Olivia Sawatzki

Fiction Writer

Los Angeles, CA

California US

Email:

oliviasawatzki@outlook.com

Website:

oliviasawatzki.wixsite.com/olivs…

Author's Bio

Olivia Sawatzki is an author and playwright originally from Columbus, Ohio. Her fiction and essays have been published in Does It Have Pockets, Bending Genres, Brushfire Literature & Arts Journal, and elsewhere. Her plays have been produced in Ohio and California. She published her debut chapbook, Misanthropocene, with Bottlecap Press in 2024. She lives in Echo Park, Los Angeles.

Publications & Prizes

Chapbook:

Misanthropocene (Bottlecap Press, 2024)

Journals:

Bending Genres

Brushfire

Does It Have Pockets

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Personal Favorites

Favorite authors:

Virginia Woolf, George Eliot, Jane Austen, Kurt Vonnegut, Shirley Jackson, Moriel Rothman-Zecher, Dolly Alderton

What I'm reading now:

White Noise by Don Dillelo

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

American

Prefers to work with:

Any, Mental Health, Women

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Columbus, OH

Ohio

Raised in:

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Last update: Apr 06, 2026