Leonie Swann
Leonie Swann (born 1975) is a pseudonymous German crime writer.
Leonie Swann
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- Born
- 1975. · Dachau.
- Nationality
- Germany.
- Occupation
- writer.
- Fields
- crime fiction.
- Education
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
- Languages
- German.
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Leonie Swann (born 1975) is a pseudonymous German crime writer.
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Leonie Swann (born 1975) is a writer, of German nationality. The writer was born in Dachau.
Leonie Swann was educated at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. The writer worked in Berlin and Munich.
The work spans crime fiction. Languages used include German.
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Life
Life
Swann grew up near Munich, Germany. She studied philosophy, communications, and psychology at LMU Munich and the Munich School of Philosophy. She now resides near Cambridge, England.
Career
Career
Her first novel, Glennkill (published as Three Bags Full in English), sold over 100,000 copies in the first six months after publication. It has been translated to twenty-six languages. After the success of her first novel, she paused studying for a PhD in English Literature in Berlin to write full-time. Her second novel, Garou, a sequel to Glennkill, is not a detective novel but a thriller. The English translation of the novel, titled Big Bad Wool, was released in May 2025.
Works
Works
Three Bags Full, Doubleday 2006, ISBN 0-385-60994-9 Garou. Ein Schaf-Thriller, Goldmann, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-442-31224-5. (Original German edition). Translated as Big Bad Wool by Amy Bojang (2025). Dunkelsprung: Vielleicht kein Märchen, Goldmann, Munich 2014, ISBN 3-442-31387-2. (Original German edition, English translation not yet available) Gray, Goldmann, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-442-31443-0. (Original German edition, English translation not yet available) Mord in Sunset Hall, Goldmann, Munich 2020, ISBN 978-3-442-31556-7. (Original German edition). Translated as The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp by Amy Bojang (2023).
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Adaptations
The Sheep Detectives, Amazon MGM Studios 2026, is an adaptation of Three Bags Full.
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- “Leonie Swann”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Awards
2006 - German Friedrich Glauser crime writing prize, "debut" category. 2006 - The Glennkill Cover came first in the Bloody Cover 2006 Awards. 2007 - German Buchliebling for the CD.
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- 1.Goldsmith, Belinda. Book Talk: Debut author finds experience not key for success. Reuters. 17 July 2007.
- 2.Leonie Swann. Soho Press.
- 3.Hitchcock, Linda. A Sheep-Led Mystery with Humor, Heart and Hair-Raising Stakes. BookTrib. 2025-06-12.
- 4.BIG BAD WOOL. Kirkus Reviews.
- 5.The Sheep Detectives (2026). IMDB.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 8
- Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Story (Glennkill: Ein Schafskrimi). Goldmann, Transworld Publishers, Doubleday, Random House, 2005
- Big Bad Wool. Allison & Busby, 2025. (Garou. Ein Schaf-Thriller. Goldmann, 2010)
- Dunkelsprung: Vielleicht kein Märchen. Goldmann, 2014
- Gray. Goldmann, 2017
- The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp (Mord in Sunset Hall). Goldmann, 2020. Soho Press, 2023.
- Miss Sharp macht Urlaub. Goldmann, 2022
- Agnes Sharp and the Trip of a Lifetime. Soho Press, 2024.
- Widdersehen: Ein Schafskrimi. DUMONT Buchverlag, 2026.
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