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  • SUSAN SWAN

    THE BIGGEST MODERN WRITER IN THE WORLD

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  • THE BIGGEST MODERN WRITER

    Published in over 20 countries, Susan Swan’s impact on the Canadian literary and political scene has been far-reaching.

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Who I Am

I am a novelist and non-fiction writer whose personal obsessions inform what I write about. My current obsession is con men and whether they can change.

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What I Write

My new novel is The Dead Celebrities Club. Fraudsters are in the news these days and one critic said my novel reads like a backstage pass to their interior life.

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Why don’t more Canadians know about Constance Beresford-Howe?

When you think of the giants in Canadian literature, chances are you think of writers such as Michael Ondaatje, Alice Munro or Margaret Atwood. Few readers these days remember Constance Beresford-Howe, who wrote ground-breaking novels about the struggle… Read More

Meet The Lizard Man

No matter what he says, he believes what he says when he says it An Unpublished Short Story from The Dead Celebrities Club. Originally Published in Now Magazine, November 26, 2019.   He was called lizard man at… Read More

Literary Review Of Canada: Double Or Nothing

The Literary Review of Canada wrote an article about my new novel, The Dead Celebrities Club, and it’s deconstruction of the marketed, monetary value first language and society we have developed in the 21st century. Examining the way… Read More

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