Alexa Donne works in international television marketing in Los Angeles. She graduated magna cum laude with a degree in Magazine Journalism from Boston University, and previously worked at EF Foundation for Foreign Study, where she managed a bustling Southern region, finding homes for high school foreign exchange students. An avid pop culture fan, Alexa spent many years in Harry Potter fandom, including several positions on staff with convention group HPEF (HP Education Fanon). She coordinated a YA Lit track for HP con Ascendio in 2012, ran the 2016 Harry Potter and YA Literature convention Leviosa, and was on the YA Lit staff for DragonCon from 2012 to 2017. Because she doesn’t have enough on her plate, Alexa is also a mod for /r/YAwriters, co-host of the podcast Upvote YA, a YouTuber, co-creator of Author Mentor Match, a mentor with WriteGirl, and a Senior Advisor with College Essay Advisors. Brightly Burning, a YA retelling of Jane Eyre set in space, is her debut novel.