Olesya Salnikova Gilmore, author portrait
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Olesya Salnikova Gilmore

Olesya Salnikova Gilmore is the author of The Witch and the Tsar. Originally from Moscow, she was raised in the US 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. Now she is happiest writing speculative historical fiction inspired by Eastern European history and folklore. Her work has appeared in LitHub, Tor.com, Historical Novels Review, Bookish, Washington Independent Review of Books, among others. She lives in a wooded, lakeside suburb of Chicago with her husband and daughter.
The Haunting of Moscow House
The Witch and the Tsar

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The Haunting of Moscow House
The Witch and the Tsar

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Fri Aug 23
MADISON STREET BOOKS LLC MADISON STREET BOOKS
1127 W MADISON ST
CHICAGO, IL 60607-2011
Google Map

Sat Sep 07 | 02:00 PM
BOOK STALL OF WINNNETKA LLC
811 ELM ST
WINNETKA, IL 60093-2236
Google Map

Sat Oct 05
Southwest Library
7979 38th Ave
Kenosha, WI 53142
Google Map

Sat Oct 26 | 02:00 PM
ANDERSON BOOK SHOP
123 W JEFFERSON AVE
NAPERVILLE, IL 60540-5310
Google Map

Mon Dec 02 | 07:00 PM
Round Lake Area Library
906 Hart Road
Round Lake, IL 60073
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Dear Librarians: A Letter from Olesya Salnikova Gilmore, Author of The Haunting of Moscow House

“The Haunting of Moscow House is many things. It is about a society on the cusp of momentous change, a persecuted group in history now quite forgotten, a female-centric story of survival and the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood that make this possible, an old house with hundreds of years of past and memory. But at its heart, The Haunting of Moscow House is a ghost story.”

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