Olivia J. Bennett is the award-winning author of Casually Homicidal. Her writing has been described as “visceral, honest, and evocative” and “gritty, yet poetic,” and her work often explores themes of mental health, being an eldest daughter, and overcoming past trauma. She loves to include morally-gray female heroines, atmospheric settings, and genre-bending horror in her contemporary, fantasy, and science fiction works. In 2018, her flash fiction “Clutching Roses” was awarded a National Gold Medal from Scholastic Art & Writing. When not creating, Olivia is most likely baking cookies, binge-watching Naruto or Lost with her partner, or cuddling her two cats. She can be found somewhere between the corn and the big blue sky in Illinois.