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Books Dead Spots, Boundary Born, Nightshades: A Paranorm, Hunter's Trail, Boundary Crossed Similar Seanan McGuire, Guy Haley, Victor LaValle, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Nnedi Okorafor | ||
Melissa F. Olson is an American author, primarily in the urban fantasy genre. She is best known for her "Old World" books, which consist of the Scarlett Bernard trilogy, the Boundary Magic trilogy, several short stories, and a novella. Her latest work is the third Boundary Magic book, published June 21, 2016. She is also the author of Nightshades, a Tor.com novella that is unrelated to her other urban fantasy books. In addition, Olson has published a P.I. mystery with no fantasy elements called The Big Keep.
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Biography
Melissa Olson was born and raised in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, and studied film and literature at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. After graduation, Olson worked briefly for NBC-Universal as well as Warner Bros Studios before moving to Madison, WI. In addition to fiction, her work has been published in the Daily Trojan, the Chippewa Falls Herald Telegram, Litreactor.com, The International Journal of Comic Art, The La Crosse Tribune, U-Wire, Women on Writing.com, and the compilation Images of the Modern Vampire. She also teaches writing classes.
Convention Presence
Olson is a frequent presenter at science fiction and fantasy conventions in the U.S, where she speaks on issues related to genre, feminism, and film, among others.