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Alexandra Ares

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In 2011 and 2012 Alexandra Ares came out with three novels and won 3 important indie awards, establishing herself as a highly original new American author. Like Ayn Rand in literature or Craig Ferguson in late night comedy, two of her idols, Romanian-born Alexandra Ares creates her own rules: it's the immigrant experience.

Alexandra Ares is a member of Pen American Center, Dramatist Guild of America and Union of Romanian Writers (USR). Novelist, playwright, screenwriter, television host, documentary maker and cultural critic with a Ph.D. in American Dramatic Literature, Ares is a fierce, original, creative spirit worth keeping an eye on. She was featured in Elle, Time Out, Cosmopolitan, and many radio and TV shows. She lives in Manhattan, NY In 2011 and 2012 Alexandra Ares came out with three novels and won 3 important indie awards, establishing herself as a highly original new American author. Like Ayn Rand in literature or Craig Ferguson in late night comedy, two of her idols, Romanian-born Alexandra Ares creates her own rules: it's the immigrant experience.

Alexandra Ares is a member of Pen American Center, Dramatist Guild of America and Union of Romanian Writers (USR). Novelist, playwright, screenwriter, television host, documentary maker and cultural critic with a Ph.D. in American Dramatic Literature, Ares is a fierce, original, creative spirit worth keeping an eye on. She was featured in Elle, Time Out, Cosmopolitan, and many radio and TV shows. She lives in Manhattan, NY.

But let's start with the beginning. Alexandra Ares was born in Bucharest, where her father was an eccentric comedy playwright and her mother a charismatic French teacher. When she first first saw her Dad speaking to himself and laughing while driving his car, most likely saying the lines of whatever comedy he was then writing, Alexandra knew that her father was "different".

After the fall of communism, her formerly drab life changed completely, as she was admitted on top of the list at the leading University of Drama and Film in Bucharest, the hardest to get into in the entire country. In her second year of college she started working for television, producing and directing her first documentary of 90 minutes at the tender age of 22, and her TV series about theater by the time she graduated from college. During that time she travelled extensively across Europe covering the arts.

However, she left that safe, charmed life, and changed her destiny completely for the second time, when she moved to New York after an experimental eye surgery in 1998. With black post surgical sunglasses, no friends and no money in her pocket, she took a series of odd jobs and experienced the hardships and adventures of being a first generation immigrant, which later inspired her writing.

Her debut novel was DREAM JUNKIES published for the first time in Romania in 2008, where it was an unexpected best seller, is Finalist of the Book of the Year Award in Romance category (ForeWord Reviews). Her second novel, MY LIFE ON CRAIGSLIST, is Finalist of the Best Books Award for Women Fiction in 2011, and THE OTHER GIRL, Winner of the Best Indie Novella Award in 2012.

Her heroes are vibrant, single, immigrant New York women and men, at different ages and stages of their lives in the city with a keen sense of humor, unusual points of view, who are daring, sensitive, and insightful, at crossroads of sorts, living interesting lives.

Before her launch as a novelist, Alexandra Ares was known as a quirky columnist of her own literary magazine, Manhattan Chronicles, where she published provocative, witty essays about relationships shifts at the dawn of the 21st century.

Alexandra thanks you for taking your time to check out her books on Goodreads. She appreciates critiques from people who read the entire book, and she thanks you for NOT reviewing her books after skimming only the first page.
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DREAM JUNKIES IS FINALIST OF BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR (BOTYA)

I am excited that yesterday ForeWord Reviews announced that my novel DREAM JUNKIES is Finalist of the Book of the Year Award (BOTYA) 2012 in the Romance category. Dream Junkies is available in Romania as Visatoarele, published by Polirom in a literary romance collection. Check it out in whatever version you can :-)

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	My Life on Craigslist: A Fictitious Diary 3.24 avg rating — 285 ratings — published 2011 — 8 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
	Visatoarele 3.69 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2008 — 9 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
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	The Other Girl 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2011 — 5 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
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“EXCERPT FROM CHAPTER ONE
MY LIFE ON CRAIGSLIST

Stars and Cards Never Lie

Date: 2011-04-1, 9:17PM EST

Reply to: sev-rgddta-26664852@craigslist.org

Life and the economy beating you down? The accuracy of the Rider Waite Tarot cards and my Astrology consultations will amaze you. The insight you’ll gain from these readings will be a fantastic catalyst for spiritual growth and personal advancement. Available by phone and skype. Alternative decks and house calls can be arranged upon request.

•Location: New York City, MANHATTAN
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Chapter 1
Four Cookies and a Funeral

Yesterday I went on Craigslist and hired a Tarot reader to tell me whether I was in any danger of losing my job. I wasn’t really worried because last week, an astrologer I’d also found on Craigslist, had told me there was no major movement in the sixth house, which is the area of my chart that governs work. But just in case, I met with the Tarot card reader who told me everything was going to be okay.
Today I got canned.”
― Alexandra Ares, My Life on Craigslist: A Fictitious Diary

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