Bracken, Alexandra
Entry updated 30 October 2026. Tagged: Author.
(1987- ) US author who began to publish genre fiction with the Young Adult novel Brightly Woven (2010), which like much of her other work is Fantasy. Of sf interest is the YA series The Darkest Minds opening with The Darkest Minds (2012), in whose near-future Dystopia various young folk acquire Psi Powers and/or Superpowers as a side-effect of a Pandemic. The tyrannical state is strongly hostile to such wild talents; Paranoia is rife and no one can be entirely trusted. The book was filmed as The Darkest Minds (2018) directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson.
The Princess, the Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy (2015) retells the story of the film Star Wars (1977) for children. The Passenger sequence opening with Passenger (2016) is Time-Travel romance; the Prosper Redding tales opening with The Dreadful Tale of Prosper Redding (2017) are fantasy for younger readers; the YA Silver in the Bone series beginning with Silver in the Bone (2023) is again fantasy. [DRL]
Alexandra Bracken
born Phoenix, Arizona: 27 February 1987
works
series
The Darkest Minds
- The Darkest Minds (New York: Hyperion Books, 2012) [The Darkest Minds: hb/Sammy Yuen]
- Never Fade (New York: Disney/Hyperion Books, 2013) [The Darkest Minds: hb/]
- In the Afterlight (New York: Disney/Hyperion Books, 2014) [The Darkest Minds: hb/Sammy Yuen]
- Through the Dark (New York: Disney/Hyperion Books, 2015) [coll: The Darkest Minds: hb/]
- The Darkest Legacy (New York: Disney/Hyperion Books, 2018) [The Darkest Minds: hb/]
Star Wars Universe
- The Princess, the Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy (Glendale, California: Disney Lucasfilm Press, 2015) [tie to the Star Wars Universe: Star Wars: hb/Khoa Ho]
Passenger
- Passenger (New York: Disney/Hyperion Books, 2016) [Passenger: hb/]
- Wayfarer (New York: Disney/Hyperion Books, 2017) [Wayfarer: hb/Michael Heath]
Prosper Redding
- The Dreadful Tale of Prosper Redding (New York: Disney/Hyperion Books, 2017) [Prosper Redding: hb/Marco Marella]
- The Last Life of Prince Alastor (New York: Disney/Hyperion Books, 2019) [Prosper Redding: hb/Marco Marella]
Silver in the Bone
- Silver in the Bone (New York: Alfred A Knopf, 2023) [Silver in the Bone: hb/Tomasz Majewski]
- The Mirror of Beasts (New York: Alfred A Knopf, 2023) [Silver in the Bone: hb/Filip Hodas]
individual titles
- Brightly Woven (New York: Egmont USA, 2010) [hb/]
- Lore (New York: Disney/Hyperion Books, 2021) [hb/Billelis]
- Immortal Rose (New York: HarperCollins/Avon, 2026) [hb/]
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