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Alex Aster
Alex Aster (born Alexandra Pierson, August 4, 1995) is an American author best known for the young adult fantasy romance series Lightlark, which debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list in 2022 and was optioned for film by Universal Pictures and Temple Hill. She began writing at thirteen and published her first books, the middle-grade Emblem Island series (Curse of the Night Witch, Curse of the Forgotten City), drawing on the Colombian folklore her grandmother told her growing up. She...