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I'm the Thriller Award-winning and Bram Stoker and Anthony Award-nominated author of the Amazon bestselling crime and supernatural thrillers The Harrowing, The Price, Book of Shadows, The Unseen, The Space Between, and the new FBI thriller series Huntress Moon. The New York Times Book Review has called me "a daughter of Mary Shelley" and my novels "some of the most original and freshly unnerving work in the genre."

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.

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I’m headed off to teach a Screenwriting Tricks workshop in Texas next week, and I'm going to be posting some prep work for my class, so you guys get the benefit of it, if you want to play along!



One of the things I always hope people get out of my workshops and writing workbooks is the concept ofsetpiece scenes.I try to hit that hard up front in a workshop, and keep going back to examples during... Read more of this blog post »
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Average rating: 3.71 · 2,762 ratings · 671 reviews · 16 distinct works · Similar authors
The Harrowing
3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 762 ratings — published 2006 — 7 editions
The Unseen
3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 547 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions
Book of Shadows
3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 314 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions
Huntress Moon (Huntress/FBI...
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 214 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions
The Price
3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 234 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions
The Shifters
3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 137 ratings4 editions
Screenwriting Tricks For Au...
4.37 of 5 stars 4.37 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions
Blood Moon
4.44 of 5 stars 4.44 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2013
The Space Between
3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
Keeper of the Shadows (The ...
4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions
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" This is the 2nd book in the series, really hard to put down and the suspense at the end is awesome! Read Huntress Moon first! Highly recommended. "
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" Loved this book! Great thriller! "
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" Action, tension, location! Fabulous book! The characters are riveting and must pick up first book in the Huntress/FBI series. Big fan of The Unseen, The Price, and The Book of Shadows too. "
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I am STRUGGLING to take my own advice and give myself some time off before I launch into the next draft (yes,...more
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message 10: by Gary (last edited May 16, 2013 03:49am)

Gary Hey Alexandra:

Just finished Blood Moon and I have to say it was an amazing read. I have read all of your books so far and eagerly await the next one. You are fast becoming my favorite author. Thanks for all the hours of reading enjoyment you are providing.


Christine Hatfield thanks for being my friend


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!


message 3: by Roger

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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