Heather Kopp is a longtime author and former editor and writing coach. Her first novel, My Name is Venus Black (The Dial Press, 2018) was published under her maiden name, Lloyd, and was largely crafted before her adult son’s death in 2015. Booklist wrote, “Charming, touching, and a host of other adjectives not often associated with a murderous thirteen-year-old.” Her critically acclaimed recovery memoir, Sober Mercies (Hachette, 2013), was endorsed by Glennon Doyle. “Hilarious and inspiring…I love this book!”
When she’s not writing, Heather loves having coffee with friends, reading novels, hiking, attending recovery meetings, and spending time with her son Nathan, as well as her three step-kids and her six grandchildren. She and her husband, David Kopp, make their home in Portland, Oregon.