Alexandra Bracken

It’s SIX DAYS (😱) until SILVER hits shelves and I just wanted to take a moment to thank @lbardugo, @authorjenlynnbarnes, @authorjelle, @elimpix, and @stephanie_garber for reading the book early, and for the incredibly kind words they’ve shared about it. I admire all of you SO much as humans and storytellers and I’m beyond honored to have your support! 🥺💙 Thank you, thank you, thank you! #bookstagram #alexandrabracken #silverinthebone #yafantasy https://www.instagram.com/p/CqYkv42P8gY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Tour is right around the corner! Just a quick update: unfortunately @roshanichokshi won’t be able to join me at @braveandkindbooks —we’ll miss you, Rosh! 💙 The link in my bio has all the details about how to register for each event. As a reminder, I’m happy to sign whatever books you bring with you! (I’m definitely looking forward to signing some LOREs after not being able to tour because of the pandemic!) #alexandrabracken #bookevents #authorsofinstagram #bookstagram #yafantasy #romantasy #thedarkestminds https://www.instagram.com/p/CqIwZHFp60Z/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I’m so happy you guys love @marymetzgr’s character art as much as I do! I wanted to share them again in case you missed one of the reveals or wanted to zoom in on a detail. ❤️ I’ll have a limited number of prints with me at each tour stop to share with you guys! For tour dates/times/locations use the link in my bio or copy + paste http://linktr.ee/readsilver The book is Silver in the Bone by Alexandra Bracken, in which a teen treasure hunter travels to the mystic otherland of Avalon with her growing found family to beat her rival to a ring said to be capable of breaking any curse. But the isle has a terrible curse of its own, and to survive, she and her rival will have to work together to unlock the isle’s dark secrets.⁣ #romantasy #tbrpile #alexandrabracken #characterart #bookstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp8CewMJtkK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

UK and Ireland-based friends! @teambkmrk is offering up an exclusive pre-order gift! They only have a limited number of pins, so once they’re gone, they’re gone! Open to all residents in the UK & Republic of Ireland aged 13 and over with a valid pre-order receipt from any retailer. Use the link in my bio to submit your information (and thank you for pre-ordering)! #silverinthebone #alexandrabracken #yafantasy #bookstagram #instabook #preorder #romantasy https://www.instagram.com/p/CpvCoM6L_HK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Good morning and happy #SILVERSunday!! I’m so excited to finally be able to share a full look at @virginiaallyn’s utterly enchanting map of Avalon (as it once was!) that’ll be included in the hardcover of SILVER IN THE BONE! 💙 ⁣ Want a color print of the map?? All pre-orders through my local indie @changinghands will receive one as a bonus gift! The only way to get a signed AND personalized copy of the book is to order through @changinghands or one of the stores I’ll be visiting on tour. A direct link is in my stories—just be sure to include how you’d like your book personalized in the order notes! Thank you all so much for your support—we’re only 29 days away from release now! 🥰 ⁣ ⁣ #yareaders #librariansofinstagram #authorsofinstagram #bookstagram #alexandrabracken #romantasy #yafantasy #whattoread #bookrecommendations #newbooks https://www.instagram.com/p/CpahY--p9ma/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Want to play a game while you wait for the big game? 😊 In SILVER IN THE BONE, Tamsin, her brother Cabell, and the other Hollowers in their guild break into the vaults of sorceresses to find legendary and magical relics. To break into my vault and find a long, perhaps Valentine’s Day-appropriate, excerpt, all you have to do is go to tinyurl.com/readsilver and enter the missing word from the quote on the second slide as your version of a skeleton key. 🗝️ (I truly believe you can guess this one! 😘) This excerpt is one of my favorite Tamsin + Emrys scenes, and I can’t wait for you to read it!! #silverinthebone #alexandrabracken #sitb #arthurianlegend #celticmythology #yalit #bookstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/Coka6i0JusN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

If you’ve seen something called The Rising Dark, that’s a digital bind-up of the short stories found in these editions that my UK publisher has released to UK readers only. My international publishers have all chosen to release these stories in different ways. Some have chosen to release the extras as digital-only or decided to bind up certain stories and not others. If you can’t find a story, or you’d like to see one of them translated and published, my recommendation is to directly contact the publisher for your language/country via social media or email.

Sorry to cut it a bit short but I have to run a few unexpected errands. We’ll do this again soon, I promise!

(I think this also answers your related ask, @raven-dreaming?) 

That’s all I have for you so far, I’m sorry! We’re working on bringing it back in a new format with some much needed tweaks. I’m hoping I’ll be able to share more soon! 

Pretty much all of Never Fade, actually. That book still feels very dark to me, though the ending of the novella In Time also haunts me.

At various points in the trilogy, I do think Clancy believes he wants to help the kids and is helping them. He’s not always wrong in what he tells Ruby about their world, but he also rarely does anything that doesn’t immediately benefit himself in some way. My feeling is that Clancy wanted an army to hurt his father and be able to fight back against him, which might have helped the other kids in the long run, but I can’t say that with any certainty. Clancy’s driving principle in this series is to hurt the person who hurt and betrayed him, and I think he’s convinced himself that the only way to get something is to take it, whether that’s by force or manipulation.   

I’m excited for it! Amazingly enough, I don’t really have any theories about it--I feel like I need to rewatch TFA and TLJ because I’ve kind of lost track of where we are story-wise and I haven’t been able to keep up with the books being published. What about you?

In survival situations (and we see Ruby and the others doing this as well), I think you learn to compartmentalize and push these things down to keep going, but I thought it was really important for Zu to finally acknowledge that aspect of herself. When she talks about the vase and kintsugi, she’s not saying that she’s a better or more beautiful person for having suffered, or that she’s mended, or that trauma is totally responsible for making her who she is today (though, clearly, trauma and hardship does affect us in major ways)--it’s her acknowledging that she shouldn’t feel like it’s a part of herself she needs to hide, or ignore, or feel ashamed of. Like you said, she has to reclaim who she is. 

I don’t think I ever decided it was anyone specific, just a League agent.

I am lucky enough to be able to write full time, but I had a day job for about five years in the publishing industry and wrote the whole TDM series on the weekends. 

I’m drafting a YA book based on a proposal I came up with earlier this year and waiting on edits for a WIP I’m calling LORE at the moment, which is an urban fantasy set in NYC and involves Greek mythology. I have a lot of free time this summer, so my goal is to create as much as possible and just have fun with the stories.