Below is a collection of some of Olesya’s podcasts, interviews, articles, and other media to help you explore her books, her inspiration and creative process, her road to publication, and her favorite books, as well as her unique perspectives on storytelling and the retelling of folklore and history.
Other Work:
- Short Story: “The Rusalka Wakes Up”, Shapers of Worlds Vol. 5 Anthology, Shadowpaw Press (2025)
TV/Radio Appearances:
- “Author’s Note” / WTVG-TV (Toledo)
Podcasts:
- Secrets, Spirits, & Inherited Stories: Olesya Salnikova Gilmore’s The Fortune Tellers of Rue Daru, Bookwild Podcast (March 24, 2026)
- From Lawyer to Literary Magician: Inside the Author’s Journey with Olesya Salnikova Gilmore, Literary Prospects Podcast (March 24, 2026)
- Episode #183: The Haunting of Moscow House with Olesya Salnikova Gilmore, Sley House Publishing Presents (December 2, 2025)
- Turn the Page Podcast – Episode 314E: Olesya Salnikova Gilmore on THE HAUNTING OF MOSCOW HOUSE – Syosset Library’s Turn the Page Podcast (September 5, 2024)
- E101: Witch Retellings with Olesya Salnikova Gilmore, She Wore Black (October 2023)
- Podcast: Olesya Salnikova Gilmore, “The Witch and the Tsar” (ACE), New Books Network (August 18, 2023).
- Ep. 358: POV Hack: Using Method Acting with Olesya Salnikova Gilmore, How do You Write with Rachael Herron (April 27, 2023)
- Episode 419 Interview with Olesya Salnikova Gilmore, Beyond the Trope with Michelle Graham & Giles Hash (2023)
- “The Witch & the Tsar” with Olesya Salnikova Gilmore, Wine, Women, and Words Podcast with Diana and Michelle (November 25, 2022)
- Interview with Author Olesya Salnikova Gilmore, Viktoria Nikola YouTube Channel (November 8, 2022)
- Episode 119: Olesya Salnikova Gilmore, The Worldshapers with Edward Willett (October 18, 2022)
- Olesya Salnikova Gilmore, The Witch and the Tsar and Kvass, Day Drinking with Authors with Molly O’Keefe (October 2022)
- KPL Podcast October 2022 Week 4 with Special Guest Olesya Salnikova Gilmore, KPL Podcast – Kirkwood Public Library with Jigisha Patel (October 2022)
- Westport Library Podcast: Go Ahead and Write Something with Tessa Smith McGovern
Interviews:
- Olesya Salnikova Gilmore Interview — The Haunting of Moscow House, JeanBookNerd (September 6, 2024)
- Fresh Fiction Blog: Olesya Salnikova Gilmore Author-Reader Match: THE HAUNTING OF MOSCOW HOUSE, Fresh Fiction (September 2, 2024)
- Olesya Salnikova Gilmore | Conversations in Character with Yaga Fresh Fiction (August 24, 2023)
- Spotlight & Giveaway: THE WITCH AND THE TSAR, by Olesya Salnikova Gilmore, Harlequin Junkie (August 23, 2023)
- Interview With Olesya Salnikova Gilmore (The Witch and the Tsar), The Fantasy Hive (December 2, 2022)
- Olesya Salnikova Gilmore Talks Reinventing Baba Yaga In The Witch and the Tsar, Paste Magazine (November 23, 2022)
- Olesya Salnikova Gilmore: On Introducing Russian History to Fantasy Readers: Author Olesya Salnikova Gilmore discusses the changes her manuscript underwent throughout the writing process of her debut historical fantasy novel, The Witch and the Tsar, Writers Digest (September 23, 2022)
- Debut Spotlight: Olesya Salnikova Gilmore, Paulette Kennedy Blog (September 23, 2022)
- Fresh Take: Fresh Fiction Blog: Olesya Salnikova Gilmore: 20 Questions: THE WITCH AND THE TSAR, Fresh Fiction (September 20, 2022)
Articles/Essays:
- Olesya Salnikova Gilmore on Crafting Feminist Agency in Historical Gothic Mysteries, CrimeReads (March 24, 2026)
- Book Review: The Stone Witch of Florence: A Novel, Washington Independent Review of Books (December 9, 2024)
- Five Books about Haunted Houses that Crumble, Reactor Mag (Tor.com) (November 21, 2024)
- Finding Magic at the Intersection of Reality and Fantasy in Fiction, Writer’s Digest (September 5, 2024)
- Gothic Fiction with a Twist, CrimeReads (September 3, 2024)
- Book Review: American Ending: A Novel, Washington Independent Review of Books (June 8, 2023)
- Book Review: Iron Curtain: A Love Story, Washington Independent Review of Books (March 8, 2023)
- 14 Authors Share the Best Books They Read in 2022, Bookish (December 15, 2022)
- Olesya Salnikova Gilmore’s Playlist for Her Novel “The Witch and the Tsar”, Largehearted Boy (November 1, 2022)
- New Voices: Sarah Adlakha, Maya Deane, Joanna Quinn & Olesya Salnikova Gilmore, Historical Novel Society (Issue 102 (November 2022))
- In Praise of the Bold, Powerful Women of Slavic Fairy Tales, Lithub (September 19, 2022)
- Book Review: The Slaughterman’s Daughter, Washington Independent Review of Books (February 26, 2022)
Other Media:
- Get a Dose of Gothic Mystery with The Fortune Tellers of Rue Daru — Read an Excerpt! (Exclusive), PEOPLE (July 24, 2025)
- Winnetka’s The Book Stall to Host Two Fiction Authors Next Month, Chicago Tribune (August 13, 2024)
- Worldbuilding in Fiction: The Magic of Details, Writers HubFest (November 18, 2023)
- Read an Excerpt from The Witch and the Tsar, Tor.com (September 29, 2022)
- World Rebuilding: Fantasy & Horror 2022-2023, Publishers Weekly (September 2, 2022)
The Fortune Tellers of Rue Daru Mentions:
- Cover Reveal, PEOPLE
- Most Anticipated Fantasy of March, Fangirlish
- Most Anticipated Mystery/Thriller, Crime Reads
- Most Anticipated Historical Fiction, Crime Reads
- Best Sci-fi, Fantasy, Horror of March, Gizmodo
- Best Historical Mysteries of 2026, Bookbub
- Review, Library Journal
- New Books from Chicago Authors Roundup, Chicago Review of Books
- Most Anticipated Horror of 2026, She Reads
- Best New Books of March, Booktrib