About the Author
A writer, editor and former broadcast journalist, John L. Swann is reviving mystery fiction's beloved detective, Inspector Charlie Chan, with a new series of novels continuing the work of Chan creator Earl Derr Biggers.
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Although Chan’s popularity in film, television, and other media has endured for a hundred years, Death, I Said : A Charlie Chan Mystery marks the first substantial effort to carry on the exploits of the original Chan: a modest detective sage steeped in ancient Asian wisdom, a man seeking to reconcile his Chinese heritage with American professional pursuits.
Marrying the sophisticated style of Golden Age detective fiction prose with Chan aphorisms inspired by the Analects of Confucius and other ancient sources, from Lao Tzu to Lieu Tzu and beyond, Swann’s lively continuation of the detective’s storied career also retains the East-meets-West introspection and humor of the six Biggers Chan novels.
Those who have enjoyed Chan in one of his many incarnations, and mystery fans everywhere, will appreciate this new addition to the Charlie Chan canon.
Swann's essay "Charlie Chan on Holiday" recently appeared in the Mystery Readers Journal, the quarterly publication of Mystery Readers International, the world's largest mystery reader/fan organization. His nonfiction work also includes From the Mills to Marcy, a college history.