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  • Carolina Mountains Literary Festival

    Carolina Mountains Literary Festival Burnsville, NC

    Chris will be one of the visiting authors at the Carolina Mountains Literary Festival in Burnsville, NC.  On Saturday morning at 9:00, Chris will talk about Shadow of the Lions and his writing and publishing experiences, and in the afternoon from 2:00 to 4:45 he will conduct a fiction workshop: "Write What You Know, and Make […]

  • Author Luncheon at Corona Public Library – Corona, CA

    Corona Public Library 650 South Main Street, Corona, CA

    Chris will appear on a panel of crime and mystery authors at the 6th Annual Author Luncheon at the Corona Public Library in Corona, CA.  Other authors include A.J. Tata, Ivy Pochoda, Paddy Hirsch, and Sarah M. Chen.

  • Milton Literary Festival – Milton, GA

    Milton City Hall Complex 2006 Heritage Walk, Milton, GA

    Chris will attend the 4th annual Milton Literary Festival and speak as part of the "Teachers by Day / Authors by Night" panel with authors Amber Brock, Colleen Oakley, and Ricki Schultz.

  • Murder in the Magic City – Birmingham, AL

    Homewood Library 1721 Oxmoor Road, Homewood, AL

    Chris will participate in the Murder in the Magic City conference at the Homewood Public Library outside of Birmingham, AL. His panel, "Sometimes the Past Comes Back to Haunt You," starts at 3:00PM and will include authors Emily Carpenter (Every Single Secret, Until the Day I Die), Angie Gallion (Emergent), and Leigh Perry (A Skeleton in […]

    $40

  • Murder on the Menu – Wetumpka, AL

    Wetumpka Civic Center 410 South Main Street, Wetumpka, Alabama

    Chris will participate in the 15th annual Murder on the Menu event in Wetumpka, AL, a fundraiser for the Wetumpka Library.

    $40

  • AWP Conference – Portland, OR

    Oregon Convention Center E143-144, Level 1, 777 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Portland, OR

    Chris will participate in "Books for a Well-Read Life: Celebrating Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill" at the annual AWP Conference in Portland, OR.  Other authors reading at this event include Heather Abel (The Optimistic Decade), Brock Clarke (I Am Calvin Bledsoe), and Joanna Luloff (The Beach at Galle Road).  Our moderator will be Lauren Grodstein, […]

  • Write Now: Heroes and Villains with Brian Panowich – McDonough, GA

    Story on the Square 19 Griffin Street, McDonough, GA

    Chris will pair with Brian Panowich, the award-winning author of Bull Mountain and Like Lions, for a Write Now program run by the Broadleaf Writers Association at Story on the Square in McDonough.  The date has changed to July 13.  Details forthcoming.

  • Decatur Book Festival (Decatur, Georgia)

    Marriott Conference Center C 130 Clairemont Avenue, Decatur, GA

    Chris will moderate the panel "The American Dream: Three Novels" at this year's Decatur Book Festival. On the panel are Jason Allen, author of The East End; Tim Murphy, author of Correspondents; and Snowden Wright, author of American Pop. From the Decatur Book Festival's website: There are many “American” stories. Snowden Wright’s American Pop is an epic saga that moves […]

  • 4th Annual Broadleaf Writers Conference – Atlanta, GA

    Cobb Galleria 2 Galleria Parkway SE, Atlanta, GA

    Chris will serve on three different panels at the 4th Annual Broadleaf Writers Conference in Atlanta, Georgia.   Goons, Dames, Lying, Cheating and Killing: Putting the Thrill in Thriller Panelists: Emily Carpenter, Roger Johns, Christopher Swann / Moderator: Ian Campbell Saturday, Sept. 21, 10:45-11:45am, Room #118 From the gritty pulp crime novels on dime store […]