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Olesya Salnikova Gilmore was born in Moscow, Russia, raised in the U.S., and graduated from Pepperdine University with a BA in English/political science, and from Northwestern School of Law with a JD. She practiced litigation at a large law firm for several years before pursuing her dream of becoming an author. She is most happy writing historical fiction and fantasy inspired by Eastern European folklore. She lives in a wooded, lakeside suburb of Chicago with her husband and daughter. THE WITCH AND THE TSAR is her debut novel.
Genres: Horror, Fantasy
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Mother of Rome (2025)
Lauren J A Bear
"A ferociously unapologetic tale like no other about a little known yet legendary woman of Roman myth that encapsulates all the feminist rage and mother's love possible to feel, stunningly rendered in Lauren J. A. Bear's signature, deeply profound and achingly poetic prose. Truly fierce and fearless. One of the very best retellings I've read in a long time."
A Rose by Any Other Name (2024)
Mary McMyne
"A bold and inventive tale about a woman ahead of her time in an Elizabethan England you can practically see and touch. Timely, feminist, and wonderfully original."
A Sweet Sting of Salt (2024)
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"Wild and windswept just like its setting, A Sweet Sting of Salt is a subversive, lushly romantic historical retelling of an age-old folktale."
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