March 1, 20206 – East Tennessee author John Bukowski’s suspenseful thriller The Peeper (Rogue Phoenix Press, May 2025) won in the in a thriller sub-category at The International Impact Awards. He also submitted that book and Bad Pennies (PathBinder, May 2025) for the Silver Falchion award at Killer Nashville. His thriller, Checkout Time (PathBinder, March 2023) was a finalist there in 2024.
Meanwhile, Costs of Living, an anthology in which he has the story “M go Blue” was named one of the New York Times 100 most notable small-press books of 2025. Bukowski’s podcast interview with Moritz Broda from Life Decoded is up. Listen by clicking here. And his chat with Paul Briley of Off the Comma is also available here.