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John Vercher

John Vercher is a writer currently living in the Philadelphia area with his wife and two sons. He holds a Bachelor’s in English from the University of Pittsburgh and an MFA in Creative Writing from the Mountainview Master of Fine Arts program. His fiction has appeared on Akashic Books’ Mondays are Murder and Fri-SciFi. and he is a contributing writer for Cognoscenti, the thoughts and opinions page of WBUR Boston. Two of his essays published there on race, identity, and parenting were picked up by NPR, and he has appeared on WBUR’s Weekend Edition. His non-fiction has also appeared in Entropy Magazine. You can find him on his website www.johnvercherauthor.com and on Twitter at @jverch75.

Genres: Mystery, Literary Fiction

Novels

   Three-Fifths (2019)
   After the Lights Go Out (2022)
   Devil is Fine (2024)

Books containing stories by John Vercher

The Perfect Crime (2022)
edited by
Maxim Jakubowski and Vaseem Khan

Award nominations

	2021 John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger (shortlist) : Three-Fifths
	2020 Lefty Award for Best Debut Mystery Novel (nominee) : Three-Fifths
	2020 Edgar Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : Three-Fifths
	2020 Anthony Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : Three-Fifths

John Vercher recommends

Devil Makes Three (2023)
Ben Fountain
"Woven artfully into the fabric of Ben Fountain's literary thriller Devil Makes Three is a scathing indictment - Reflective and prescient, stunning in its narrative complexity and nuanced characterization, the novel is at once timely and timeless, working double duty as a reminder of the sins of America's past and a warning of those to come."

Real Bad Things (2022)
Kelly J Ford
"Ford's follow-up to her devastating debut novel, Cottonmouths, is a moving meditation on misplaced loyalties, love, and the legacy of violence and abuse, all wrapped in a mystery filled with guy-wire tension."

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