Olivia J. Bennett
author | editor | artist
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 and art teacher.
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 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
Press & Blog Interviews
Knowing Your Audience as Yourself:
Interview on Megan's Bookish Life Podcast
October 20th, 2025
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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
Olivia's Art
