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Olivia J. Bennett
author | editor | artist

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Photo courtesy of Miles Howley.

50 words: Olivia J. Bennett is an award-winning author and freelance editor. Her work has appeared in Outrageous Fortune, The Anti-Misogyny Club, FLARE Magazine, and more. When not creating, Olivia can be found baking cookies, watching Naruto or Lost with her partner, or cuddling her two cats. She lives in Illinois.

@olivia.j.creates || bit.ly/oliviajbennett || oliviajcreates.substack.com

100 words: Olivia J. Bennett is an author and freelance editor. As a Scholastic Gold Medalist and Pushcart Prize Nominee, Olivia primarily writes genre-bending horror, fantasy, science fiction, and creative nonfiction. Her writing has recently appeared in Outrageous Fortune, The Wandering Angel, FLARE Magazine, The Anti-Misogyny Club and more. When not creating, Olivia is usually baking cookies, watching Naruto or Lost with her partner, or cuddling her two cats. She can be found somewhere between the corn and the big blue sky of Illinois.

@olivia.j.creates || bit.ly/oliviajbennett || oliviajcreates.substack.com

More About Olivia

Olivia J. Bennett is the award-winning author of two young adult novels and is currently working on her first adult high fantasy series! She graduated summa cum laude from Illinois State University in 2024 with a bachelor's in secondary English education, and she currently works as a freelance editor, art teacher, and baker.

A voracious reader and watcher, Olivia is obsessed with all things story. She believes that every form of storytelling like literature, film, television, and story-based games not only have indelible power, but that stories and language are the building blocks of our reality. This is why she has dedicated her professional and personal life to creating her own stories and helping others perfect theirs.

Substack: Wordshaker Press

Instagram: @olivia.j.creates

Olivia sits at her computer, reading Stephen King's On Writing, in front of a colorful bookshelf background

Press & Blog Interviews

Knowing Your Audience as Yourself: Interview on Megan's Bookish Life Podcast — October 20th, 2025

Write on the World by Mandy Webster — December 30th, 2024
Meet & Greet Author Q&As with Sue Rovens — October 31st, 2022
Author Interview hosted by Lydia Redwine — May 14th, 2022
Teen Author Spotlight with McCaid Paul — July 30th, 2019

Contact Olivia for Press and Blog Interviews

Olivia's Art

Acrylic painting of a VW bus and palm tree in front of a beach sunset

Acrylic painting of a human's shoulders and neck, but the head has been replaced with a sunflower, a daffodil, and a tulip

Acrylic painting of an open book and a lit candle in front of a rainy window

Acrylic painting of a cherry blossom tree in front of a lake

Acrylic painting of a snowy, Christmas scene in the style of Van Gogh's Starry Night

Acrylic painting of a field of poppies

Acrylic painting of a spooky blood moon and bare trees with bats

Acrylic pour painting using white, pink, blue and purple

Acrylic painting of a Spongebob-style porthole

Acrylic pour painting using red, green, blue and gray

Acrylic and ink painting of a messy child's bedroom

Acrylic painting of a red hot air balloon and blue clouds

Charcoal portrait of an elderly white man with a mustache

Collage of a set of lungs that reveals a beautiful nature scene

Acrylic painting of Naruto Uzumaki

Acrylic painting of Sasuke Uchiha, a character from Naruto

Acrylic painting of Sakura Haruno, a character from Naruto

Learn More About Olivia's Art Commissions

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