Stories That Climb Generations

Sybil Slater is an American literary fiction author whose work explores the hidden emotional legacies passed through generations of women. Her debut novel, Shadows of Yesterday, is the first installment in the Generations of Silence series—a sweeping, character-driven exploration of silence, survival, and familial truth.

Rooted in working-class New York and shaped by the struggles and sacrifices of forgotten voices, Sybil’s fiction focuses on the unspoken traumas that shape families over decades. She writes with intimate clarity about abandonment, womanhood, and memory—drawing inspiration from real lives and overlooked stories.

When she’s not writing, she is often researching mid-century American life, collecting personal histories, or mapping the emotional fingerprints of time. Shadows of Yesterday marks the beginning of a body of work devoted to unearthing the truths we inherit—and those we choose to leave behind.