John Copenhaver
@johncopenhaver.bsky.social
Award-winning author. Educator. HALL OF MIRRORS out now! Order link in Linktree. http://linktr.ee/johncope74 (he/him) muckrack: http://bit.ly/3Uxxm9E
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Thrilled to share Crime Ink: Iconic—an anthology of crime fiction inspired by queer icons and written by leading queer voices. Out Sept. 2. Preorder now. johncopenhaver.com/order-crime-...
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Excited to announce this free, virtual event. Hosted by MWA NorCal, Mysti Berry, @johncopenhaver.bsky.social, and I will have a conversation about crime fiction that matters and what our role as writers and editors is to meet the moment. More info and free registration in the comments. Join us!!
November 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Excited to announce this free, virtual event. Hosted by MWA NorCal, Mysti Berry, @johncopenhaver.bsky.social, and I will have a conversation about crime fiction that matters and what our role as writers and editors is to meet the moment. More info and free registration in the comments. Join us!!
Thank you to everyone who came out to Shelf Life Books to celebrate the touring wrap-up for Crime Ink: Iconic! 🎉
Such a great crowd and such a supportive community. Especially thanks to my fab co-presenter Cheryl Head for coming down from DC.
Such a great crowd and such a supportive community. Especially thanks to my fab co-presenter Cheryl Head for coming down from DC.
November 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Thank you to everyone who came out to Shelf Life Books to celebrate the touring wrap-up for Crime Ink: Iconic! 🎉
Such a great crowd and such a supportive community. Especially thanks to my fab co-presenter Cheryl Head for coming down from DC.
Such a great crowd and such a supportive community. Especially thanks to my fab co-presenter Cheryl Head for coming down from DC.
Hey, Richmond! 🌈 This Thurs, Nov 13, 7 PM—join me & @cheaddc.bsky.social at Shelf Life Books for the final stop of the Crime Ink: Iconic tour! Free event celebrating queer crime fiction I co-edited w/ Salem West. Come for the convo, stay for the community.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Hey, Richmond! 🌈 This Thurs, Nov 13, 7 PM—join me & @cheaddc.bsky.social at Shelf Life Books for the final stop of the Crime Ink: Iconic tour! Free event celebrating queer crime fiction I co-edited w/ Salem West. Come for the convo, stay for the community.
shelflifebooksrva.com/event/2025-1...
shelflifebooksrva.com/event/2025-1...
Part 1 of my new essay series—based on my James River Writers talk, Inside the Character—is out now! It explores fiction’s superpower: interiority. In other news, I’ll be wrapping the Crime Ink: Iconic tour on Thurs, Nov 13, 7 PM at Shelf Life Books w/ Cheryl Head.
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November 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Part 1 of my new essay series—based on my James River Writers talk, Inside the Character—is out now! It explores fiction’s superpower: interiority. In other news, I’ll be wrapping the Crime Ink: Iconic tour on Thurs, Nov 13, 7 PM at Shelf Life Books w/ Cheryl Head.
open.substack.com/pub/johncope...
open.substack.com/pub/johncope...
Hey, Richmond friends! 🌈 The final stop of the Crime Ink: Iconic tour lands at Shelf Life Books on Nov. 13, 7PM! I’ll be in conversation with Cheryl Head—plus themed mocktails, Jeff’s sweet treat, & good company. 🎟️ Ticketed event: shelflifebooksrva.com/event/2025-1...
October 30, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Hey, Richmond friends! 🌈 The final stop of the Crime Ink: Iconic tour lands at Shelf Life Books on Nov. 13, 7PM! I’ll be in conversation with Cheryl Head—plus themed mocktails, Jeff’s sweet treat, & good company. 🎟️ Ticketed event: shelflifebooksrva.com/event/2025-1...
What a fantastic review for Crime Ink: Iconic in Women Using Words! Wow!
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October 29, 2025 at 7:19 PM
What a fantastic review for Crime Ink: Iconic in Women Using Words! Wow!
womenusingwords.wordpress.com/2025/10/29/c...
womenusingwords.wordpress.com/2025/10/29/c...
Boston friends—Kelly J. Ford and Stephanie Gayle will be at @purplecouch.bsky.social discussing Crime Ink: Iconic, the queer crime anthology I co-edited. Free event, plus a ticket option with 15% off the book. Come support and keep queer stories visible.
➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/crime-ink-...
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October 28, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Boston friends—Kelly J. Ford and Stephanie Gayle will be at @purplecouch.bsky.social discussing Crime Ink: Iconic, the queer crime anthology I co-edited. Free event, plus a ticket option with 15% off the book. Come support and keep queer stories visible.
➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/crime-ink-...
➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/crime-ink-...
Love its checkered past AND its checkered floor!
Christa and John's Excellent LA Adventure! With @johncopenhaver.bsky.social at the Greystone Mansion, location of the famous Doheny murder/suicide and the checkered floor featured in a zillion movies.
October 26, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Love its checkered past AND its checkered floor!
Can't wait to see everyone tonight! If you're having trouble with Eventbrite, please ignore and come anyway. (Eventbrite is having tech issues today.)
DC! This Mon, Oct 20 at 7 PM, join me at Jackie Lee’s (116 Kennedy St NW) to celebrate Crime Ink: Iconic! Hannah Grieco will interview me, Cheryl Head & Diana DiGiangi. Plus, top DC writers share queer authors who’ve inspired their work. 🍸 Get tix now! loyaltybookstores.com/noirbar1
October 20, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Can't wait to see everyone tonight! If you're having trouble with Eventbrite, please ignore and come anyway. (Eventbrite is having tech issues today.)
It’s shaping up to be a lively couple of weeks—events in DC, Palm Springs, LA, and San Diego!
Every reading, signing, and book bought keeps our community of writers, readers, and booksellers thriving.
Full details in my latest Substack post 👇
johncopenhaver.substack.com/p/this-week-...
Every reading, signing, and book bought keeps our community of writers, readers, and booksellers thriving.
Full details in my latest Substack post 👇
johncopenhaver.substack.com/p/this-week-...
This Week (and Next!): Crime, Cocktails, and Big News
A busy stretch ahead—Crime Ink and Hall of Mirrors events on both coasts, NoirCon in Palm Springs, and some big news about the Nightingale Trilogy finale.
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October 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
It’s shaping up to be a lively couple of weeks—events in DC, Palm Springs, LA, and San Diego!
Every reading, signing, and book bought keeps our community of writers, readers, and booksellers thriving.
Full details in my latest Substack post 👇
johncopenhaver.substack.com/p/this-week-...
Every reading, signing, and book bought keeps our community of writers, readers, and booksellers thriving.
Full details in my latest Substack post 👇
johncopenhaver.substack.com/p/this-week-...
DC! This Mon, Oct 20 at 7 PM, join me at Jackie Lee’s (116 Kennedy St NW) to celebrate Crime Ink: Iconic! Hannah Grieco will interview me, Cheryl Head & Diana DiGiangi. Plus, top DC writers share queer authors who’ve inspired their work. 🍸 Get tix now! loyaltybookstores.com/noirbar1
October 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
DC! This Mon, Oct 20 at 7 PM, join me at Jackie Lee’s (116 Kennedy St NW) to celebrate Crime Ink: Iconic! Hannah Grieco will interview me, Cheryl Head & Diana DiGiangi. Plus, top DC writers share queer authors who’ve inspired their work. 🍸 Get tix now! loyaltybookstores.com/noirbar1
Headed to San Diego with an amazing crew—Christina Baker Kline, Elise Hart Kipness, and Jon Bassoff—for a Mystery Author Panel presented by Adventures by the Book & the Carlsbad City Library. Get your tix now! adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-eve...
October 16, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Headed to San Diego with an amazing crew—Christina Baker Kline, Elise Hart Kipness, and Jon Bassoff—for a Mystery Author Panel presented by Adventures by the Book & the Carlsbad City Library. Get your tix now! adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-eve...
🔍 I’m delighted to join Adventures By the Book and the Friends of the Corona Public Library for their Annual Mystery Author Luncheon: Christina Baker Kline, Elise Hart Kipness, Jon Bassoff, and me—all in conversation with debut author Anne Burt.
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October 15, 2025 at 10:39 PM
🔍 I’m delighted to join Adventures By the Book and the Friends of the Corona Public Library for their Annual Mystery Author Luncheon: Christina Baker Kline, Elise Hart Kipness, Jon Bassoff, and me—all in conversation with debut author Anne Burt.
adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-eve...
adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-eve...
✨ Book Deal Alert! ✨ GODDESS OF LOVE, the third and final novel in my Nightingale Trilogy, arrives in 2027 from @bywaterbooks.bsky.social! A new case—and the long-awaited reckoning for Judy and Philippa. I can’t wait to share the ending I’ve been building toward since THE SAVAGE KIND.
October 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
✨ Book Deal Alert! ✨ GODDESS OF LOVE, the third and final novel in my Nightingale Trilogy, arrives in 2027 from @bywaterbooks.bsky.social! A new case—and the long-awaited reckoning for Judy and Philippa. I can’t wait to share the ending I’ve been building toward since THE SAVAGE KIND.
