Olesya Salnikova Gilmore
Olesya Salnikova Gilmore is the author of The Witch and the Tsar, The Haunting of Moscow House, and the forthcoming The Fortune Tellers of Rue Daru. Originally from Moscow, she was raised in the U.S. and graduated from Pepperdine University with a B.A. in English/political science, and from Northwestern School of Law with a JD. She practiced litigation at a large law firm in Chicago for several years before pursuing her dream of becoming an author. She writes speculative gothic suspense and other dark fiction. She also loves exploring Eastern European history and folklore. Her work has appeared in LitHub, CrimeReads, Tor.com/Reactor, Writer’s Digest, the Independent, and elsewhere. She lives in a wooded, lakeside suburb of Chicago with her husband and two daughters.
[Photo by Nicola Levine.]
7 entries by Olesya Salnikova Gilmore
The Stone Witch of Florence: A Novel
By Anna Rasche
A woman seeks to save her beloved city from plagues and misbehaving men.
American Ending
By Mary Kay Zuravleff
A young woman seeks to transcend her Russian-immigrant family’s world.
Iron Curtain
By Vesna Goldsworthy
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A stark, oftentimes brutal portrait of the East-West divide.
American Ending: A Novel
By Mary Kay Zuravleff
A young woman seeks to transcend her Russian-immigrant family’s world.
Iron Curtain: A Love Story
By Vesna Goldsworthy
A stark, oftentimes brutal portrait of the East-West divide.
The Slaughterman’s Daughter
By Yaniv Iczkovits; translated by Orr Scharf
A fable-like tale of a Jewish woman who dared to defy an entire empire.
The Slaughterman’s Daughter: A Novel
By Yaniv Iczkovits; translated by Orr Scharf
A fable-like tale of a Jewish woman who dared to defy an entire empire.