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OLIVIA J. BENNETT
professional and recreational wordshaker
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Olivia J. Bennett is the award-winning author of two young adult novels and is currently working on a zombie apocalypse novel, coming in Fall of 2027! 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.
A voracious reader and watcher, Olivia is obsessed with all things story. She believes that every form of storytelling, from literature, film, television, and story-based games, not only has 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. Read her blog at Wordshaker Press where Olivia puts her English degree to work analyzing her favorite stories!
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50 words: Olivia J. Bennett (she/they) is an award-winning author and freelance editor. Her work has appeared in Outrageous Fortune, FLARE Magazine, Frazzled Lit, and more. When not creating, Olivia can be found baking cookies, watching Naruto or Lost with their partner, or cuddling their two cats. She lives in Illinois.
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100 words: Olivia J. Bennett (she/they) is an author and freelance editor. As a Scholastic Gold Medalist and Pushcart Prize Nominee, Olivia primarily writes genre-bending contemporary, fantasy, and horror fiction as well as creative nonfiction. Their writing has recently appeared in Outrageous Fortune, The Wandering Angel, FLARE Magazine, Frazzled Lit, and more. When not creating, Olivia is usually baking cookies, watching Naruto or Lost with their partner, or cuddling their 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
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