Weather, distance, and the people who wait.
Novels and stories from the Oregon coast: a ferry pilot, a lighthouse gone dark, and two sisters who write letters instead of calling.
Get in touchBooks
The Hour Before the Lamps
A novel (2025). A ferry pilot and a lighthouse gone dark, over one winter on the Oregon coast.
Salt Letters
A novel (2021). Two sisters on opposite coasts write letters instead of calling.
Small Weathers
Stories (2018). Twelve stories of storms, small towns and staying put.
Talks
Readings and book-club visits
In person in the Pacific Northwest, or by video.
hello@odilepenhale.example, Readings and book-club visits
About
Odile Penhale is a novelist and short-story writer in Astoria, Oregon. Her story collection Small Weathers came out in 2018, and the novels Salt Letters and The Hour Before the Lamps followed in 2021 and 2025.
Contact
- hello@
odilepenhale.example - Based in
- Astoria, OR
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