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CHRISTOPHER SWANN

Author of NEVER BACK DOWN

  • About
  • Books
    • Myopic Duplicity: A Crime Thriller Anthology
    • Never Back Down
    • Never Go Home
    • Trouble No More: Crime Fiction
    • A Fire in the Night
    • Never Turn Back
    • Shadow of the Lions
  • Blog
    • Why Do We Write? (9/20/25)
    • Every Word Is a Win (6/23/25)
    • The Write Now Podcast (3/19/2024)
    • The best crime fiction that features powerful female characters (7/17/23)
    • Interview with author T. M. Dunn (6/28/2023)
    • Sometimes, We Want Complicated (9/6/2022)
    • Friends & Fiction Fall Season Kickoff (8/17/2022)
    • Friends & Fiction Interview (12/1/2021)
    • Six Great Novels with Mysterious Protagonists (9/10/21)
    • Why I Write About Crime (11/22/20)
    • Novel Number Two (10/5/20)
    • Writing #coronaverse (5/21/20)
    • My First Time Meeting an Author (8/26/19)
    • This is not the America in which I want to live (8/13/2019)
    • WFS 30th Reunion: “Where are the lions?” (7/24/2019)
    • Townsend Prize for Fiction Ceremony (4/19/18)
    • Malaprop’s in Asheville, N.C. (8/10/17)
    • Park Road Books in Charlotte, N.C. (8/9/17)
    • You Can’t Go Home Again? (8/9/17)
    • Bookmarks in Winston-Salem, N.C. (8/8/17)
    • Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh, N.C. (8/7/17)
    • Alabama Booksmith in Homewood, AL (8/4/17)
    • Parnassus Books in Nashville, TN (8/3/17)
    • Fountain Bookstore in Richmond, VA (8/2/17)
    • Book Launch for SHADOW OF THE LIONS (8/1/17)
    • Write What You Know, With a Vengeance (5/14/17)
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Georgia Author of the Year Winner

                    

A Fire in the Night is a searing story about the ties that bind and how sometimes they begin to strangle us. Swann has created a nuanced yet thrilling novel of family, grief and ultimately hope. Not to be missed.

—S. A. Cosby

Swann has a true gift for writing genuinely flawed characters that are so sympathetic they still win me all the way over.

—Joshilyn Jackson

Christopher Swann never disappoints.

—J. T. Ellison

Why Do We Write?

My latest Substack post on failure, joy, and the magic of writing.

About

Christopher Swann is a bestselling novelist and teacher. A member of the Atlanta Writers Club and International Thriller Writers, Chris earned his Ph.D. in creative writing from Georgia State … Read More about About

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