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Alexandra Bracken

Profession : Author

Birth : February 27, 1987

I was genuinely lucky to have the professors I did, many of whom took a very humanist approach in teaching history that went beyond memorizing dates and battles and all of that - basically, looking at the life of individuals throughout history, aided by fascinating primary sources.

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The powers of the teenagers in 'The Darkest Minds' were always meant to represent that inherent drive that young people have to make change, and how the world pushes back against it.

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Fear makes us do things we would otherwise never agree to do, and people can be emotionally manipulated into believing something during times of great stress and tragedy.

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I've learned to really love revision over the years and worked hard to build up my craft muscle to make my revisions less and less painful with each book.

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I didn't get to experience proper autumn until I was eighteen and heading off to college on the East Coast!

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I think history is just so cyclical.

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I absolutely love Johnny Depp, and I genuinely think he's one of the best actors of our time.

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Everything in New York is a fight. It's a fight to get on the subway. It's a fight to go to CVS. It's a fight to get a cab. And eventually, it wears you down.

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I had this almost secret life of going to 'Star Wars' conventions because,' when I was younger, Star Wars' had phased into the uncool part of its life and had yet to become cool again for everybody else.

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