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Alexandra Penn

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Born

Washington, DC, The United States

Website

https://www.alexandrapenn.com/

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Genre

Science Fiction, Fantasy, Young Adult

Member Since

January 2018

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Alexandra Penn was a museum kid. The daughter of a photographer and a Scuba diver, she spent her teenage years in the field: Penn has worked with Smithsonian archaeologists, NASA software engineers, volcanologists, and photographers. She also managed to fail Algebra II with a passing grade, which she's a little proud of.

Her work is both a love letter to and an intense criticism of the academic world.

She has been bitten by a shark, she watched the final shuttle launch from the fire escape outside Launch Control, and she has been a certified diver since age twelve. She likes dogs, long walks on the beach, and socialized medicine. Also books.

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Average rating: 4.56 · 59 ratings · 13 reviews · 3 distinct works

	The Letter Mage (Quarto, #1) 4.47 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Letter Mage (Quarto, #2) 4.74 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Letter Mage (Quarto, #3) 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Alexandra Penn's Blog: The Scratch Library

Update on the Hiatus: Graduate School

Hello, everyone! It's been a while without an update, so I thought I'd send one out.

First things first, I haven't forgotten about you. Graduate school is demanding, so the hiatus is going to last for a while longer while I get my degree--which I will be finished with as of next August, although I'm considering a PhD as well. You can follow that journey on or Twitter, and I'll post more regular upd

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