Olesya Lyuzna

Olesya Lyuzna is a historical fiction writer with a passion for queer noir. She holds an Honours BSc in Math and Economics and worked in Digital Strategy Consulting for several years before focusing on writing. Her debut novel was selected for a 2020 Pitch Wars mentorship by Layne Fargo and Halley Sutton and workshopped in the selective 'Writing a Novel' course at the Faber Academy. Olesya was born in Odesa, Ukraine, and has lived most of her life in Toronto. In her time away from writing, she enjoys volunteering as a Prose Reader at the Adroit Journal, hosting Pre-Code movie nights, and scouring the Toronto archives for unsolved crimes.Has use of 10% verbatim material from the book in podcasts been discussed with the publisher?