About Madcap Serenade:
Eli, a precocious 16-year-old social misfit living on Long Island in August 1979, cons his way into a professional boys’ choir’s Italian and Vatican tour so he can discover his missing father’s legacy.
But when he meets his dream girl, Jane, and finds himself connected to an intricate murder plot involving a legendary drug, he must decide if singing for the Pope is worth losing his family and first love.
Jane, a rebellious 16-year-old American girl, is desperate to get back into favor with her school friends after accidentally calling a narc on them. When she is sent to a Roman convent for smuggling erotic novels, she realizes she must grow up fast if she’s going to escape from the nuns, solve her family’s mystery involving a mythical drug, keep clear of the authorities, and declare her love for Eli.
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Author Bio:
Dan Kopcow’s rom-com novel, “Madcap Serenade,” published by Black Rose Writing, is the WINNER of the 2025 INDEPENDENT PRESS AWARD for BEST ROMANTIC COMEDY, Winner of the 2024 Maxy Silver Award in the Literary and Humor category and Winner of the 2024 Firebird Book Award for Best Romantic Comedy.
His cyberpunk noir novel, “Prior Futures,” published by Black Rose Writing, was a Finalist for the Best Thriller Book Awards and winner of a 2022 Independent Press Award for Science Fiction Distinguished Favorite!
His fiction short story collection, “Worst. Date. Ever.,” was published by Regal House Publishing in March 2020 and was named one of 2020’s top 100 debut fiction by the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP).
The anthology, “Thank You, Death Robot,” which included his short story, “The Cobbler Cherry,” won an Independent Publishing Award for best science-fiction and fantasy and was voted a Chicago Tribune Top Ten Fiction book.