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.

Book Bloggers and Websites

• 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.“

• Shelf Awareness: 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. This interview is reprinted in the paperback version of The Bookseller.

• 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."

• Reading Group Choices let me chime in on words used only in Wisconsin, and authors I loved as a child.

Radio / Podcast

• 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

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

• Colorado Sun: This independent weekly interviewed me about “…the paradox women find in balancing personal, professional lives,” as explored in The Glass Forest.

• 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.”

• Colorado Country Life: The Bookseller was listed as one of this publication's 2015 "Books That Make the Imagination Soar."

• Castle Pines Connection: Reporter Amanda Merriman joined the wonderful book group Women, Wine, and Books when I discussed The Bookseller with them.

• 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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