Alex Flinn

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Alexandra Flinn (born October 23, 1966) is an American writer of novels for young adults. Her books have appeared on the New York Times and USA Today Bestseller lists and have been translated into over twenty foreign languages. Many of her books have made the American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults lists, as well as Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers.^[1] Many of her novels are modernized versions of classic fairy tales.

Flinn was born in Long Island, New York and grew up in Syosset, New York and Miami, Florida. At the age of five, she started thinking about being a writer and submitted early efforts to magazines like Highlights, which did not publish them. At twelve, she moved to Palmetto Bay, Florida, a suburb of Miami, where she still lives. She struggled to make friends at her new school, and she has said that this experience inspired much of her writing for young adults, particularly her book, Breaking Point.

She graduated from Miami-Palmetto High School and was in a performing arts program called PAVAC (Performing And Visual Arts Center), which inspired some of her book, Diva. She graduated from the University of Miami with a degree in vocal performance (opera), then went to law school at Nova Southeastern University.^[2] She practiced law for 10 years before quitting her day job to devote herself full-time to writing, following the acceptance of her third book.

• Breathing Underwater (2001),^[3] chosen as a Top 10 ALA Best Books for Young Adults and won the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Award
• Breaking Point (2002), chosen as a Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
• Nothing to Lose (2004), chosen as a Booklist Top 10 Youth Mystery, American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults, and an American Library Association Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
• Fade to Black (2005)
• Diva (2006), a sequel to Breathing Underwater
• A Kiss in Time (2009), a modern version of Sleeping Beauty^[4]
• Cloaked (2011), based upon several fairy tales, including The Frog Prince, The Shoemaker and the Elves, and The Six Swans
• Towering (2013), a retelling of Rapunzel
• Girls of July (2019)

• Beastly (2007), won the Detroit Public Library's Author Day Award and was a #1 New York Times bestseller after being adapted into a 2011 film
• Beastly: Lindy's Diary (2012), an original e-book and also published as part of a special edition of Beastly
• Bewitching (2012), a retelling of Cinderella, with mini-stories about Hansel and Gretel, The Princess and the Pea, and The Little Mermaid
• Mirrored (2015), a retelling of Snow White^[5]
• Beheld (2017), based upon several fairy tales, including Little Red Riding Hood, Rumpelstiltskin, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, and The Ugly Duckling

• Official blog
• Alex Flinn at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Alex Flinn at Library of Congress, with 11 library catalog records