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Author · Storyteller
Olivia Burke
@oliviaburke
Literary Fiction writer drawn to flawed characters, unexpected consequences and the small details that make imagined worlds feel real.
Behind the stories
About the writer
Olivia Burke writes mainly in literary fiction and enjoys discussing both the creative and practical sides of making books, from early drafts to finished editions.
A story only works when somebody has something to lose.
Books and story worlds
Stories by Olivia Burke
On the writing desk
Currently creating
First draft
The Salt Ledger
In the winter after the First World War, a widowed clerk in a Welsh coastal town discovers a set of ledgers hidden in the back room of a defunct shipping office. As she traces the names and omissions in their pages, she begins to uncover how a local family built its respectability on silence, debt and the losses of men who never came home.
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Draft progress
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