Alexa Donne is the author of Brightly Burning and The Stars We Steal, YA sci-fi romance retellings of classics set in space out now from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Her YA thriller, THE IVIES, is set in the world of competitive college admissions, out now from Crown/Random House. Her next one, PRETTY DEAD QUEENS, a dark small town secrets love letter to Murder, She Wrote releases October 4, 2022. A graduate of Boston University, she works in TV marketing and has done pro bono college admissions mentoring since 2014. A true INFJ, in her “free” time she mentors with WriteGirl, runs the Author Mentor Match program, and manages one of the most popular writing advice channels on YouTube. She lives in Los Angeles with three cats. You can find her in most places @alexadonne.