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Alexandra Ares

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Alexandra Ares is the author of several novels, plays, nonfiction, and a short story collection. Her play "Youthtopia" received the Romanian Academy Prize for Drama in 2024 (for the editorial year of 2022). Her early fiction — including the indie hit "My Life on Craigslist", the first novel about online dating, "Dream Junkies", and the award-winning novella "The Other Girl" — explores bohemian immigrant life in New York with wit and precision.

Alexandra was born in Bucharest and first arrived in NYC in 1997, where she was naturalized a US citizen in 2004.

In recent years she has turned to playwriting, publishing two acclaimed collections: "Alexandra Ares: Theater" (Romanian Academy Press) and "Utopias for the 21st Century" (Junimea Publishi
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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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Published on March 12, 2013 04:21 Tags: award-winning-fiction, awards, romance-dream-junkies
Average rating: 3.4 · 390 ratings · 73 reviews · 11 distinct worksSimilar authors
My Life on Craigslist: A Fi...

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Visatoarele

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Brand New Americans

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The Other Girl

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Brand New Americans: Stories

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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
•it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

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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“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
•it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

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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