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Jessica Swan

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JESSICA SWAN is an American novelist, playwright, librettist, and screenwriter. Known for crafting authentic, visually-striking stories for stage & film, Swan’s upcoming work includes musicals that employ dance as a function of the narrative. Rooted in myth and psychology, Swan’s dreamlike stories translate the performing & visual arts across multi-platforms to resonate in meaningful ways for today’s audience.

Swan conceived and wrote the libretto for "Sugar Hill: The Ellington/Strayhorn Nutcracker" (premiered December 2023 at the Auditorium Theater in Chicago), a dream-story told in dance, set to the music of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, with orchestrations/arrangements by Grammy Award-winner John Clayton and three-time Tony Award-n
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Average rating: 4.0 · 27 ratings · 8 reviews · 2 distinct works
Dear Isabelle

3.86 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions
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Completely Lost

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“You can, of course, write to inspire others… but most importantly, you must write to inspire yourself.”
Jessica Swan

“If there were nothing else to trouble us, the fate of the flowers would make us sad.”
John Lancaster Spalding

“If I do not write to empty my mind, I go mad.”
George Gordon Byron

“The center of every man's existence is a dream. Death, disease, insanity, are merely material accidents, like a toothache or a twisted ankle. That these brutal forces always besiege and often capture the citadel does not prove that they are the citadel.”
G.K. Chesterton

“You can, of course, write to inspire others… but most importantly, you must write to inspire yourself.”
Jessica Swan

“All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.”
Ernest Hemingway

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message 5: by Ovid

Ovid Hey Jessica! I just sent you an e-mail. It was great to hear from you. I hope you are having a relaxing summer.


Shannon Hi Jessica
Just thought I would say hi, hope you are enjoying your summer. I'm back from a trip to Ireland, definitely a country of writers.
Best,
Shannon


message 3: by Ovid

Ovid Something tells me you won't be sleeping on air for much longer. I hope everything arrived in good shape.

Have a great weekend!


message 2: by Ovid

Ovid Hi Jessica, I loved Dear Isabelle. I'm so glad my favorite author is on goodreads.


Daniel
Jessica, I've added your book Dear Isabelle to my to-read list.


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