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Olesya Salnikova Gilmore is the author of The Witch and the Tsar and The Haunting of Moscow House. 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 novels in a variety of genres, including fantasy, paranormal, gothic horror, and historical fiction. She also loves exploring Eastern European history and folklore. Her work has appeared in LitHub, Tor.com, CrimeReads, Writer’s Digest, Historical Novels Review, Bookish, Washington Independent Review of Books, among others. She lives ...more

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	The Witch and the Tsar 3.55 avg rating — 5,710 ratings — published 2022 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Shapers of Worlds Volume V: Science fiction and fantasy by authors featured on The Worldshapers podcast by Edward Willett (Goodreads Author), Olesya Salnikova Gilmore (Goodreads Author), M.J. Kuhn (Goodreads Author) 4.42 avg rating — 24 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“A smile flickered on my lips as I ground three cloves in my mortar, to ward off hostile spirits, along with three drops of vodka to cleanse and disarm, three koliuka blossoms to hit my target, and three roots each of hawkweed and weeper grass, to subdue and frighten.”
― Olesya Salnikova Gilmore, The Witch and the Tsar

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“Perhaps marriage was not ownership so much as choice. To choose to define each other in terms of forever, even in times of darkness, even in death. Wasn’t there a certain freedom in that? Freedom in certainty, and in love, which grounded even someone like me in the face of life’s chaos.”
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“Whoever came ... did so when their prayers had gone unanswered, when the mortal healers had thrown up their hands. They came in the depths of their despair.”
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“Read, read, read. Read everything -- trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it.
Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window.”
― William Faulkner

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