Note: Trade reviews and national/local print links for The Bookseller are here. For The Glass Forest, they’re here, and for Denver Noir, they’re here. For Anyone But Her, they’re here.

Online Media and Blogs

• On her popular blog, publishing guru Jane Friedman invited me to talk about my rather unconventional publishing path: “My First Novel Was a New York Times Bestseller. I’m Self-Publishing My Third Novel Today.” This piece posted on pub day for Anyone But Her.

• Booklife, the arm of Publishers Weekly devoted to indie publishing and authors, asked me to write a piece about my Big 5-to-indie publishing transition. “Going Indie: A Traditionally Published Author Forges a New Path” is here.

• Gare Billings (gareindeedreads) voted The Glass Forest one of the Best Thrillers of 2018 in this exclusive She Reads list. Gare says of The Glass Forest: “I most enjoyed the fact that Swanson can write a terrifying novel without all the gore. This one is absolutely perfect for a book club recommendation.“

• I had a lovely chat with Jen Forbus (of Jen's Book Thoughts), who wrote about The Bookseller and my writing process for Shelf Awareness.

• I’m one of “Ten Contemporary Authors Who Write Gripping Suspense,” according to ezvid. I love the creative presentation in this video!

• Leslie Lindsay, Always With a Book says The Glass Forest is '''An enthralling, atmospheric domestic thriller in a somber tone amidst the backdrop of the 1940s-1960s."

Radio / Podcast

• Twisted Passages with Marie Sutro. Marie and I had a wonderful time talking about Anyone But Her, ghosts, family trauma, and why I'm grateful I have a good imagination.

• Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers. Want to learn what goes into the move from traditional to indie publishing? In this chat with Mark Stevens about my publishing journey for Anyone But Her, I break it down.

• New Books Network. G.P. Gottlieb and I talked mothers and daughters, ghosts, music, and mystery—everything that makes up Anyone But Her!

• Colorado Public Radio: Colorado Matters - Live at The Tattered: When it comes to radio in Denver, there is no one more fabulous to chat about books with than CPR's Ryan Warner, with whom I had a great talk on The Bookseller’s publication day.

• WUWM Milwaukee Public Radio, Lake Effect: I chatted with Bonnie North about the Wisconsin roots of The Glass Forest and what it's like to write a character-driven thriller.

• Reading With Robin: It's always a delight to talk books with the fabulous Robin Kall! My chat with Robin about The Glass Forest is here.

• Radio Book Club: I loved chatting with Arsen Kashkashian and Maeve Conran about The Glass Forest and all things book-club-related. (You can also hear more in their “After Hours” segment.)

• KGNU Boulder Booktalk: It was wonderful to speak with Diana Korte about The Glass Forest!

• Literary New England: Cindy Wolfe Boynton and I had a lot of fun talking about The Bookseller, books, and bookstores!

Colorado Media

• Colorado Sun: I’ve received so much support from this wonderful independent news source:

  • A discussion about my writing process, musical tastes, and experiences with ghosts—and an excerpt from Anyone But Her

  • SunLit editor Kevin Simpson and I talked about the importance of place in fiction—and the rewarding process of editing Denver Noir

  • An interview about “…the paradox women find in balancing personal, professional lives,” as explored in The Glass Forest

• Colorado Public Radio: Anyone But Her is in amazing company in this 2024 list of “Books We Love.”

• Colorado Country Life: Anyone But Her is included in this wonderful list of 2025 “Wintertime Reads.”

• 5280: The premier Denver magazine included The Glass Forest in its section “The New Colorado Canon — Fifteen recently published books by Centennial State authors to add to your collection.”

• Denver Post: Great interview about The Bookseller with the Post Books section's Emilie Rusch.

• Littleton Independent: When I was conducting research for The Bookseller, Sonya Ellingboe let me pick her brain about owning a small bookstore in the 1960s. We met again to talk about the finished book.

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