ABOUT
Swan Huntley’s novels include I Want You More, Getting Clean with Stevie Green, The Goddesses, and We Could Be Beautiful. She’s also the writer/illustrator of the darkly humorous The Bad Mood Book and You’re Grounded: An Anti-Self-Help Book to Calm You the F*ck Down. Swan earned an MFA at Columbia University and has received fellowships from MacDowell and Yaddo. She lives in Los Angeles.
BOOKS
PAINTINGS
LOVE, oil + acrylic on canvas, 40 x 60
BRAZIL MOUNTAINS, oil + acrylic on wood, 30 x 40
CLOUD MOUNTAINS, oil + acrylic on wood, 30 x 40
OCEAN MOUNTAINS, oil + acrylic on canvas, 40 x 60
WARNING CONE, oil + acrylic on wood, 14 x 18
FALLING HOUSE 1, oil + acrylic on wood, 24 x 36
FALLING HOUSE 3, oil + acrylic on wood, 14 x 18
EVERYTHING IS ABOUT TO CHANGE, oil + acrylic on wood, 30 x 40
FALLING HOUSE 2, oil + acrylic on canvas, 24 x 24
THE POOL, acrylic on canvas, 16 x 20
THERE IS SOMETHING YOU’RE FORGETTING TO REMEMBER, oil + acrylic on wood, 30 x 40
SHORTER
Pretending Not To Know What I Want / Autostraddle
On The Artist’s Way / Catapult
Playlist for Getting Clean With Stevie Green / Largehearted Boy
“Journaling and What I Have Misremembered” / Psychology Today
Guide to Writing a Novel (Illustrated) / Electric Lit
Metaphors for Writing a Novel (Illustrated) / Lit Hub
“All the Things I’ve Loved to Death” / Catapult
On transformation, on lies (Issues 3, 5) / Human Shift
”The Sociopath Who Loved Me Enough” / Autostraddle
On living in a hippie commune in Brooklyn / The Rumpus
“How To Be a Soho Nanny and Survive - Just Barely” / Salon
“The Worst Kind of Want” by Liska Jacobs / LA Times Book Review
REVIEWS
“A deliciously twisted love story that sneakily upends your expectations at every turn; a candy apple with a razor blade hidden inside.”
Graham Moore, Academy Award-winning writer
“A modern, stylish thriller that probes the bleeding edge of self and other. Huntley’s novel is sexy, propulsive, and damn good.”
Ivy Pochoda
“Unforgettable characters, sharp social commentary, twisty turns, and sky-high stakes — I devoured this book like a tasty treat made my Jane Bailey herself.”
Katie Sise
GETTING CLEAN WITH STEVIE GREEN
“This smart and expertly plotted tale captivates."
Publishers Weekly
“Animated by genuine emotional resonance — plus a thoughtful exploration of addiction, anxiety about sexual identity, and the ways family bonds shift in adulthood.”
Kirkus Reviews
“Maddening, charming Stevie...Loyal readers of Kelly Harms, Lia Louis, and Maria Semple will fall for this compelling novel of identity, reinvention, and the contrast between ordered spaces and hidden chaos.”
Booklist
“Readers who enjoyed Camille Pagán’s Life and Other Near-Death Experiences and the works of Meg Wolitzer will savor the slow burn of this expressive and electric novel.”
Stephanie Turza, Booklist (Starred Review)
“Single White Female in a tropical setting.”
Claire Stern, InStyle, “7 Books You Need to Read in July 2017”
“If Swan Huntley’s 2016 bestselling suspenser, We Could Be Beautiful, grabbed you and wouldn’t let you go, hold on to The Goddesses, about a woman who has just moved to Hawaii with her family an develops a friendship with a yoga instructor that gets close—and then way too close—for comfort.”
Lisa Shea, Elle
“A biting and seldom-flattering portrait of a ‘friend crush’ gone horribly wrong.”
Casey O’Brien, SF Magazine
"Huntley is adept at deploying Catherine's good fortune as a fulcrum of suspense... Huntley deftly establishes Catherine's tendency to rationalize and repress... Lively... Huntley writes with wit and verve, excelling at economically hilarious descriptions... The book's strengths lie... in the zippy social satire, in the portrait of a dysfunctional family (Catherine's relationship with her sister turns out to be especially affecting) and, most of all, in Catherine's voice--strange and funny and engaging to the very end."
Jennifer DuBois, The New York Times Book Review
“Huntley’s debut takes you inside the world of Manhattan’s elite—and keeps you on tenterhooks.”
People, “Book of the Week”
“As elegantly plotted as it is—and it is—Huntley's debut stands out not for its thrills but rather for her hawkish eye for social detail and razor-sharp wit. An intoxicating escape; as smart as it is fun.”
Kirkus (Starred Review)
GHOSTWRITING
These are some of the books I’ve ghostwritten. If you have questions about ghostwriting, send me a message.
2024 EVENTS
5/21, Annabelle’s w/Lisa Bloom (Studio City, CA)
5/22, Zibby’s Bookshop w/Brant Cox from The Infatuation (Santa Monica, CA)
5/23, Warwick’s w/Natasha Feldman (La Jolla, CA)
5/30, Bart’s Books w/Danica Nava (Ojai, CA)
6/3, NOT FUNNY (Los Angeles, CA)
6/11, Fan Girl Cafe w/Anna Goodman (West Hollywood, CA)
6/20, NOT FUNNY Reading (Los Angeles, CA)
6/29 Panel at ALA (San Diego, CA)
6/29, Annabelle’s w/Emily Hampshire (Studio City, CA)
7/2, Green Apple Books w/Esmé Weijun Wang (SF, CA)
7/6, Malaprops (Asheville, NC)
8/7, Powerhouse w/Elizabeth Greenwood (Brooklyn, NY)
8/8, Barnes & Noble Bridgehampton (Bridgehampton, BY)
8/8, Canoe Place (Hamptons Bay, NY)
8/9, Southampton Cultural Center (Southampton, NY)
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