Ashley Hall Events
Ashley Hall Writer-in-Residence
In Conversation With Author John Copenhaver
November 12 | 4:00 p.m.
Ashley Hall Student Life Center
Book signing to follow.
Join Ashley Hall’s Assistant Head of School for Teaching & Learning, Naa-Adei Kotey, as she talks with John Copenhaver, award-winning author of The Savage Kind and Hall of Mirrors. Copenhaver’s thrilling mysteries follow two teenage girls in 1950s Washington, DC, as they solve crimes, uncover dangerous secrets, and navigate their lives in a time of intense societal pressure. This conversation will explore history, crime fiction, and how to challenge the rules of the past.
Books will be available for purchase and provided by Charleston’s independent bookseller, Buxton Books.
This event is free and open to the public. Parking is available in Ashley Hall’s Smith Street parking lot. Please enter campus through the Smith Street gate.
About the Author
John Copenhaver is an award-winning author whose latest novel, Hall of Mirrors, was selected as a New York Times Crime Novel of the Year. His debut, Dodging and Burning, won the 2019 Macavity Award for Best First Mystery, and The Savage Kind earned the 2021 Lambda Literary Award for Best LGBTQ Mystery. A lifelong educator, he mentors aspiring writers in the Low-Residency MFA program at the University of Nebraska and teaches creative writing and literature at Virginia Commonwealth University. He lives in Richmond, Virginia, with his husband, artist Jeffery Paul Herrity. Learn more here.