John Copenhaver

Thanks Curtis! ❤️❤️❤️

Yes, that’s true.

It’s Anthony Award nomination season! 🏆

If Crime Ink: Iconic thrilled you, moved you, or kept you up past your bedtime, please consider nominating it for an Anthony. We’d be honored to have your support! 🔥📚

Once again, a stylish Queer Crime Writers gathering at Left Coast Crime in San Francisco! 😊 This time: Top of the Mark. What views! Thanks to everyone who came out! ❤️

Also, thanks to Marco Carocari for the photos and the collage.

Such a pleasure to read at the superb The Best Bookstore on Union Square's fog-inspired evening of flash crime short stories with so many remarkable (wow!) writers.

What a blast ... and we actually summoned the fog!

Thanks to Rob Osler for organizing.

Queer Crime Writer Sightings at @LeftCoastCrime2026
THANK YOU @johncopenhaver.bsky.social @thejennhooker @roboslerwriter.bsky.social for the get-together @ Top of the MarkSF

And to Alexa Wejko and Nick Whitney from @sohopress.bsky.social for hanging with the cool kids

@bywaterbooks.bsky.social

TONIGHT!

Hosted by @elsatouche.bsky.social

@johncopenhaver.bsky.social @jamesdfhannah.bsky.social @audreyleeauthor.bsky.social @karenodden.bsky.social @gigipandian.bsky.social @saraparetsky.bsky.social @garyphillips59.bsky.social @fayesnowden.bsky.social

At @bestbookstore.bsky.social Union Sq

NEW THIS SUMMER from RHP Press: WAVES OF BURDEN. The new novel from Anthony Award-winning author @curtisippolito.bsky.social. You don't want to miss this one.

Amazing! Congratulations, my friend!

Scenes fall apart when they’re all dialogue, all description, or all navel-gazing. In Inside Character, Part III, I break down how to weave action, setting, and interiority into something embodied and alive. The final installment of the series—check it out!

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Scenes fall apart when they’re all dialogue, all description, or all navel-gazing. In Inside Character, Part III, I break down how to weave action, setting, and interiority into something embodied and alive. The final installment of the series—check it out!

➡️ open.substack.com/pub/johncope...

Congratulations, Curtis! 🎉

The latest Queer Crime Writers newsletter shares our recent anthology representation report, a thoughtful conversation with Robyn Gigl, and a celebration of Fall 2025 LGBTQIA+ crime fiction. 💜 It’s public—subscribe, read, and share to lift queer crime voices: queercrimewriters.substack.com

New on my Substack: “Inside the Character, Part II.” A practical look at how fiction gets inside a mind—first-person, third-person limited, and how interiority works in fiction. If this kind of craft talk helps you, give it a read (and maybe subscribe).
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Looking forward to meeting you! It's a great conference. : )

1/14 - The Red Scare Murders with Con Lehane by Fountain Bookstore Get tickets and support Fountain Bookstore by becoming a member

RVA friends and readers, I’m chatting with Con Lehane about his fantastic new historical crime novel, The Red Scare Murders at Fountain Bookstore, Inc. this Wednesday, 1/14 at 6:00 PM.

Don’t miss it! Free registration below

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Such a great talk! 😀

YouTube video by MWA NorCal Crime Fiction that Matters with Curtis Ippolito, John Copenhaver, and Mysti Berry

In case you missed the virtual event with @johncopenhaver.bsky.social, Mysti Berry, and myself, here it is on YouTube. Check it out and let us know what you think.

I get an AI scam “we want to feature your book in our bookclub” four or five times a day.

I’m so excited to be in conversation with Anthony Award–winning author Olivia Blacke about her new mystery, Death at the Door—we’ll be talking all things mystery, hauntings, and ghostly crime solvers. 👻📚

RVA friends, swing by!

Thrilled to see Crime Ink: Iconic on the Los Angeles Blade’s list of Best Books to Give This Holiday Season. This anthology is close to my heart, and I’m grateful for these incredible contributors and their stellar work. 🎄❤️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

Unashamed! … to love it. ♥️

Richmond, swing by tonight for a drink and X-mas shopping! Books make great gifts!

This winter round-up from @queercrimefic.bsky.social on @crimereads.bsky.social shows how boldly queer crime writers address issues from anti-LGBTQ+ legislation to the machinery of power. Check them out!

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This Saturday, 7–9 PM: BrewHoHo at Afterglow Coffee Cooperative! Come grab a drink, browse books, and meet 16 of RVA’s best authors—including me.😉

@shelflifebooksrva.bsky.social will have books for sale, and we’ll be signing. Get a jump on holiday shopping and have some fun. 🎄📚☕️

Next week, join Curtis Ippolito, Mysti Berry, and me for a conversation about editing anthologies that go beyond theme—they’re built to push for change. The event is free and hosted by the MWA NorCal Chapter, but you’ll need to register. See you there! ➡️ bit.ly/3XzdSoa

Thrilled to see Crime Ink: Iconic—the anthology I edited with Salem West—and Every Say a Little Death, edited by Josh Pachter, both featured in Oline Cogdill’s Sun Sentinel best-of column. Grateful to Oline for championing crime fiction, especially short fiction!

I loved talking with @rachelhowzell.bsky.social, @almakatsu.bsky.social, and @alexsegura.bsky.social about what happens when writers jump genres. The risks, the surprises, the freedom. If you’re interested in how reinvention fuels craft, check out the article: www.thebigthrill.org/2025/11/cros...

Honored to be part of this great profile on multi-genre authors, including pals @rachelhowzell.bsky.social and @almakatsu.bsky.social, by the talented @johncopenhaver.bsky.social at ITW's The Big Thrill! www.thebigthrill.org/2025/11/cros...

toying with the idea of writing in more than one genre? read this by @johncopenhaver.bsky.social feat @rachelhowzell.bsky.social @alexsegura.bsky.social & me www.thebigthrill.org/2025/11/cros...