Cynthia Swanson

Named 2025 Indie Author of the Year by the Indie Author Project, Cynthia Swanson is the author of three novels and a short story collection. Cynthia’s debut novel, The Bookseller, was a New York Times bestseller, an Indie Next selection, the winner of the 2016 WILLA Literary Award (Historical Fiction), is translated into 18 languages, and is slated to be a motion picture produced by Julia Roberts. Cynthia’s second novel, the USA Today bestseller The Glass Forest, is translated into 7 languages. Her third novel, Anyone But Her, won the 2025 Colorado Book Award (Thriller), was a finalist for the 2025 WILLA Literary Award (Mystery/Thriller), and was named 2024 Best Mystery/Thriller by the Indie Author Project. Her short story collection, This Isn’t New: Women’s Historical Stories, publishes in May 2026. Cynthia is also the editor of the 2023 Colorado Book Award winning anthology Denver Noir. She lives with her family in Denver.