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Alexandra Robbins

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*News! GEEKS has been voted The BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF 2011!*

In the style of Pledged and The Overachievers: THE GEEKS SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH: POPULARITY, QUIRK THEORY, AND WHY OUTSIDERS THRIVE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL. See alexandrarobbins.com/geeks for details.

New York Times bestselling author Alexandra Robbins is an investigative journalist who has written for a variety of publications, including The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, The Atlantic Monthly, The Washington Post, Cosmopolitan, and Forbes. Robbins regularly appears in the national media, on shows such as "60 Minutes," "The Oprah Winfrey Show," "The Today Show," "The View," "The Colbert Report" and "Anderson Cooper 360."

The winner of the 2007 Heartsongs Award for contributions to the mental...more

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Alexandra Robbins's Blog: The Secret Lives of Authors

How I Start to Write a Book

I get a lot of questions from readers and aspiring writers about what my "process" is. Today I started writing my next book, so I figured I should write a post about how I begin. (Note, though, that I started the actual reporting a long time ago.)

So this is what I've done so far today:

ALEXANDRA'S WRITING PROCESS:

1) Write three sentences.
2) Snack time!
3) Write a paragraph. Woo!
4) Still hungry. W... read more »

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Average rating: 3.27 · 8,857 ratings · 1,496 reviews · 12 distinct works

	Pledged: The Secret Life of Sororities 3.06 avg rating — 4,796 ratings — published 2004 — 10 editions	My rating:
	The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth: Popularity, Quirk Theory and Why Outsiders Thrive After High School 3.67 avg rating — 1,733 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Overachievers: The Secret Lives of Driven Kids 3.81 avg rating — 1,038 ratings — published 2006 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Quarterlife Crisis: The Unique Challenges of Life in Your Twenties by Alexandra Robbins (Goodreads Author), Abby Wilner 3.04 avg rating — 563 ratings — 6 editions	My rating:
	Secrets of the Tomb: Skull And Bones, The Ivy League, And the Hidden Paths Of Power 2.93 avg rating — 343 ratings — published 2002 — 15 editions	My rating:
	Conquering Your Quarterlife Crisis: Advice from Twentysomethings Who Have Been There and Survived 3.26 avg rating — 138 ratings — published 2004 — 5 editions	My rating:
	It's a Wonderful Lie: 26 Truths About Life in Your Twenties by Emily Franklin, Alexandra Robbins (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	It's a Wonderful Lie: 26 Truths About Life in Your Twenties by Emily Franklin, Alexandra Robbins (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	It's a Wonderful Lie: 26 Truths About Life in Your Twenties by Emily Franklin, Alexandra Robbins (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	It's a Wonderful Lie: 26 Truths About Life in Your Twenties by Emily Franklin, Alexandra Robbins (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.42 avg rating — 247 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	My rating:

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Not my usual kind of read but I'm glad I read it. Groff's writing is lovely. I wasn't in love with the plot; I think, perhaps, I would have preferred to have gotten to know some of the paternal candidates better so I would have been more invested in...more
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“It's not about what you've done; it's how you've experienced whatever has happened to you. Matt Lawrence in The Overachievers”
― Alexandra Robbins

tags: inspirational , life

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“In one survey, respondents listed Princeton as one of the country’s top ten law schools. The problem? Princeton doesn’t have a law school”
― Alexandra Robbins

tags: public-opinion

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“In 1994, the College Board changed the test’s name from Scholastic Aptitude Test to the Scholastic Assessment Test. Now according to the College Board, the letters don’t stand for anything anymore. Perhaps that itself is symbolic.”
― Alexandra Robbins

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message 17: by Christine

Apr 25, 2012 04:14am

thanks for being my friend

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message 16: by Andrea

Mar 12, 2012 08:30pm

Thanks for the friendship:)

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message 15: by Robert

Jan 31, 2012 06:02am

Thanks for accepting my friend request, Alexandra.

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message 14: by Maryann

Dec 28, 2011 01:34pm

Congratulations on your novel voted best non-fiction :)

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message 13: by Krisi

Dec 27, 2011 10:34pm

I'm a college senior, and I just wanted to tell you after I read Overachievers, I got to feel better about myself. I am no where near the level of most of the students in your book, but I feel like the overachievers, and the things they're struggling with is very over looked. I used it as a topic starter in one of my education classes.

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message 12: by Mona (last edited Nov 18, 2011 12:32pm)

Nov 18, 2011 12:31pm

Oh, I subscribe to Marie Claire, one of my favorite zines. I'll definitely check out the interview.

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message 11: by Mona

Nov 18, 2011 12:30pm

Hello Alexandra :)

Voted! Good luck.

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message 10: by Alexandra

Nov 17, 2011 07:13am

Josh wrote: "Hi Ms. Robbins, I'm quite honored to be your Goodreads friend! I loved The Overachievers. Keep up the great work!"

Thanks, Josh! Goodreads friends can drop the Ms. - you can just call me Alexandra : )

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Nov 17, 2011 06:40am