About Olivia
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Olivia J. Bennett (she/they) is the award-winning author of Casually Homicidal. In 2018, her flash fiction “Clutching Roses” was awarded a National Gold Medal from Scholastic Art & Writing, and her creative nonfiction and short stories have been published in literary journals such as Euphemism and Outrageous Fortune. Their writing has been described as “visceral, honest, and evocative” and “gritty, yet poetic,” and their work often explores themes of mental health, being an eldest daughter, and overcoming past trauma. She loves to include morally-gray female heroines, atmospheric settings, and genre-bending horror in her contemporary, fantasy, and science fiction works. When not creating, Olivia is most likely baking cookies, binge-watching Naruto or Lost with their partner, or cuddling their two cats, Baloo and Bagheera. She can be found somewhere between the corn and the big blue sky in Illinois.
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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.
While at ISU, she served as a Writing Tutor at the Julia N. Visor Academic center, assisting her fellow undergraduate students' writing projects for a wide range of majors and classes through brainstorming, writing assistance, citation help, and line editing. She was also the Editor-in-Chief of the Visor Center's Newsletter, writing articles, taking photos, and creating digital layouts.
As a prolific author, she has conducted writing workshops and author talks at several local high schools for their creative writing classes/clubs and book clubs. Through these opportunities, she has interacted with students about what it's like being a young author and encouraging them to submit their writing to places like Scholastic.
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