Swan's 1993 novel, "The Wives of Bath", (a darkly humorous tale about a murder in a girls' boarding school) was a finalist for the UK's Guardian Fiction Prize and Ontario's Book Award, and was picked by a U.S. Readers' Guide as one of the best novels of the 1990s. A feature film based on "The Wives of Bath" was released in the summer of 2001 in the U.S. and Canada under the title "Lost and Delirious". The film starring Piper Perabo, Jessica Paré, and Mischa Barton was shown in 32 countries, and picked for premiere selection at Sundance and Berlin Film Festivalin 2001.