Christopher Swann
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Christopher Swann

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
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Christopher Swann is a novelist and high school English teacher. A graduate of Washington and Lee University, he earned an M.A. in English and creative writing from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a Ph.D. in creative writing from Georgia State University. He lives with his wife and two sons in Atlanta, Georgia, where he is the English department chair at Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School. SHADOW OF THE LIONS, his debut novel, was a finalist for the 2018 Townsend Prize for Fiction, and Chris was a finalist for a Georgia Author of the Year award as well. SHADOW OF THE LIONS was also long listed for the 2018 Southern Book Prize and named one of Southern Living's Best Southern Books of the Year in 2017. It was also a #1 Audible bestseller and a SIBA bestseller. His second novel, NEVER TURN BACK, the first of his Faulkner Family Thriller series, was called "an extraordinarily compulsive read" in a starred review from Booklist and "a wild, compelling ride from beginning to end" by Kirkus Reviews. It was listed as one of Amazon's Best Books of October 2020, and Chris was again a finalist for a Georgia Author of the Year award. His third novel, A FIRE IN THE NIGHT, was described by best-selling author Lee Goldberg as "a mesmerizing book that’s literary fiction, a spy novel, and a relentless thriller all in one." In 2022, Chris won the Georgia Author of the Year award in the Detective/Mystery category. In his judge's statement, award-winning author Brian Panowich wrote: "It’s already been proven that Christopher Swann can offer up fantastic and engaging novels, but with A FIRE IN THE NIGHT, Swann gives us a no-holds-barred action mystery thriller that in nearly impossible to put down. The plot is a speeding bullet and the attention to detail and setting is amazing, but mainly Swann can just flat-out write people. He plays inside the gray area where heroes can sometimes not be so heroic and where villains garner as much sympathy as the protagonists. Swann’s ability to convey a true family dynamic yet never stop churning out cinematic scenes custom-made for the big screen makes Christopher Swann one of the best writers that Georgia—or anywhere for that matter—has to offer." Chris's fourth novel, NEVER GO HOME, the second in his Faulkner Family Thriller series and the first told by Susannah Faulkner, was called "[a] hard-hitting sequel...Lisbeth Salander fans will relish Suzie’s pitiless approach to obtaining justice" by Publishers Weekly. The audiobook narration by Joshilyn Jackson is fantastic. His fifth novel, NEVER BACK DOWN, the next Faulkner Family Thriller book, drops July 2023. Peter Farris, the award-winning author of THE DEVIL HIMSELF, has this to say about the novel: "Fans of Harlen Coben and Karin Slaughter, and thriller fanatics coast to coast, take note: NEVER BACK DOWN is THE book of the summer and one of the most exhilarating novels of the year." Learn more at https://christopherswann.com
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