Author of NEVER BACK DOWN
Chris will be one of the celebrities and notables at the annual Celebrity Luncheon for the Georgia Symphony Orchestra.
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, […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
Chris will join authors Angela McRae and David Coppage for Hometown Novel Nights at the Carnegie Library in Newnan, GA.
Chris will be in conversation with New York Times bestselling novelist Joshilyn Jackson about his new book, A Fire in the Night, at A Cappella Books in Atlanta.
Chris will be on the September author panel of the Hometown Novel Nights series in Newnan, GA, along with Estelle Ford-Williamson, Marlene Ratledge Buchanan, and Bob Moseley. For those unable to attend in person, the program will be simulcast on Facebook Live. Event registration available right after Labor Day weekend.
Chris will read from his newest book, A Fire in the Night, as well as talk about his writing and answer questions at the Hudson Library in Highlands, N.C. as part of their "Books & Bites" series. (Added bonus--A Fire in the Night is set in Highlands and Cashiers, and there is even a big scene in the […]
Chris will be one of the guest authors at Murder in the Magic City at the Homewood Library just outside of Birmingham, AL. Details forthcoming.
