John Copenhaver | |
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| Alma mater | Davidson College (B.A.) Middlebury College (M.A.) George Mason University (M.F.A.) |
| Occupation | Author |
| Website | https://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).
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]
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]
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