Welcome to Donald Steven Olson's Website
"Donald steven Olson is a remarkably good writer..."
--Albert Read, Daily Telegraph, London
New eBook editions of Donald’s novels…(click on cover to order)
Donald’s new musical, THE CHRISTINE JORGENSEN SHOW, starring Mark Nadler and Jesse James Keitel, opens February 2024, at 59E59 Theaters in New York. For tickets visit 59e59.org.
Click beow to hear Mark Nadler sing two songs from the show.
“…enthralling…” - Francis King, The Spectator”
Bitter, humorous and sly, the confessions beguile and shock the reader by turns.” - Marie Claire
“…a Wonderland of terrifying fun.”
- Quentin Crisp
“Gripping…” - Lambda Book Report
”…a riveting novel with an unforgettable cast of characters.” - Quentin Crisp
A spellbinding collection of supernatural tales to haunt your imagination…
Read Donald’s essay on writing The Confessions of Aubrey Beardsley in The Gay & Lesbian Review: https://glreview.org/article/the-fall-of-aubrey-beardsley/
Donald Steven Olson is a novelist, playwright and travel and garden writer. Donald’s plays, including Beardsley and the award-winning Oscar & Walt, have been produced in Europe and the U.S. His new musical, The Christine Jorgensen Show, opens in New York in February 2024. Donald’s novels The Confessions of Aubrey Beardsley, The Secrets of Mabel Eastlake, and Queer Corners, and his short-story collection, The Gravedigger’s Daughter - Ghost Stories & Other Otherworldly Tales, are now available in new E-book editions. He is also the author of the internationally published rom-com My Three Husbands, written as Swan Adamson. Donald’s travel stories have appeared in The New York Times and he has written dozens of guidebooks to destinations in England, Europe and the Pacific Northwest as we;; as two noted guidebooks to West Coast gardens. To learn more about Donald’s wide-ranging career, or to contact him, click on the tabs in the pull-down menu above.
Click on the link to watch Kinetic Theatre’s acclaimed production of Donald’s play Oscar & Walt (90 minutes).
Click here to watch Donald’s Zoom presentation My Gotham Garden - The Joys and Challenges of Creating a Manhattan Garden.
Watch a virtual reading of Donald’s new play presented by Transformation Theatre. https://youtu.be/kFZ9ZvSjEWo
Watch PlayZoomers production of Oscar & Walt livestreamed from Indiana University Bloomington.