“But hey, what's life without a little adversity?"That had to have been the fakest attempt at optimism since my fourth grade teacher tried reasoning that we were better off without the dead kids in our class because it'd mean more turns on the playground swings for the rest of us.”

American author

Alexandra Bracken is an American author known for her young adult fiction, especially the Darkest Minds series and the Passenger series. Her work is closely associated with imaginative, high-stakes stories for teen readers. She is best known for the two series named above, which have brought her a wide readership and made her a familiar voice in contemporary young adult writing.