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THE BITTER END COVER ART
Design credit: Casey Moses
Photography credit: Christine Blackburne
THE IVIES COVER ART
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Photography credit: Christine Blackburne
PRETTY DEAD QUEENS COVER ART
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Photography credit: Maggie Holmgren
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THE STARS WE STEAL COVER ART
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THRILLER BIOGRAPHY
Alexa Donne is the author of young adult thrillers The Ivies, a YALSA Teens’ Top Ten Winner, the Edgar Award nominated Pretty Dead Queens, and the And Then There Were None-inspired The Bitter End. By day, she lives in Los Angeles and works in television marketing. The rest of the time she contemplates creative motives for murder and takes too many pictures of her cats. You can find her in most places @alexadonne.
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When a winter storm traps eight teens in a remote ski cabin, they find themselves stranded with a killer—who may be one of their own. From the acclaimed author of The Ivies and Pretty Dead Queens comes a YA thriller that will make your blood run cold.
The trip of a lifetime might be the death of them all.
The students of LA’s elite Warner Prep can’t wait for their Senior Excursion—five days of Instagrammable adventure in one of the world’s most exclusive locations. This is not your average field trip.
Which is why eight students can’t believe their bad luck when they end up on a digital detox in an isolated Colorado ski chalet. Their epic trip is panning out to be an epic bore . . . until their classmates start dropping in a series of disturbing deaths. The message is clear: this trip is no accident.
And when a blizzard strikes, secrets are revealed, betrayals are exposed, and survival is at stake in a race to the bitter end.
BOOK INFO
US + English World
Hardcover: 352 pages
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers (October 15, 2024)
Language: English
ISBN-10 : 0593651065
ISBN-13 : 978-0593651063
AWARDS & HONORS
Kirkus, Most Anticipated Books, Fall 2024
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After the death of her mom (screw cancer), seventeen-year-old Cecelia Ellis goes to live with her estranged grandmother, a celebrated author whose Victorian mansion is as creepy as the murder mysteries she writes. On the surface, life is utterly ordinary in the California coastal town . . . until the homecoming queen is murdered. And she’s not Seaview’s first pretty dead queen.
With a copycat killer on the loose, Cecelia throws herself into the investigation, determined to crack the case like the heroines in her grandmother’s books. But the more Cecelia digs into the town’s secrets, the more she worries that her own mystery might not have a storybook ending.
BOOK INFO
US + English World
Hardcover: 336 pages
Publisher: Crown Books for Young Readers (October 4, 2022)
Language: English
ISBN-10 : 0593479823
ISBN-13 : 978-0593479827
AWARDS & HONORS
A 2023 Edgar Award Nominee for Best Young Adult
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“The Plastics meet the Heathers in this murder mystery about ruthless Ivy League ambition.” -Kirkus Reviews
Everyone knows the Ivies: the most coveted universities in the United States. Far more important are the Ivies. The Ivies at Claflin Academy, that is. Five girls with the same mission: to get into the Ivy League by any means necessary. I would know. I’m one of them. We disrupt class ranks, club leaderships, and academic competitions…among other things. We improve our own odds by decreasing the fortunes of others. Because hyper-elite competitive college admissions is serious business. And in some cases, it’s deadly.
Alexa Donne delivers a nail-biting and timely thriller about teens who will stop at nothing to get into the college of their dreams. Too bad no one told them murder isn’t an extracurricular.
BOOK INFO
Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Crown Books for Young Readers (May 25, 2021)
Language: English
ISBN-10 : 0593303709
ISBN-13 : 978-0593303702
AWARDS & HONORS
A YALSA Teens’ Top Ten Pick
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BOOK INFO
Hardcover: 400 pages
Publisher: Clarion Books (February 4, 2020)
Language: English
ISBN-10 : 1328948943
ISBN-13 : 978-1328948946
UK
Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Titan Books (4 Feb. 2020)
Language: English
ISBN-10 : 1789090180
ISBN-13 : 978-1789090185
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A lush and enthralling reimagining of the classic Jane Eyre, set amongst the stars.
Stella Ainsley leaves poverty behind when she quits her engineering job aboard the Stalwart to become a governess on a private ship. On the Rochester, there’s no ration on water, more books than one person could devour in a lifetime, and an AI who seems more friend than robot.
But no one warned Stella that the ship seems to be haunted, nor that it may be involved in a conspiracy that could topple the entire interstellar fleet. Surrounded by mysteries, Stella forges a warm connection with the brooding but kind, 19-year-old Captain Hugo. But as they grow closer, his unpredictable behavior causes suspicions to mount. Without knowing who to trust, Stella must decide whether to follow her head or her heart.
Alexa Donne’s breathtaking debut will seduce and beguile you, a story perfect for fans of Marissa Meyer and Amie Kaufman.
BOOK INFO
Hardcover: 400 pages
Publisher: Clarion Books (May 1, 2018)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1328948935
ISBN-13: 978-1328948939
UK
Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Titan Books (12 Jun. 2018)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1785659421
ISBN-13: 978-1785659423