April 16: Author John Copenhaver
An Evening with John Copenhaver
April 16, 2025 | 6 – 7 P.M. followed by book signing
Sottile-Thompson Recital Hall at Ashley Hall
Join Ashley Hall’s Assistant Head of School for Teaching & Learning, Naa-Adei Kotey, in conversation with John Copenhaver, award-winning author of The Savage Kind and Hall of Mirrors. Coopenhaver’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 lively discussion will explore history, crime fiction, and challenging the rules of the past.
Unfortunately, this event has been canceled.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
JOHN COPENHAVER | 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. www.johncopenhaver.com
Parking is available in Ashley Hall’s Smith Street parking lot. Please enter campus through the Smith Street gate.
Ashley Hall is pleased to partner with Charleston-based bookseller Buxton Books.
September 25: Harlan Greene, author and historian
An Evening with Harlan Greene
September 25, 2024 | 6 – 7 P.M. followed by book signing
Sottile-Thompson Recital Hall at Ashley Hall
Ashley Hall is pleased to welcome to acclaimed author and historian Harlan Greene to campus. He will share insight into his recent book The Real Rainbow Row.
“With his book, Greene endeavors to document these seldom-shared stories, thus raising their profile in ways that similarly marginalized communities have done.” The Post and Courier
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
HARLAN GREENE | A native of Charleston, Harlan Greene is emeritus Scholar-in-Residence at the College of Charleston’s Addlestone Library. A winner of the Lambda Literary Award and a 2024 inductee into the SC Academy of Authors, he is the author of numerous essays, articles, novels and works of history and biography, many focusing on various aspects of Charleston and the Lowcountry.
Ashley Hall is pleased to partner with Charleston-based bookseller Buxton Books.
Ashley Hall Writers Series
Since its creation in 2005, the Ashley Hall’s Writers Series has hosted dozens of award-winning authors on the school’s historic campus located in downtown Charleston. Events are generally free and open to the public. Recent featured guests have included acclaimed art critic for The New Republic Jed Perl, non-fiction writer and poet Lisa Wells, and award-winning food writer Rossi Anastopoulo ’13.