Cynthia Swanson

Named 2025 Indie Author of the Year by the Indie Author Project, Cynthia Swanson is the Denver-based author of three novels of psychological suspense and a forthcoming short story collection. Cynthia’s debut novel, The Bookseller, was a New York Times bestseller, an Indie Next selection, the winner of the WILLA Literary Award for Historical Fiction, and is slated to be a motion picture produced by Julia Roberts. Cynthia’s second novel, The Glass Forest, was a CAL Award finalist, a USA Today bestseller, and has been noted in Forbes as being one of “Five Novels With a Remarkably Strong Sense of Place." 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, releases in May 2026. Cynthia is also the editor of the anthology Denver Noir, which received the 2023 Colorado Book Award (Anthology).