John Copenhaver Explained

John Copenhaver
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).

Early Life

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

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 Nebraskas MFA in Creative Writing Program,[19] and the Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia[20]

Selected works

Novels

External links

Notes and References

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

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