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John Copenhaver
Alma materDavidson College (B.A.)
Middlebury College (M.A.)
George Mason University (M.F.A.)
OccupationAuthor
Websitehttps://johncopenhaver.com/

John Copenhaver (born May 26, 1974) is an American writer of crime fiction whose works include Dodging and Burning (2018), The Savage Kind (2022), and Hall of Mirrors (2024).

Early life

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John Copenhaver was born in Marion, Virginia.[1] He graduated from Davidson College in 1997.[2] He pursued further education and obtained his MA from Middlebury College's Bread Loaf School of English in 2004[3] and MFA from George Mason University in 2005.[4]

Career

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His work has appeared on CrimeReads,[5] Electric Lit,[6] PANK magazine,[7] and the New York Journal of Books.[8] He is a member of the Mystery Writers of America.[9]

His works have received critical reviews and awards. His first novel, Dodging and Burning won the Macavity Award for Best First Mystery Novel, nominated for the 2019 Strand Critics Awards,[10] Barry Award for Best First Novel,[11] Anthony Award for First Best Novel,[12] and Lambda Award for Best Gay Mystery.[13] His second work, The Savage Kind won the Lambda Literary Award for Best LGBTQ Mystery,[14] and was nominated for Left Coast Crime's 2022 Best Historical Mystery.[15]

Copenhaver has been a fellow of many literary societies. He was an Artist Fellow of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.[16][17] 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.[18] He teaches at the University of Nebraska's MFA in Creative Writing Program,[19] and the Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia[20]

Selected works

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Novels

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  • Dodging and Burning (2018)
  • The Savage Kind (2021)
  • Hall of Mirrors (2024)

References

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  1. ^ DiGuglielmo, Joey (2018-02-28). "QUEERY: John Copenhaver". www.washingtonblade.com. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
  2. ^ Davidson, North Carolina 28035 USA 704-894-2000. "Fall/Winter 2022 Issue | Davidson". www.davidson.edu. Retrieved 2024-08-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "People in the News | Middlebury Bread Loaf School of English". www.middlebury.edu. 2018-10-01. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
  4. ^ "John Copenhaver, MFA '05, Discusses His Award-winning Debut Novel". English. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
  5. ^ "The Femme Fatale: Subverting and Complicating a Noir Trope". CrimeReads. 13 September 2019.
  6. ^ "10 LGBTQ Crime Fiction Must-Reads". Electric Lit. 5 March 2018.
  7. ^ "Review: Read by Strangers by Philip Dean Walker". PANK. 29 August 2018.
  8. ^ "Review: Dead Girls: Essays on Surviving an American Obsession". New York Journal of Books. 2018.
  9. ^ "Board of Directors – Mystery Writers of America".
  10. ^ "And the Nominees Are... The Nominees for the 2019 Strand Critics Awards - Strand Magazine". 13 May 2019.
  11. ^ "Barry Awards (Crime Fiction) - 2019 -". 22 January 2019.
  12. ^ "Macavity Awards – Mystery Readers International". Mystery Readers International – Publisher of Mystery Readers Journal. 14 February 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  13. ^ "Previous Winners".
  14. ^ "2022 Winners". Lambda Literary. 13 June 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  15. ^ "Left Coast Crime 2022: Southwest Sleuths".
  16. ^ "FY19 Grantees - Arts and Humanities Fellowship Program (AHFP)". dcarts.dc.gov.
  17. ^ "FY20 Grantees - Arts and Humanities Fellowship Program (AHFP) | dcarts".
  18. ^ "Mysteryscenemag".
  19. ^ "Faculty Mentors | Writer's Workshop | University of Nebraska Omaha". www.unomaha.edu.
  20. ^ "Copenhaver - English - Virginia Commonwealth University". english.vcu.edu.
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