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Christopher Swann is a renowned author and educator, currently serving as the English department chair at Holy Innocents' Episcopal School in Atlanta. He holds degrees from prestigious institutions, including Washington and Lee University, the University of Missouri-Columbia, and Georgia State University. His critically acclaimed debut novel, <i>Shadow of the Lions</i> (Algonquin, 2017), received widespread recognition, earning finalist spots for the Townsend Prize for Fiction and the Georgia Author of the Year award. It also made the long list for the Southern Book Prize, and was included on summer reading lists for <i>Publishers' Weekly</i> and <i>Deep South Magazine</i>. Additionally, <i>Shadow of the Lions</i> was a SIBA Okra Pick for the summer of 2017 and named one of the Best Southern Books of 2017 by <i>Southern Living</i>. His second novel, <i>Borrower of the Night</i>, is set to be released by Crooked Lane Books in the fall of 2020.
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About Christopher Swann
Christopher Swann is a renowned author and educator, currently serving as the English department chair at Holy Innocents' Episcopal School in Atlanta. He holds degrees from prestigious institutions, including Washington and Lee University, the University of Missouri-Columbia, and Georgia State University. His critically acclaimed debut novel, <i>Shadow of the Lions</i> (Algonquin, 2017), received widespread recognition, earning finalist spots for the Townsend Prize for Fiction and the Georgia Author of the Year award. It also made the long list for the Southern Book Prize, and was included on summer reading lists for <i>Publishers' Weekly</i> and <i>Deep South Magazine</i>. Additionally, <i>Shadow of the Lions</i> was a SIBA Okra Pick for the summer of 2017 and named one of the Best Southern Books of 2017 by <i>Southern Living</i>. His second novel, <i>Borrower of the Night</i>, is set to be released by Crooked Lane Books in the fall of 2020.
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