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Here you’ll find information about me and the Haunted Guesthouse Mystery series from Berkley Prime Crime! You can follow me on Twitter here, or be my friend on Facebook. And if you’re interested in ghosts, the Jersey Shore, and just enjoying a funny, spooky, exciting mystery novel, you’re in the right place! Look around; spend some time.

Get in touch with me at ejcopperman (at) gmail (dot) com and ask questions or say hello. And please follow my blog, Sliced Bread. Thanks for visiting!

Appearance in Flemington, NJ on April 12!

I’ll be at Twice Told Tales/Moonstone Mystery Books in Flemington, NJ on April 12 at 7 p.m., talking about OLD HAUNTS and how to write humor, develop characters and otherwise write a good mystery! If you’re in the area, PLEASE drop on by! Books will be available for signing!

Will be attending Malice Domestic 2012 in Bethesda, MD! Panel info: “Dirty Little Secrets: An Inside Look at the Writer’s Life” with Laura Bradford (Elizabeth Lynn Casey), Kate Gallison, Robin Hathaway and Toni L.P. Kelner. Sunday April 29 at 9:45–stop by and have some laughs with us!

Blog Tour–OLD HAUNTS!

To celebrate the publication of OLD HAUNTS, the third Haunted Guesthouse mystery, I’m visiting a number of blogs and web sites:

At Lorraine Bartlett’s wonderful Pet Peeve Thursday, where I do what I do best–complain!

At Dru’s Book Musings, a day in the life of Alison Kerby

At Jungle Red Writers, on writing advice, and how to ignore it

At Cozy Chicks, where I discuss my name, and what it’s not

At Lorraine Bartlett’s Dazed and Confused, on the special nature of a REAL first edition!

At Writerspace, where I actually interview… myself!

At Murderati, on the illogic of blaming an author for who plays his/her character in the movie.

At CatsBooksCats (I don’t know), on the popularity of characters, and how you can’t predict it.

And finally, at Hey, There’s A Dead Guy In the Living Room (of course), I make my first on-camera appearance!

The Countdown Is Over!

OLD HAUNTS, the third Haunted Guesthouse Mystery, is now available at your bookstore (or mail box, or e-reader)! There’s CONTEST NEWS below, and the first chapter is now available for you to read (click “NOVELS”, above). Leave a comment at my blog with any suggestions for OLD HAUNTS promotions or your own thoughts on the book!

Contest

OLD HAUNTS Contest Winners!

Congratulations to the OLD HAUNTS contest winners: Louann Matsumoto, Elaine Charton, and Tina Trevino! Louann won the OLD HAUNTS travel mug, and Elaine and Tina each get an OLD HAUNTS t-shirt! Thanks to everyone who entered–we got a really impressive response this time!

For those interested: The contest asked you to let us know who your favorite Haunted Guesthouse Mystery character might be, and those who hadn’t read any of the books in the series were encouraged to vote for THE HOUSE. So finally tallies:

THE HOUSE: 19

Maxie: 16

Melissa: 10

Alison: 9

Paul: 8

Loretta: 4

1 vote each for Steven (the Swine), Lt. McElone, Phyllis Coates, and Alison’s dad Jack (who will be more in evidence in the upcoming CHANCE OF A GHOST)

Thanks to all who entered!

 

An Uninvited Ghost is NOW AVAILABLE!

The second Haunted Guesthouse mystery, An Uninvited Ghost, brings back all your favorite characters and continues the story of Alison Kerby, who discovered two spirits “living” in the Jersey Shore house she was renovating to serve as a guesthouse. Months after the incidents in Night of the Living Deed, Alison’s house is now receiving its first set of guests, and she is just a little nervous about pleasing them. But there’s something else on the agenda—Paul Harrison, the murdered private investigator who shares the house with Alison, her now ten-year-old daughter Melissa, and the ghost of Maxie Malone, has been drumming up business—detective business. The client is another ghost, Scott McFarlane, who thinks he might have been tricked into killing a little old lady and is distraught over the incident. He wants Alison and Paul to find out what really happened—but that could lead to the real killer getting wind of the investigation. And Alison’s not interested in aggravating another murderer. And with a reality TV crew about to invade the guesthouse for a shoot, things are going to get very hectic, very fast. Read an excerpt!

It’s official! Publishers Lunch reports that the 4th and 5th books in the Haunted Guesthouse series are under contract to Berkley Publishing! Now I just have to write them! (Book #3, OLD HAUNTS, will be out in February 2012.)

Night of the Living Deed is available right now from your favorite bookseller, and on Kindle!

“Funny, charming, and thoroughly enjoyable. I look forward to the next installment.”
—Gloria Feit, I Love a Mystery

“Fans of Charlaine Harris and Sarah Graves will relish this original, laugh-laden paranormal mystery featuring reluctant ghost whisperer Alison Kerby, a Topper for the 21st century. Meticulously crafted, Night of the Living Deed is a sparkling first entry in a promising new series.”
—Julia Spencer-Fleming, Anthony and Agatha Award winning author of One Was A Soldier

 

Bookmark Offer

If you’d like a Night of the Living Deed bookmark signed by E.J. Copperman, just send your email and snail mail addresses to: ejcopperman (at) gmail (dot) com, and one will be on its way! While supplies last (meaning, until I run out of stamps)!