Leonie Swann (born 1975) is a pseudonymous German crime writer.
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 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.
Bibliography
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.
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.
Works Three Bags Full, Doubleday 2006, Garou. Ein Schaf-Thriller, Goldmann, Munich 2010, . (Original German edition). Translated as Big Bad Wool by Amy Bojang (2025). Dunkelsprung: Vielleicht kein Märchen, Goldmann, Munich 2014, . (Original German edition, English translation not yet available) Gray, Goldmann, Munich 2017, . (Original German edition, English translation not yet available) Mord in Sunset Hall, Goldmann, Munich 2020, . (Original German edition). Translated as The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp by Amy Bojang (2023).
Adaptations
The Sheep Detectives, Amazon MGM Studios 2026, is an adaptation of Three Bags Full.
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