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Alex Flinn

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Born

in Glen Cove, New York, The United States

October 23

Website

http://alexflinn.com/

Twitter

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Genre

Young Adult, Science Fiction & Fantasy

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March 2008

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Love Jacaranda is out in the world! Hope you'll check out this fun wish-fulfillment romance!

Now, bio:

I grew up on a street called Salem Court. This probably influenced my interest in witches. When I was five, my mom said I should be an author. And when I was eight, I got my first rejection letter from Highlights Magazine.

I learned to read early. But I compensated for this early proficiency by absolutely refusing to read the programmed readers required by the school system -- workbooks where you read the story, then answered the questions. When the other kids were on Book 20, I was on Book 1! My teacher, Mrs. Zeiser, told my mother, "Alexandra marches to her own drummer." I don't think that was supposed to be a compliment.

My family moved to Love Jacaranda is out in the world! Hope you'll check out this fun wish-fulfillment romance!

Now, bio:

I grew up on a street called Salem Court. This probably influenced my interest in witches. When I was five, my mom said I should be an author. And when I was eight, I got my first rejection letter from Highlights Magazine.

I learned to read early. But I compensated for this early proficiency by absolutely refusing to read the programmed readers required by the school system -- workbooks where you read the story, then answered the questions. When the other kids were on Book 20, I was on Book 1! My teacher, Mrs. Zeiser, told my mother, "Alexandra marches to her own drummer." I don't think that was supposed to be a compliment.

My family moved to Miami when I was in middle school. I had a really hard time making friends, so I spent a lot of time reading and writing then. By high school, I'd made some friends and gotten involved in various "gifted and talented" performing arts programs. I studied opera in college (I'm a coloratura -- the really loud, high-pitched sopranos.) and then went to law school.

It was law school that probably helped with my first novel. Breathing Underwater deals with the serious and all-too-common problem of dating violence. I based the book on my experiences interning with the State Attorney's Office and volunteering with battered women. I thought this was a really important topic, as 27 percent of teenage girls surveyed have been hit by a boyfriend. I'm happy that the book is so popular, and if you are reading this bio because the book was assigned for school, I'm happy about that too.

I think I write for young-adults because I never quite got over being one. In my mind, I am still 13-years-old, running laps on the athletic field, wearing this really baggy white gymsuit. I’m continually amazed at the idea that I have a checking account and a mortgage. So I try to write books that gymsuit girl might enjoy. It’s a way of going back to being thirteen . . . knowing what I know now.

Right now, I live half a mile away from my old middle school, in Palmetto Bay, a suburb of Miami, with my husband, daughters, dogs, and cats. ...more

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How writers predict what will become obsolete: Breathing Underwater for the iPhone generation

My publisher is releasing my 2001 book, Breathing Underwater, with a new cover, its third. The reason for this is, basically, because boys don't like to read the book with its current cover, which shows a boy and a girl. I actually got an e-mail from a teacher who wanted to know how to buy 100 copies of the book with its 2001 cover for this reason. I find this a bit frustrating because I feel lik

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Alex Flinn’s books

Average rating: 3.79 · 254,737 ratings · 18,154 reviews · 22 distinct works • Similar authors

	Beastly (Beastly, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 177,823 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Kiss in Time 3.75 avg rating — 19,499 ratings — published 2008 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cloaked 3.64 avg rating — 15,395 ratings — published 2011 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bewitching (Kendra Chronicles, #2) 3.93 avg rating — 10,521 ratings — published 2012 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Breathing Underwater (Breathing Underwater, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 8,878 ratings — published 2001 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Towering 3.35 avg rating — 6,944 ratings — published 2013 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beastly: Lindy's Diary (Beastly, #1.5; Kendra Chronicles, #1.5) 3.73 avg rating — 3,337 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mirrored (Kendra Chronicles, #3) 3.68 avg rating — 2,497 ratings — published 2015 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Diva (Breathing Underwater, #2) 3.54 avg rating — 1,945 ratings — published 2006 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nothing to Lose 3.82 avg rating — 1,579 ratings — published 2004 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Alex Flinn (?)

“Just because something is beautiful doesn´t mean it´s good.”
― Alex Flinn, Beastly

tags: beauty, fairy-tale

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“those who do not know how to see the precious things in life will never be happy.”
― Alex Flinn, Beastly

tags: happiness

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“You shouldn't miss someone who don't miss you, right?”
― Alex Flinn, Beastly

tags: miss

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Polls

February 2016The book for February will be from our 2015 Holiday Book Swap! There will be more books than the typical poll for this one.

Due to the abnormally long length of time between meetings... and since there is no discussion on which books will be added for this poll, it will run immediately. I will announce the winner on Sunday 1/10/15 after the poll ends.

This poll will be open for voting from Monday 12/21/15 thru Saturday 1/9/15.

ReadMe: Remember.... Please try to vote for a book that you didn't gift. It's not a rule, it's just a suggestion so that everyone isn't voting for a book they have already read - and thus causing a 7 way tie.

Carriers
by Patrick Lynch:
Gifted by Jonetta to Stephanie.
A pandemic story full of suspense and thrill!

3 votes, 42.9%

The Firebrand
by Marion Zimmer Bradley:
Gifted by Celeste to Linda.
Story of the Trojan war as told from the perspective of a warrior princess.

2 votes, 28.6%

The Alchemist
by Paulo Coelho:
Gifted by Linda to Celeste.
An amazing book about hope, and realized dreams.
Very positive.

1 vote, 14.3%

Different Seasons
by Stephen King:
Gifted by Stephanie to Amy.
Book of short stories including Shawshank Redemption, The Body, & Apt Pupil.

1 vote, 14.3%

Beastly
by Alex Flinn:
Gifted by Taja to Jonetta.
An amazing & semi-realistic highschool retelling of the classic story of Beauty and the Beast.

0 votes, 0.0%

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
by Cheryl Strayed:
Gifted by Amy to Christina.
The inspiration for the Reece Witherspoon movie Wild.

0 votes, 0.0%

Trouble in Spades
by Heather Webber:
Gifted by Christina to Taja.
A fun and easy read in the mystery genre. It is the 2nd in a series but easily stands on its own.

Trouble in Spades (A Nina Quinn Mystery #2) by Heather Webber

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I don't care.

0 votes, 0.0%

7 total votes

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Alex’s Quotes

“I tell him the ugly duckling grew up to be a huge asshole.” “Why?”
― Alex Flinn, Beheld

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“Sometimes, I stay up all night reading book after book, for I have no family to object, and when I wake in the morning, slumped over a table or fallen off a chair, back aching, cold because no one thought to cover me with a blanket or tell me to come to bed, I feel very fortunate.” Silence”
― Alex Flinn, Beheld

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“It is hard to know how to save the world if one has never lived in it.”
― Alex Flinn, Girls of July

tags: bildungsroman, coming-of-age, summer, summer-love

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“Before she came here, she'd thought she could be independent. Now, she knew she could -- but only if she had the help of others and was able to help them in return.”
― Alex Flinn, Girls of July

tags: bildungsroman, chick-lit, friendship, summer-read

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