Olivia Crest grew up on the Oregon coast, where she spent her days fishing with her family and wandering the long beaches and grass-tufted dunes, watching the tide come in and dreaming up stories. She has been writing for as long as she can remember, filling school notebooks with tales long before she ever thought of becoming an author.

That love of the sea and of quiet, beautiful places has never left her. She travels often through Europe, lingering in the coastal towns of Portugal, the sunlit corners of Spain, and the hill towns of Italy, always collecting the small moments and gentle romances that find their way into her writing. A native English speaker, she is also at home in German and Spanish.

She writes cozy romance, warm-hearted stories about love, second chances, and the places that feel like home. Whispering Tides is her debut novel, with more stories already on the way. She currently lives in Grava, Italy, a small town she fell in love with, where the sea is never far away.