Elin Olausson

Elin Olausson skriver fantastik, skräck och historiska romaner på svenska och engelska. Hon bor på den värmländska landsbygden med skogen utanför fönstret, och har alltid minst en bok på nattduksbordet. Hon har gett ut skräckromanen Silver, novellsamlingarna Shadow Paths, Growth och Slottet Synd samt ett trettiotal fristående noveller, och är aktuell med serierna Bruket (Ravenheart förlag) och Dalens döttrar (Polaris).

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Elin Olausson is a fan of the weird and the unsettling. She is the author of the short story collections Growth and Shadow Paths and several books in Swedish, and has had stories featured in Chiral Mad 5, Gamut, Weird Horror, and many other publications.

Elin’s rural childhood made her love and fear the woods, and she firmly

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