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CHRISTOPHER SWANN

Author of NEVER BACK DOWN

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    • 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
    • The Long Goodbye (5/15/26)
    • Character Matters (4/27/26)
    • Roaming in the Wilderness (2/25/26)
    • 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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POSTS

Roaming in the Wilderness

June 18, 2026 by Christopher Swann Leave a Comment

My Substack post on keeping the faith and writing through a bare patch.

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The Long Goodbye

June 17, 2026 by Christopher Swann Leave a Comment

My latest Substack post on graduation season and the thousand days of May.

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Why Do We Write?

September 30, 2025 by Christopher Swann

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

The Passion of Creation by Leonid Pasternak (1862-1945)

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Every Word Is a Win

June 23, 2025 by Christopher Swann

I’ve started writing on Substack and have my own publication, Every Word Is a Win. Take a look and see what you think. Thanks!

https://swannyauthor.substack.com

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The Write Now Podcast (3/19/2024)

March 19, 2024 by Christopher Swann

Listen to my conversation with Zachary Steele of Broadleaf Writers Association on the Write Now podcast. We talk about plotting, series vs. standalone novels, and how Suzie Faulkner just won’t leave me alone. A good time was had by all involved.

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The best crime fiction that features powerful female characters (7/17/23)

July 29, 2023 by Christopher Swann

Thanks to Shepherd.com for publishing this post of mine on five works of contemporary crime fiction that feature powerful female characters.

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