Alyson Noël is the #1 New York Times best selling, award-winning, author of 23 novels including: FAKING 19, ART GEEKS AND PROM QUEENS, LAGUNA COVE, FLY ME TO THE MOON, KISS & BLOG, SAVING ZOË, CRUEL SUMMER, FOREVER SUMMER (a LAGUNA COVE/CRUEL SUMMER 2-in1), KEEPING SECRETS (FAKING 19/SAVING ZOE 2-in-1), THE IMMORTALS series: EVERMORE, BLUE MOON, SHADOWLAND, DARK FLAME, NIGHT STAR, EVERLASTING; THE IMMORTALS spin-off, RILEY BLOOM series: RADIANCE, SHIMMER, DREAMLAND, WHISPER; The SOUL SEEKERS: FATED, ECHO, MYSTIC, HORIZON; with short stories apearing in the anthologies: FIRST KISS (THEN TELL), KISSES FROM HELL, & DEAR BULLY. She is currently working on a new series YA series, BEAUTIFUL IDOLS, the first book, UNRIVALED, will be in stores 05.10.16. Her new MG, FIVE DAYS OF FAMOUS, in stores 12.13.16. With over 8 New York Times bestsellers in 2 years, and over 7 million copies in print, her books have been translated into 37 languages, sold in over 50 countries, and have made the New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, Wall Street Journal, LA Times, NCIBA, Walmart, and numerous international bestsellers lists. And have won numerous awards such as: the National Reader's Choice Award, NYLA Book of Winter Award, NYPL Stuff for the Teenage, TeenReads Best Books of 2007, Reviewer's Choice 2007 Top Ten, appeared on the CBS Early Show's "Give the Gift of Reading" segment, and selected for Seventeen Magazine's "Hot List" and Beach Book Club Pick.The dramatic rights for all 6 books in THE IMMORTALS series optioned by producers Gil Adler (Constantine, Valkyrie) and Jason Rosenberg; All 4 books in THE SOUL SEEKERS series were optioned for film by Cheyenne Enterprises and Traziende Films; her stand alone novel, SAVING ZOE, optioned by producer/actresses Ellen Marano, Vanessa Marano (Switched at Birth), Laura Marano (Austin & Ally) with Jeffrey G Hunt (Vampire Diaries) directing; and her adult novel, FLY ME TO THE MOON, optioned by Ridley Scott's, Scott Free Productions, with Sharon Maguire (Bridget Jones' Diary) set to write and direct.Born and raised in Orange County, California, she's lived in both Mykonos and Manhattan and is now settled in Southern California where she's working on her next book.Photo by Nancy Villere.