

Mr Crickson – Also known as Creaky to the foster boys: Fast Forward, Waddles, Swap-Out and Demon.Sophie – Tommy's long-distance girlfriend (living in Pennsylvania) and later his wife.Tommy doodles and draws skeletons, using his art to deal with stress later, he works at a local newspaper where he and Demon create a newspaper comic strip. Demon's long-term friend and an orphan that he meets at Creaky Farm. Tommy Waddell – Also known as Waddles.Demon's fellow orphan at the Creaky Farm and later, a star on the Lee High football team, the Generals. Sterling Ford – Also known as Fast Forward.Demon and Emmy have a childhood affection. Emmy – Peggot niece who lives with her Aunt June in Knoxville.June Peggot – Daughter of Nance and Mr Peggot who got her nursing degree and moved to Knoxville.Nephew of Nance and Mr Peggot, with whom he lives because his mother is in jail. Hammerhead Kelly – ”Hammerhead Kelly, that was some form of Peggot-cousin add-on by marriage.” (Ham Peggotty).Peggot often watched out for Demon and provided some stability in his early years.

Nance Peggot – Neighbor of Demon and his mom, Nance and Mr.Demon's father died the summer before Demon was born. Damon Fields – Also known as Demon Copperhead due to his "copper-wire hair and some version of attitude." ( David Copperfield).Names in parentheses are the analogous characters in Dickens' David Copperfield. The novel was named the recipient of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction alongside Hernan Diaz's Trust this was the first time the award was shared in the award's history. It was named one of the "10 Best Books of 2022" by The Washington Post and The New York Times. The novel borrows its narrative structure from the Charles Dickens novel David Copperfield. Demon Copperhead is a nickname for the narrator, Damon. Demon Copperhead is a 2022 novel by Barbara Kingsolver.
