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Louise Swanson

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Also publishes under Louise Beech.

Louise Swanson wrote End of Story during the final lockdown of 2020, following a family tragedy, finding refuge in the fiction she created. The themes of the book - grief, isolation, love of the arts, the power of storytelling - came from a very real place. Lights Out followed in September 2024, a chilly thriller exploring a dark world where every night the electricty goes off. Swanson, a mother of two who lives in East Yorkshire with her husband, regularly blogs, talks at events, and is a huge advocate of openly discussing mental health.

She also writes as Louise Beech. Beech's nine books have won the Best magazine Book of the Year 2019, shortlisted for the Romantic Novel of the Year, longlisted for the Pol ...more

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	End of Story by Louise Swanson (Goodreads Author), Louise Beech (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 1,534 ratings — published 2023 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lights Out 3.60 avg rating — 545 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lights Out: The chilling, unputdownable thriller that you won't be able to put down in 2025! really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jacaranda Geoactive 1 Stage 4 NSW Australian Syllabus Geography, 6e learnON and Print (Geoactive Series) by Louise Swanson (Goodreads Author), Karen Bowden, Nicole Gray 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Louise Swanson liked Marja Morevna's review of Kraj priče: "Dugo me nije neka knjiga tako dotakla i potresla kao ova. Toliko opipljive tuge u njoj."
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Louise Swanson and 2 other people liked Nevena Vrtikapa's review of Kraj priče: "✍️ Još jedna knjiga iz mog ovogodišnjeg sajamskog ulova 📚 - i druga po redu iz tog istog ulova koja će od mene dobiti fantastičnih 5⭐! I mogu slobodno da kažem da od ove knjige nisam očekivala mnogo… ali sam dobila sve! 😊 ✨ Zamislite svet u kojem pisa" Read more of this review »
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Louise Swanson liked Leah Bradley's review of Eighteen Seconds: "This is a heartbreakingly raw and vulnerable novel with great depth and emotional honestly that grips you from page 1. I live in the same village and recognised a lot of the places mentioned, as if I was living the pages with Louise, following her aro" Read more of this review »
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Louise Swanson made a comment on Claire Quarmby’s review of Lights Out: The chilling, unputdownable thriller that you won't be able to put down in 2025! " Hello Claire, thank you so much for this lovely review! I really appreciate anyone who takes the time. Just wanted to say that it was Tom who smashed ...more "
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Louise Swanson made a comment on Gigi325’s review of Eighteen Seconds " I simply had to respond to this, Gigi, because it moved me so much. I'm so glad you 'enjoyed' the book (seems the wrong word) and that it helped you, ...more "
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THis was a stunning book which will jump right into my top five of the year. It's all about the layers of buried trauma, its affect on a family, the things we never say and should, love and forgiveness, and the love between siblings. Powerful and unfor ...more
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Louise Swanson made a comment on Kase’s review of Lights Out " Hi Kase, I think you maybe reviewed the wrong Lights Out? I don't have a character called Aly in mine, and certainly no mob. xx ...more "
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