Olivia Sawatzki

Fiction Writer

Los Angeles, CA
California US

Author's Bio

Olivia Sawatzki is an Ohio-born, Los Angeles-based author and playwright. Her fiction and essays have been published in Bending Genres, Brushfire Literature & Arts JournalL'Esprit Literary Review, and elsewhere. Her plays have been produced in Ohio and California. She recently published her first collection of fiction and creative nonfiction, Misanthropocene, with Bottle Cap Press. She lives in Echo Park, Los Angeles with her partner and their two cats.

Publications & Prizes

Chapbook:
Misanthropocene (Bottlecap Press, 2024)
Journals:
Bending Genres
,
Brushfire
,
erato

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: Jan 23, 2025