S. Andrew Swann
{{short description|American novelist}}
{{BLP primary sources|date=March 2025}}
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S. Andrew Swann (alternately S. A. Swann, S. A. Swiniarski, and Steven Krane) is an American science fiction and fantasy author living in Solon, Ohio,{{cite web|url=http://myplace.cuyahogacounty.us/OTUxMjQwMDM=?city=OTk=&searchBy=UGFyY2Vs&searchData=OTUxMjQwMDMgfCBTV0lOSUFSU0tJLCBTVEVWRU4gJiBNSUNIRUxMRSB8IDI4NDAwIENBTk5PTiBSRCAgfCBTT0xPTiB8IDQ0MTM5&dataRequested=|title=Cuyahoga County GIS Page for Steven Swiniarski|accessdate=27 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070947/http://myplace.cuyahogacounty.us/OTUxMjQwMDM=?city=OTk=&searchBy=UGFyY2Vs&searchData=OTUxMjQwMDMgfCBTV0lOSUFSU0tJLCBTVEVWRU4gJiBNSUNIRUxMRSB8IDI4NDAwIENBTk5PTiBSRCAgfCBTT0xPTiB8IDQ0MTM5&dataRequested=|archive-date=March 4, 2016}} a suburb of Cleveland, where much of his fiction is set. He was born Steven Swiniarski{{cite web|url=http://www.sandrewswann.com/|title=S Andrew Swann Official Site|accessdate=27 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151022185534/http://www.sandrewswann.com/|archive-date=October 22, 2015}} and has published some of his books as Swiniarski, and some as Swann.{{cite web|url=http://www.sandrewswann.com/about|title=S Andrew Swann, About|accessdate=27 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926102017/http://www.sandrewswann.com/about|archive-date=September 26, 2015}} He has been published by DAW Books and by Ballantine Spectra, a division of Random House.{{cite web|url=http://www.sandrewswann.com/books|title=S Andrew Swann, Books|accessdate=27 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925080540/http://www.sandrewswann.com/books|archive-date=September 25, 2015}}
Books
- The Moreau Quartet (four books; 3 omnibus editions)
- Forests of the Night (DAW Books Inc., 1993)
- Emperors of the Twilight (DAW Books Inc., 1994)
- Specters of the Dawn (DAW Books Inc., 1994)
- Fearful Symmetries (DAW Books Inc., 1999)
- The Moreau Omnibus (DAW Books Inc., 2003)
- The Moreau Quartet Volume One (DAW Books Inc., 2015)
- The Moreau Quartet Volume Two (DAW Books Inc., October 6, 2015)
- The Hostile Takeover Trilogy (three books; 1 omnibus edition)
- Profiteer (DAW Books Inc., 1995)
- Partisan (DAW Books Inc., 1995)
- Revolutionary (DAW Books Inc., 1996)
- The Hostile Takeover Trilogy (DAW Books Inc., 2004)
- Apotheosis Trilogy (three books)
- Prophets (DAW Books Inc., 2009)
- Heretics (DAW Books Inc., 2010)
- Messiah (DAW Books Inc., 2011)
- The Cleveland Portal Series (two books; 1 omnibus edition)
- Dragons of the Cuyahoga (DAW Books Inc., 2001)
- Dwarves of Whiskey Island (DAW Books Inc., 2005)
- Dragons & Dwarves (DAW Books Inc., 2009)
- The Wolf Series (two books)
- Wolfbreed (Spectra, 2009)
- Wolf's Cross (Spectra, 2010)
- The Dragon* series (three books)
- Dragon•Princess (DAW Books Inc., 2014)
- Dragon•Thief (DAW Books Inc., 2015)
- Dragon•Wizard (DAW Books Inc., 2016)
- Standalones (three books)
- God's Dice (DAW Books Inc., 1997)
- Zimmerman's Algorithm (DAW Books Inc., 2000)
- Broken Crescent (DAW Books Inc., 2004)
Writing as S. A. Swiniarski (two books, 1 omnibus edition)
- Raven (DAW Books Inc., 1996)
- The Flesh, the Blood, & the Fire (DAW Books Inc., 1998)
- Blood & Rust (DAW Books Inc., 2007)
Writing as Steven Krane (three books)
- Teek (DAW Books Inc., 1999)
- The Omega Game (DAW Books Inc., 2000)
- Stranger Inside (DAW Books Inc., 2003)
Interactive fiction
He has also published an interactive novel.
- Welcome to Moreytown (Choice of Games, 2017)
- Sword of the Slayer (Choice of Games, 2019)
Collaborative fiction
From 2011 to 2014, Swann contributed 23 articles to the SCP Foundation horror writing project.[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/sandrewswann-member-page contributed 23 articles] These are short horror stories with an academic format, released under a Creative Commons license, and are freely available online. They are listed below using SCP's article numbering, which is not strictly chronological.
- SCP-001; S Andrew Swann's Proposal (2011)
- SCP-286 The Brothers' Game (2012)
- SCP-319 A Curious Device (2013)
- SCP-435 He-Who-Made-Dark (2011)
- SCP-511 Basement Cat (2011)
- SCP-635 Medieval Bootstrap Program (2011)
- SCP-687 NOIR (2011)
- SCP-688 Hole Dwellers (2012)
- SCP-719 Eyeball (2012)
- SCP-873 Russian Crystal Ball (2012)
- SCP-1123 Atrocity Skull (2012)
- SCP-1127 A Film Festival (2012)
- SCP-1257 Agent Danny of the SCP (2013)
- SCP-1666 The Devil's Music (2011)
- SCP-1736 Voice of the Light (2013)
- SCP-1800 The Minotaur (2012)
- SCP-1801 Sharing Sickness (2012)
- SCP-1803 The Collage (2012)
- SCP-1804 Underwood #5 (2012)
- SCP-1805 A Real Doll (2012)
- SCP-1806 Shadow Sculpture (2012)
- SCP-1966 Sentient Body Scanner (2012)
- SCP-2031 Ant Farm (2014)
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.sandrewswann.com/ Swann's home page]
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