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Alek L. Cristea

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in France

February 24

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Science Fiction, Fantasy, Young Adult

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July 2011

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Alek L. Cristea is a trans, gay, witch who writes the queer YA SFF he wanted--and needed--to read when he was a teen.

When not scribbling words he's found reading, playing video games, or engaged with one of his many other hobbies (which he seems to keep accumulating over the years).

Alek has been making worlds up since he can remember, first for his toys to inhabit, and then in his head.

Even now these stories get downloaded (if only) to paper, all that daydreaming takes up an impressive amount of processing power--meaning you can bet he always leaves the laundry in the drum and never folds the bedding. (Cooking though - that never gets forgotten, because that's a magic all its own!)

He lives with his three cats and his not-quite-husband an ...more

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Harrow the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #2)

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“When I was a child, adults would tell me not to make things up, warning me of what would happen if I did. As far as I can tell so far, it seems to involve lots of foreign travel and not having to get up too early in the morning.”
― Neil Gaiman, Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions

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