DENISE SWANSON

Website URL: www.deniseswanson.com

After coming face-to-face with evil, Denise Swanson decided writing about villains was more fun than encounter them in her daily life. Her books are set in Scumble River, Illinois and feature Skye Denison, a school psychologist-sleuth. They have been nominated for the Agatha, Mary Higgins Clark, RT Reviewers Choice, and Daphne du Maurier Awards.

Her seventh book, MURDER OF A SMART COOKIE, debuted at #11 on the Barnes & Noble Mass Market Mystery bestseller list, and remained on the list for four weeks. It was also on the IMBA bestseller list for July and August.

Denise lives in Illinois with her husband, classical music composer, David Stybr, and her cool black cat Boomerang.

Scumble River Mysteries:

Book 1, July 2000: Murder of a Small-Town Honey
Signet (Penguin Putnam) $6.99 * ISBN 0-451-20055-1
Large Print: Thorndike $27.95 * ISBN 0-7862-3329-X

Book 2, April 2001: Murder of a Sweet Old Lady
Signet (Penguin Putnam) $6.99 * ISBN 0-451-20272-4
Large Print: Thorndike $27.95 * ISBN 0-7862-3674-4

Short Story, June 2001: "Not a Monster of a Chance"
in the anthology And the Dying is Easy
Signet (Penguin Putnam) $6.99 * ISBN 0-451-20329-1

Book 3, April 2002: Murder of a Sleeping Beauty
Signet (Penguin Putnam) $6.99 * ISBN 0-451-20548-0
Large Print: Thorndike $29.95 * ISBN 0-7862-4402-X
Also on audio cassettes! Read by Deborah Hazlett
Chivers North America $54.95 * ISBN 0-7927-2553-0

Book 4, April 2003: Murder of a Snake in the Grass
Signet (Penguin Putnam) $6.99 * ISBN 0-451-20834-X
Large Print: Thorndike $29.95 * ISBN 0-7862-5629-X

Book 5, November 2003: Murder of a Barbie and Ken
Signet (Penguin Putnam) $6.99 * ISBN 0-451-21072-7
Large Print: Thorndike $29.95 * ISBN 0-7862-6126-9

Book 6, July 2004: Murder of a Pink Elephant
Signet (Penguin Putnam) $5.99 * ISBN 0-451-21210-X
Large Print: Thorndike $28.95 * ISBN 0-7862-6798-4

Novella, February 2005: "Dead Blondes Tell No Tales"
in the anthology Drop-Dead Blonde
Signet (Penguin Putnam) $6.99 * ISBN 0-451-21444-7

Book 7, July 2005: Murder of a Smart Cookie
Signet (Penguin Putnam) $6.99 * ISBN 0-451-21584-2
Large Print: Thorndike $28.95 * ISBN 0-7862-7765-3

Book 8, August 2006: Murder of a Real Bad Boy
Signet (Penguin Putnam) $6.99 * ISBN 0-451-21828-0

Book 9, April 2007: Murder of a Botoxed Blonde
Signet (Penguin Putnam) $6.99 * ISBN 0-451-22141-9

"Finger in Every Lie" in the Mayhem in the Midlands Anthology
Hats Off $16.95 * ISBN 1-58736-091-8

Breaking and Entering, compiled by Denise Swanson
A Guide to Finding an Agent, Selling a Manuscript and Other Mysteries of Publishing
A Publication of Sisters in Crime; © 2004 Sisters in Crime