S. Andrew Swann (alternately S. A. Swann, S. A. Swiniarski, and Steven Krane) is an American
science fiction
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and
fantasy
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author living in
Solon, Ohio
Solon ( ) is a city in southeastern Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. A suburb of Cleveland, it is part of the Cleveland metropolitan area. According to the 2020 census, the population of Solon was 24,262.
The city has been recognized by ''M ...
, a suburb of
Cleveland
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, where much of his fiction is set. He was born Steven Swiniarski and has published some of his books as Swiniarski, and some as Swann. He has been published by DAW Books and by Ballantine Spectra, a division of Random House.
Books
Per Swann'
official bibliography he has published twenty-five regular novels. Eleven of these have been collected in five omnibus editions.
*
''The Moreau Quartet'' (four books; 3 omnibus editions)
** ''Forests of the Night'' (DAW Books Inc., 1993)
** ''Specters of the Dawn'' (DAW Books Inc., 1994)
** ''Emperors of the Twilight'' (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
He has 24 works on the SCP Wiki
(
SCP Foundation, SCP Wiki, 2011)
See also
*
Libertarian science fiction
Libertarian science fiction is a subgenre of science fiction that focuses on the politics and social order implied by right-libertarian philosophies with an emphasis on individualism and private ownership of the means of production—and in some ...
*
Anarcho-capitalist literature
References
External links
S. Andrew Swann's Home PageS. Andrew Swann's BlogS. Andrew Swann's Bibliography*
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20th-century American novelists
21st-century American novelists
American male novelists
American science fiction writers
Living people
Writers from Cleveland
American male short story writers
20th-century American short story writers
21st-century American short story writers
20th-century American male writers
21st-century American male writers
Novelists from Ohio
Year of birth missing (living people)
20th-century pseudonymous writers
21st-century pseudonymous writers
SCP Foundation