This live Q&A event is available for members with full, extended, or time traveler admission levels. 

​Alyssa was born in small-town Milton, Florida, but life as a roving military kid soon mellowed her (unintelligibly strong) Southern accent. Wanderlust is in her blood, and she’s always waiting for the wind to change. Stories remain her constant. Alyssa received her BA in English with an emphasis in Creative Writing from Berry College and her MA with honors in Writing for Young People at Bath Spa University. In 2013, she won a prize from the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity for her creative non-fiction essay, Naan in the Afghan Village. She’s worked for as a Now Novelwriting mentor and a blog formatter for BookBub.

Alyssa is represented by Amber Caraveo at Skylark Literary. Her debut The Eleventh Trade – “a powerful story of love, loss, friendship and hope, centered around Sami, a young refugee from Afghanistan now building a new life with his grandfather in Boston” – came out Fall 2018 with Roaring Brooks/Macmillan (U.S.) and Piccadilly Press (U.K.). Her second book The Invisible Boy releases Fall 2019.

Events can only be accessed on the date and time they become available. Q&A Events go open for questions 30 minutes before the session starts.

This event will remain accessible until February 17th for members with General and Full Admission, and March 10th for members with Extended and Time Traveler Admission.