVEDToday we’re starting a new occasional feature here on the Shed. 023
Reposted by Joshua SharpeAvalon Free Public Library @avalonlibrary.bsky.social · 05/08/2025It'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!afpljournal.comBest New Books: Week of 8/5/25Francesca Serritella, Louis Sachar, Sarah Pekkanen, Jason Mott, David Levithan, Scott Anderson, Danielle Valentine, and more. 132
Joshua Sharpe @joshuasharpe.bsky.social · 04/08/2025DETROIT BOOK LAUNCH, PLS COME! www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...eventbrite.comBook Launch: The Man No One BelievedCelebrate the release of Investigative Journalist Joshua Sharpe's debut book: THE MAN NO ONE BELIEVED. Reading and Conversation. Free. 011
Reposted by Joshua SharpeJerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social · 01/08/2025My 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.”washingtonpost.comReview | ‘The Man No One Believed’ recounts a shocking murder and delayed justiceJoshua Sharpe’s book is about the killing of a Black couple in 1985 at a Georgia church and the wrongful conviction that eventually resulted. 133
Reposted by Joshua SharpeW. W. Norton & Company @wwnorton.com · 29/07/2025Read 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...ajc.comGeorgia author explores injustice in the justice systemFormer AJC reporter who discovered evidence that helped free Dennis Perry recounts the wrongful conviction case in new book. 012
Joshua Sharpe @joshuasharpe.bsky.social · 29/07/2025The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is out with a lovely story on….ME?! www.ajc.com/arts-enterta...ajc.comGeorgia author explores injustice in the justice systemFormer AJC reporter who discovered evidence that helped free Dennis Perry recounts the wrongful conviction case in new book. 041
Reposted by Joshua SharpeRachel Wright @rachelwrighting.com · 29/07/2025I'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!wwnorton.comThe 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... 111
Reposted by Joshua SharpeJerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social · 24/07/2025We'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/donatewunc.org WUNC Recurring Gift - North Carolina Public Radio - WUNC 2176
Reposted by Joshua SharpeBen Natan @thebennatan.bsky.social · 09/07/2025The 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...motherjones.comHow a shadowy online blacklist became a legal threat to pro-Palestinian activists“Are you familiar with the Canary?” 06945
Joshua Sharpe @joshuasharpe.bsky.social · 28/06/2025Thanks 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.” 010
Joshua Sharpe @joshuasharpe.bsky.social · 16/05/2025Just three days left in the Goodreads giveaway for my upcoming book. www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...goodreads.comBook giveaway for The Man No One Believed: The Untold Story of the Georgia Church Murders by Joshua Sharpe Apr 18-May 18, 2025Enter 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... 000
Joshua Sharpe @joshuasharpe.bsky.social · 18/04/2025Today 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. 020
Joshua Sharpe @joshuasharpe.bsky.social · 05/04/2025So honored by the advanced praise for “The Man No One Believed: the Untold Story of the Georgia Church Murders”: 020
Joshua Sharpe @joshuasharpe.bsky.social · 13/03/2025I 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. 200
Reposted by Joshua SharpeJerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social · 15/02/2025“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.” 0185
Joshua Sharpe @joshuasharpe.bsky.social · 23/01/2025My story is on the front of the New York Times today. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/u... 030
Joshua Sharpe @joshuasharpe.bsky.social · 21/01/2025If DNA testing were just available — especially to people convicted before the late 1990s/early 2000s when DNA became more widely used in prosecutions — how many horror stories would be confirmed? 042
Reposted by Joshua SharpeSarah Smith @sarahesmith23.bsky.social · 19/01/2025This #longread is about a man who worked a death-row case 20 years ago as a detective and now, as a United Methodist minister, believes he got it wrong. Mostly, it's about certainty. www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...houstonchronicle.comHe helped put Robert Roberson on death row. Now, he thinks he got it wrong.An ex-Texas detective says he got Robert Roberson's death row case wrong. As a minister, he wants to make it right. 13910
Reposted by Joshua SharpeJosie Duffy Rice @jduffyrice.bsky.social · 03/12/2024we have a ***free*** newsletter about criminal justice and frankly its GREAT!!!!! sign up hereeeeeeeee 1115031
Reposted by Joshua SharpePhilip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 17/01/2025a painful story about prosecutorial regret for putting a nonviolent small-time offender away forever — this should be mandated reading for anyone working as a prosecutor or judge in our cruelly punitive system www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/u... bsky.appnytimes.comA Georgia Prosecutor Has Long Regretted Sending a Man Away for Life. Can He Fix It?Weakened by cancer and nagged by his conscience, a former Georgia prosecutor wants the courts to reverse the sentence he demanded for a man who didn’t physically harm anyone in his crimes. 513546
Reposted by Joshua SharpeGremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 17/01/2025What a frustrating, sad story— with a big slice of the blame going to Askew's two incompetent lawyers: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/u...nytimes.comA Georgia Prosecutor Has Long Regretted Sending a Man Away for Life. Can He Fix It?Weakened by cancer and nagged by his conscience, a former Georgia prosecutor wants the courts to reverse the sentence he demanded for a man who didn’t physically harm anyone in his crimes. 0216
Joshua Sharpe @joshuasharpe.bsky.social · 17/01/2025My latest, out today in the New York Times, is a rare story: A prisoner—representing himself in court—calls his witness: the prosecutor who unfairly put him away for life without parole. The prosecutor admits he was wrong. Will it matter? www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/u...nytimes.comA Georgia Prosecutor Has Long Regretted Sending a Man Away for Life. Can He Fix It? (Gift Article)Weakened by cancer and nagged by his conscience, a former Georgia prosecutor wants the courts to reverse the sentence he demanded for a man who didn’t physically harm anyone in his crimes. 1319
Reposted by Joshua SharpeJosie Duffy Rice @jduffyrice.bsky.social · 17/01/2025My caption didn’t make it but….yall really, really have to read this. 1298
Reposted by Joshua SharpeJerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social · 02/02/2024I’ve been in Detroit for one hour. 151