Matthew Olson-Roy
Writer | Playwright

Yep, that’s me, Matthew Olson-Roy. I could be a green alien, but thanks to the concealing effects of black and white photography, you may never know.

In fact, I am a writer and a playwright, and I live in Amsterdam. On any given day, I might ride my bike along tree-lined canals. Or I might wonder how people pronounce the longest word in Dutch, meervoudigepersoonlijkheidsstoornis (multiple personality disorder), without acquiring another personality by the time they’re done. Then again, I might imagine what it would be like to find myself on another planet in nothing but my pajamas. That’s the power of writing. I can do anything, anywhere, and still wear my fuzzy pants.

In 2018, I completed the MSt in Creative Writing at the University of Oxford with distinction. I've also done a few other cool things along the way, such as picking up a PhD, managing games like Magic: the Gathering and Cranium in other languages, winning silver in the Luxembourgish ice dancing nationals (a long story)... I may have translated for the C.I.A. as well, but I can't really divulge that now, can I?

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