“I had the strangest feeling -- like I had lost something without ever really having it in the first place -- that I wasn't what I once was, and wasn't at all what I was meant to be. The sensation made me feel hollow down to my bones.”

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.