John Copenhaver (born 26 May 1974) is an American writer known for his crime fictions, Dodging and Burning (2018), The Savage Kind (2022), and Hall of Mirrors (2024).
John Copenhaver | |
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| Born | May 26, 1974 |
| Education | Davidson College (BA) George Mason University (MFA) |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Spouse | Jeffery Paulherrity |
Early life
editCopenhaver was born in Marion, Virginia. He attended Davidson College, and had his BA in English. He proceeded to Middlebury College's Bread Loaf School of English, and obtained his MA in Literature, and further MFA in Creative Writing from George Mason University.
Career
editSince 2015, Copenhaver has written a crime fiction review column for Lambda called "Blacklight" on LGBTQ+ crime fiction. His writings has appeared on CrimeReads,[1] Electric Lit,[2] PANK magazine,[3] and the New York Journal of Books.[4] He is a member of the Mystery Writers of America.[5]
His works has received critical reviews and awards. His first novel, Dodging and Burning won the Macavity Award for Best First Mystery Novel, Anthony Award for First Best Novel,[6] nominated for the 2019 Strand Critics Awards,[7] Barry Award for Best First Novel,[8] and Lambda Award for Best Gay Mystery.[9] His second work, The Savage Kind won the Lambda Literary Award for Best LGBTQ Mystery,[10] and was nominated for Left Coast Crime's 2022 Best Historical Mystery.[11]
Copenhaver has been a fellow of many literary societies. He was an Artist Fellow of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.[12][13] His novels are set in the 1940s in Virginia and Washington, DC, and often explores the lives of the LGBTQ community through a mystery narrative.[14] He teaches at the University of Nebraska's MFA in Creative Writing Program,[15] and the Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia[16]
Selected works
editNovels
edit- Dodging and Burning (2018)
- The Savage Kind (2021)
- Hall of Mirrors (2024)
References
edit- ^ "The Femme Fatale: Subverting and Complicating a Noir Trope". CrimeReads. 13 September 2019.
- ^ "10 LGBTQ Crime Fiction Must-Reads". Electric Lit. 5 March 2018.
- ^ "Review: Read by Strangers by Philip Dean Walker". PANK. 29 August 2018.
- ^ "Review: Dead Girls: Essays on Surviving an American Obsession". New York Journal of Books. 2018.
- ^ "Board of Directors – Mystery Writers of America".
- ^ "Macavity Awards – Mystery Readers International". Mystery Readers International – Publisher of Mystery Readers Journal. 14 February 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ "And the Nominees Are... The Nominees for the 2019 Strand Critics Awards - Strand Magazine". 13 May 2019.
- ^ "Barry Awards (Crime Fiction) - 2019 -". 22 January 2019.
- ^ "Previous Winners".
- ^ "2022 Winners". Lambda Literary. 13 June 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ "Left Coast Crime 2022: Southwest Sleuths".
- ^ "FY19 Grantees - Arts and Humanities Fellowship Program (AHFP)". dcarts.dc.gov.
- ^ "FY20 Grantees - Arts and Humanities Fellowship Program (AHFP) | dcarts".
- ^ "Mysteryscenemag".
- ^ "Faculty Mentors | Writer's Workshop | University of Nebraska Omaha". www.unomaha.edu.
- ^ "Copenhaver - English - Virginia Commonwealth University". english.vcu.edu.
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