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I'm a California native and a graduate of U.C. Berkeley, where I majored in theater and minored in everything that Berkeley has a reputation for.

After college I moved to Los Angeles, where I've made an interesting living doing novel adaptations and selling original thriller scripts to various Hollywood studios.

My ghost story, THE HARROWING, debuted from St. Martin's Press in 2006, and was nominated for Bram Stoker and Anthony awards for Best First Novel.

The New York Times Review Of Books called my supernatural thriller THE PRICE "some of the most original and freshly unnerving work in the genre". THE UNSEEN is based on real paranormal research conducted at the Duke University parapsychology lab, and BOOK OF SHADOWS teams a Boston homicide...more


This week is the release of the International Thriller Writers' ITW’s new romantic suspense anthology Thriller 3: Love is Murder .







Edited by Sandra Brown and Allison Brennan, featuring stories by Lee Child, Heather Graham, Sherrilyn Kenyon, several authors some of you will know from Murderati: Allison, Rob Browne, JT Ellison, and a whole lot of other great
authors. And me.



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Average rating: 3.65 · 1,247 ratings · 341 reviews · 12 distinct works
The Harrowing
3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 476 ratings — published 2006 — 7 editions
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The Unseen
3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 259 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions
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The Price: A Novel
3.53 of 5 stars 3.53 avg rating — 169 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions
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Book of Shadows
3.48 of 5 stars 3.48 avg rating — 146 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions
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The Space Between
4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
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4.63 of 5 stars 4.63 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions
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4.89 of 5 stars 4.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2011
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The Edge of Seventeen
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message 8: by Dylan

Dylan Thanks for the friendship, Alexandra!


Alexandra Sokoloff Hey Melissa - how great to hear from you! I DO remember, you were a welcome flash of Berkeley (in my mind) in the South. Glad to see you here!


Melissa Keith Hi Alexandra! Thanks for accepting my friend request. We met at Books-a-Million in VA Bch, VA. Remember? I was the crazy lady with the short hair and lots of piercings. :-)


Pamela Hey Alexandra...Thanks for accepting my friend request.


Maureen Mullis Thanks for accepting my request Alexandra! I'm looking forward to reading your reviews and recommendations, and maybe have a little fun comparing notes!


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Roger Cottrell Hi Alexandria,
Always great to meet another horror andf thriller fan. There's a couple of mine that you might like. THE LUNDQUIST CHRONICLES are inspired by MNR James and Nigel Kneale's Quatermass and available on http://www.lulu.com/content/4649341 HOLLYWOOD BOWL is meantime a thriller and you can look that one up on http://www.lulu.com/content/2557400 Thanks for the friendship on Goodreads and hope to hear from you shortly.
ROGER


message 2: by Mike

Mike Philbin as you're my friend and you're online right now, I'll say "Hello from Oxford".


Readersentertainment I am dying for your next book!!!! :-)


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