“Denver Noir” editor Cynthia Swanson adds to the series

Cynthia Swanson writes literary suspense, often using historical settings. Her debut novel, “The Bookseller,” was a New York Times bestseller, and her second novel, “The Glass Forest,” was noted in Forbes as one of “Five Novels with a Remarkably Strong Sense of Place.” She lives with her family in Denver. Find her at cynthiaswansonauthor.com.

Swanson’s short story, “Pieces of Everyone, Everywhere” is included in the anthology , “Denver Noir,” that she also edited and which will be available from New York-based Akashic Books starting May 3. The Akashic Noir series includes more than 100 volumes set in cities and settings all over the world — from Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) to Zagreb (Croatia).

Swanson recently sat down with SunLit editor Kevin Simpson to talk…