Denise Swanson was a practicing school psychologist for twenty-two years. She
started writing after coming face-to-face with evil and deciding she would rather write about villains than encounter them in her daily life. She was shocked to discover that getting a book published was nearly as difficult as vanquishing scoundrels. Her books are set in the fictional small towns of
Scumble River, IL and Shadow Bend, MO, and feature Skye Denison, a school psychologist-sleuth and Devereaux Sinclair the owner of an old-fashioned dime store.
Her first book in the Scumble River mysteries, MURDER OF A SMALL-TOWN HONEY, was nominated for the Agatha Best First Mystery. It won the
Reviewers Choice Awards for Best First Novel and Best Amateur Sleuth, and is currently in its fifteenth printing! Her second book, MURDER OF A SWEET OLD LADY, was nominated for the Mary Higgins Clark Award. Her fifth book, MURDER OF A BARBIE AND KEN was an RT Magazine Top
Pick, #1 on the IMBA Best-Seller list, a BookSense 76 Pick, and nominated for an RT Reviewers Choice Best Amateur Sleuth Award and the Daphne du Maurier award. Her sixth book, MURDER OF A PINK ELEPHANT (sixth printing), was also a Daphne du Maurier finalist -- coming in second, and was #1 on the IMBA Best-Seller list. Her eighth book, MURDER OF A REAL BAD BOY, was featured on the paperback best-seller list in Entertainment Weekly magazine. Denise's twelfth through her sixteenth book have débuted on the
New York
Times Bestsellers list!
In 2012, Denise added a second series to her writing schedule, the Devereaux's Dime Store mysteries. The third book in this series, DEAD BETWEEN THE LINES, debuts March 4.
Denise was nominated for RT Magazine's Career Achievement Award.
Denise Swanson lives in Illinois with her husband, classical composer David Stybr, and
their cool black cat Boomerang.
For more information, please check her website. http://www.DeniseSwanson.com or find Denise on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/#!/DeniseSwansonAuthor or follow her on twitter at DeniseSwansonAu
