Cynthia Swanson

Cynthia Swanson writes psychological thrillers, often using historical settings. Cynthia’s debut novel, The Bookseller, was a New York Times bestseller, an Indie Next selection, the winner of the 2016 WILLA Literary Award for Historical Fiction, translated into 18 languages, and is slated to be a motion picture produced by Julia Roberts. Cynthia’s second novel, The Glass Forest, was a USA Today bestseller and is translated into 7 languages. Her third novel, Anyone But Her, is a 2025 Colorado Book Award Finalist (Thriller) and was named 2024 Best Mystery/Thriller by the Indie Author Project. Cynthia is the editor of the Colorado Book Award winning anthology Denver Noir, which features dark, morally ambiguous stories set in and around Denver, Colorado, written by 14 notable literary and mystery authors. Cynthia lives with her family in Denver.