Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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This week, I talk with Olesya Salnikova Gilmore about her historical-suspense The Fortune Tellers of Rue Daru.

We dive into:

Her writing process as a "plantser"
Why she's drawn to dark genres: historical fiction, gothic, fantasy, mystery
How blending genres creates tension and unpredictability
How she has experienced and writes about the “in-between” feeling of not fully belonging to one culture
How she processed grief through this story
Her research of Slavic folklore and Western spiritualism movements

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