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Olivia Wolfgang-Smith
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Olivia Wolfgang-Smith

Olivia Wolfgang-Smith Biography

Olivia Wolfgang-Smith's fiction has appeared in Salamander, Ninth Letter, The Common, and elsewhere. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Florida State University. She originally hails from Rhode Island and lives in Brooklyn with her spouse. Glassworks is her first novel.

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