Save the Date! 🗓️ Join me at Jackie Lee’s on Mon, Oct 20 at 7 PM for a Crime Ink: Iconic celebration—readings with Hannah Grieco, Cheryl Head, Diana DiGiangi, and me, plus tributes from K.T. Nguyen, Alex Finlay, Aggie Blum Thompson, Sarah Pekkanen, and E.A. Aymar. 🍸 loyaltybookstores.com/noirbar1
October 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Save the Date! 🗓️ Join me at Jackie Lee’s on Mon, Oct 20 at 7 PM for a Crime Ink: Iconic celebration—readings with Hannah Grieco, Cheryl Head, Diana DiGiangi, and me, plus tributes from K.T. Nguyen, Alex Finlay, Aggie Blum Thompson, Sarah Pekkanen, and E.A. Aymar. 🍸 loyaltybookstores.com/noirbar1
Thrilled to chat about Crime Ink: Iconic with House of Mystery Radio Show on NBC with fabulous contributors Greg Herren, Robyn Gigl, and Marco Carocari ...
During these insane times, it's been wonderful to find solace in discussing these wonderful stories.
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During these insane times, it's been wonderful to find solace in discussing these wonderful stories.
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October 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Thrilled to chat about Crime Ink: Iconic with House of Mystery Radio Show on NBC with fabulous contributors Greg Herren, Robyn Gigl, and Marco Carocari ...
During these insane times, it's been wonderful to find solace in discussing these wonderful stories.
shows.acast.com/houseofmyste...
During these insane times, it's been wonderful to find solace in discussing these wonderful stories.
shows.acast.com/houseofmyste...
See you at 1:00 PM today,
Richmond friends!
Richmond friends!
October 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
See you at 1:00 PM today,
Richmond friends!
Richmond friends!
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Another timely and important crime fiction anthology out right now is Crime Ink: Iconic, edited by @johncopenhaver.bsky.social and Salem West.
What an excellent book. You should definitely buy it. Here is my review:
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
What an excellent book. You should definitely buy it. Here is my review:
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Curtis Ippolito's review of Crime Ink
5/5: As soon as I heard this anthology was coming out I was excited to read it. What a much-needed anthology of queer-focused stories. John Coppenhaver did an excellent job of compiling a roster that ...
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October 2, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Hi, friends in Columbus, OH!
Swing by Bibliophile Candle Co. at 6:30 PM TODAY!!! (Oct 2nd) to hear fabulous contributors, Kristen Lepionka, Jeff Marks, and Meredith Doench chat about their stories, Crime Ink: Iconic, and the broader creative endeavor of the anthology!
Swing by Bibliophile Candle Co. at 6:30 PM TODAY!!! (Oct 2nd) to hear fabulous contributors, Kristen Lepionka, Jeff Marks, and Meredith Doench chat about their stories, Crime Ink: Iconic, and the broader creative endeavor of the anthology!
October 2, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Hi, friends in Columbus, OH!
Swing by Bibliophile Candle Co. at 6:30 PM TODAY!!! (Oct 2nd) to hear fabulous contributors, Kristen Lepionka, Jeff Marks, and Meredith Doench chat about their stories, Crime Ink: Iconic, and the broader creative endeavor of the anthology!
Swing by Bibliophile Candle Co. at 6:30 PM TODAY!!! (Oct 2nd) to hear fabulous contributors, Kristen Lepionka, Jeff Marks, and Meredith Doench chat about their stories, Crime Ink: Iconic, and the broader creative endeavor of the anthology!
👻📚 VA thriller fans! Sat Oct 4, 1–3:30 PM @bookpeoplerva: Thrillers with Teeth w/ KT Nguyen, Christopher Chambers, LynDee Walker & I.S. Berry. Sorry Katharine Schellman can’t join, but thrilled to have Chris! #crimefiction #mysterywriters #rvaarts #bookevent
October 2, 2025 at 2:32 AM
👻📚 VA thriller fans! Sat Oct 4, 1–3:30 PM @bookpeoplerva: Thrillers with Teeth w/ KT Nguyen, Christopher Chambers, LynDee Walker & I.S. Berry. Sorry Katharine Schellman can’t join, but thrilled to have Chris! #crimefiction #mysterywriters #rvaarts #bookevent
Columbus friends! Join us at Bibliophile Candle Co. next Thu, Oct 2, 6:30 PM, for a Crime Ink: Iconic chat with contributors Kristen Lepionka, Jeff Marks, and @meredithdoench.bsky.social Doench—on their stories, the anthology, and the creative spark behind it.
