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L.M. Coppa

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L.M. Coppa grew up in Brooklyn, where a third-grade teacher let her put on plays after recess and told her, decades later on a street corner, that she had to keep writing. It took a divorce, two jobs, a daughter to raise, and a psychology degree finished the same year her daughter graduated high school—both of them in masks, during a pandemic—for her to finally listen.

She started writing And Then Ben in 2014, squeezing pages in around a full-time job, a teenage daughter, and a degree she was still working towards. She completed the first draft the day before her 40th birthday.

Her second novel, The Shady Oaks Division, won a Distinguished Favorite at the NYC Big Book Award and received a Kirkus review. She lives bicoastally between New Jerse ...more

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L.M. Coppa The idea for the novella I'm working on came to me in a dream. To be fair, it was a dream I had that was so vivid, I woke up and wrote it down and spe…moreThe idea for the novella I'm working on came to me in a dream. To be fair, it was a dream I had that was so vivid, I woke up and wrote it down and spent the rest of the night expanding on it to build a story that surrounded that one dream. Since that scene is early on in the novella, it's been an interesting exercise to see how it can come together. What did that scene mean? How does it shape the character? How do I lead her up to the scene? I've asked my beta readers to see if they could guess which scene it was... so far none have! (less)

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L.M. Coppa Hmm... I'd say this next book is very different from the first book in that there's no post-apocalyptic event that has to be dealt with. However, the …moreHmm... I'd say this next book is very different from the first book in that there's no post-apocalyptic event that has to be dealt with. However, the main character in a way does have to adjust to a new way of life, just like Alice did. She's recently transitioned into retirement after serving as an "asset" for a government subdivision for many, many years, so there's an adjustment for sure. That's where the similarities end, though. I can tell you this, the mc does make left turns in this book. (less)

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If you love psychological spy thrillers—think Killing Eve with a suburban twist and a tragic edge, this is your chance to meet Jill: a retired government assassin trying to build a quiet life, until the past she thought she'd buried starts pulling her back in.

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L.M. Coppa answered Goodreads's question: Where did you get the idea for your most recent book? The idea for the novella I'm working on came to me in a dream. To be fair, it was a dream I had that was so vivid, I woke up and wrote it down and spent the rest of the night expanding on it to build a story that surrounded that one dream. Since that See Full Answer
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