Author of NEVER BACK DOWN
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 deliver two keynote talks at the Atlanta Writers Conference in Atlanta, GA--"The Road to Publication" and "Write What You Know, and Make Up the Rest." The conference is sponsored by the Atlanta Writers Club.
Chris will appear at A Novel Idea in Dunwoody along with authors Mark Warren, McPatti Langston, Doug Dahlgren, and Jason Sheffield.
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 be attending Bouchercon 2019 in Dallas, Texas.
Chris will join authors Angela McRae and David Coppage for Hometown Novel Nights at the Carnegie Library in Newnan, GA.
Chris will join several other authors like S. A. Cosby, Hank Early, Brian Panowich, Paul Tremblay, Andy Davidson, Nathan Ballingrud, Crystal O'Leary-Davidson, and many more for Noir at the House. This virtual event will take place via Zoom on Saturday, May 16 at 7PM CDT (8PM EDT). Please consider making a donation to the Wild […]
One day before his newest book drops, Chris will engage in a virtual conversation via Zoom about Never Turn Back with Malaprop's Bookstore in Asheville, N.C.