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September 26, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Columbus friends! Join us at Bibliophile Candle Co. next Thu, Oct 2, 6:30 PM, for a Crime Ink: Iconic chat with contributors Kristen Lepionka, Jeff Marks, and @meredithdoench.bsky.social Doench—on their stories, the anthology, and the creative spark behind it.
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New York friends, see you tomorrow night at the Bureau of General Services-Queer Division and celebrate the launch of Crime Ink: Iconic!
@bgsqd.bsky.social @bywaterbooks.bsky.social @robyngigl.bsky.social
#queercrimefiction
#thrillerbooks #lgbtqreads🌈
@bgsqd.bsky.social @bywaterbooks.bsky.social @robyngigl.bsky.social
#queercrimefiction
#thrillerbooks #lgbtqreads🌈
September 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM
New York friends, see you tomorrow night at the Bureau of General Services-Queer Division and celebrate the launch of Crime Ink: Iconic!
@bgsqd.bsky.social @bywaterbooks.bsky.social @robyngigl.bsky.social
#queercrimefiction
#thrillerbooks #lgbtqreads🌈
@bgsqd.bsky.social @bywaterbooks.bsky.social @robyngigl.bsky.social
#queercrimefiction
#thrillerbooks #lgbtqreads🌈
DC friends—TOMORROW (9/23)! 7–8 pm @onemorepagebooks.bsky.social
Join me, Cheryl A. Head, & Diana Digangi to celebrate CRIME INK: ICONIC, a queer crime fiction anthology I co-edited. 20+ stories inspired by icons like Baldwin, Wilde & Dolly. Talk + signing—come celebrate queer voices!
Join me, Cheryl A. Head, & Diana Digangi to celebrate CRIME INK: ICONIC, a queer crime fiction anthology I co-edited. 20+ stories inspired by icons like Baldwin, Wilde & Dolly. Talk + signing—come celebrate queer voices!
September 22, 2025 at 8:24 PM
DC friends—TOMORROW (9/23)! 7–8 pm @onemorepagebooks.bsky.social
Join me, Cheryl A. Head, & Diana Digangi to celebrate CRIME INK: ICONIC, a queer crime fiction anthology I co-edited. 20+ stories inspired by icons like Baldwin, Wilde & Dolly. Talk + signing—come celebrate queer voices!
Join me, Cheryl A. Head, & Diana Digangi to celebrate CRIME INK: ICONIC, a queer crime fiction anthology I co-edited. 20+ stories inspired by icons like Baldwin, Wilde & Dolly. Talk + signing—come celebrate queer voices!
Reposted by John Copenhaver
Review & giveaway of "Crime Ink: Iconic" an Anthology of #CrimeFiction Inspired by #Queer Icons kingsriverlife.com/09/20/crime-... #mystery #LGBTQIA @queercrimefic.bsky.social @johncopenhaver.bsky.social @robyngigl.bsky.social @cheaddc.bsky.social @jeffreymarks.bsky.social @kmlwrites.bsky.social 💙📚
Crime Ink: Iconic, An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons
by Autumn Trapani Even in 2025, LGBTQ+ representation in literary works, and especially crime fiction, is falling short. Crime Ink: Iconic has a mission to change that. This anthology of 25+ short sto...
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September 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Review & giveaway of "Crime Ink: Iconic" an Anthology of #CrimeFiction Inspired by #Queer Icons kingsriverlife.com/09/20/crime-... #mystery #LGBTQIA @queercrimefic.bsky.social @johncopenhaver.bsky.social @robyngigl.bsky.social @cheaddc.bsky.social @jeffreymarks.bsky.social @kmlwrites.bsky.social 💙📚
Reposted by John Copenhaver
DC friends!
Tuesday, Sept 23, 2025 · 7–8pm
Join us for an evening celebrating CRIME INK: ICONIC at @onemorepagebooks.bsky.social, the groundbreaking queer crime fiction anthology!
www.onemorepagebooks.com/event/celebr...
Tuesday, Sept 23, 2025 · 7–8pm
Join us for an evening celebrating CRIME INK: ICONIC at @onemorepagebooks.bsky.social, the groundbreaking queer crime fiction anthology!
www.onemorepagebooks.com/event/celebr...
September 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
DC friends!
Tuesday, Sept 23, 2025 · 7–8pm
Join us for an evening celebrating CRIME INK: ICONIC at @onemorepagebooks.bsky.social, the groundbreaking queer crime fiction anthology!
www.onemorepagebooks.com/event/celebr...
Tuesday, Sept 23, 2025 · 7–8pm
Join us for an evening celebrating CRIME INK: ICONIC at @onemorepagebooks.bsky.social, the groundbreaking queer crime fiction anthology!
www.onemorepagebooks.com/event/celebr...