Alexene Farol Follmuth, known by her

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Olivie Blake, is an American author who primarily writes

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, and is best known for ''

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'', a ''New York Times'' best seller.

Personal life

Prior to being a full time writer, Blake obtained a master's degree in Urban Planning and worked at a public defender's office while attending law school. Blake was born in the

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, is of half-

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descent, and currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband, son, and dog.

Career

Blake put her

through a name generator originally to anonymously write

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. She had self-published six novels prior to being picked up by a traditional publisher. Blake's most notable work is her only series, ''The Atlas Series'', a trilogy that follows six medeians who are invited to the Alexandrian Society, five of whom are promised initiation, at the cost of one's elimination. In 2020, ''

'' was self-published via Kindle by Blake; however, was later republished by

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in 2022 with revisions after going viral on

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, and

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. Late 2021,

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announced they will be collaborating with Brightstar Productions and Blake to produce the novel into a television series.

also republished Blake's ''Alone With You in the Ether'', and will be republishing ''One For My Enemy'' later in 2023. Blake published her first YA novel, ''My Mechanical Romance,'' in 2022 via Holiday House, under her real name, Alexene Farol Follmuth. ''My Mechanical Romance'' revolves around women in

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, and was inspired by her husband, who is a high school physics teacher. Blake uses her

for adult literature and her real name for

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literature.

Works

Series

''The Atlas Series'' * ''

'' (2020) * ''The Atlas Paradox'' (2022) * ''The Atlas Complex'' (2024)

Stand-alones

* ''Masters of Death'' (2018) * ''Lovely Tangled Vices'' (2018) * ''One For My Enemy'' (2019) * ''La Petite Mort'' (2019) * ''Alone With You in the Ether'' (2020) * ''My Mechanical Romance'' (2022)

Collections

''The Answer You Are Looking For Is Yes (An Anthology)'' * ''Pars Fortuna'' (2019) * ''The Magician's Assistant'' (2020) * ''Stone's Throw'' (2020) * ''Love in the Time of Dystopia'' (2020) * ''Grow Your Own Optimist'' (2020) * ''Toxic (''2021) ''Fairytale Collections'' * ''Fairytales of the Macabre'' (2017) * ''Midsummer Night Dreams'' (2018) * ''The Lovers Grim'' (2019)

Awards and achievements

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Blake, Olivie Living people American fantasy writers American women novelists 1988 births 21st-century pseudonymous writers Pseudonymous women writers Writers from the San Francisco Bay Area Women science fiction and fantasy writers American writers of young adult literature Women writers of young adult literature Novelists from California 21st-century American novelists 21st-century American women writers American writers of Filipino descent