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About Alyssa

Short Bio:
Alyssa Colman is the author of THE GILDED GIRL and THE TARNISHED GARDEN. Her debut novel won the 2021 Northern Lights Book Award for middle grade fantasy and was selected as a best book of the year by Bank Street College of Education and A Mighty Girl. Alyssa now lives with her family in Virginia where she enjoys making messes in her kitchen, reading, and hiking with her dog, Daisy. 
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Long Bio: 
​Alyssa Colman is the author of THE GILDED GIRL and THE TARNISHED GARDEN. Her debut novel won the 2021 Northern Lights Book Award for middle grade fantasy and was selected as a best book of the year by Bank Street College of Education and A Mighty Girl.

​Alyssa studied English and Theater at Wake Forest University. As a playwright, she was a winner of the 2013 ESPA new play competition at Primary Stages in New York and was a semi-finalist at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center National Playwrights Conference. Alyssa now lives with her family in Virginia where she enjoys making messes in her kitchen, reading, and hiking with her dog, Daisy. 

Fun Facts About Alyssa

  •  Alyssa is left handed.
  • She has lived in five states: California (three times), North Carolina (twice), New York, New Jersey, and Virginia. She also briefly lived in Washington, DC, but that is technically not a state.
  • Her favorite foods are apricots and raspberries.
  • Alyssa has had many odd jobs before becoming an author. Notably, she worked as a caretaker for a flying squirrel colony, a waitress in a tie-dye friendly seafood restaurant, a golf pro shop attendant, a camp counselor, and house manager for an off-Broadway theater. 
  • She loves pie of any type except banana. Key lime is probably her favorite, but apple is pretty great too. 
  • When she's not writing, Alyssa is usually walking with her dog, Daisy.
    • Daisy is a Mini-Australian Shepherd mixed with something else. Probably Spaniel or Retriever, but it might also be a Swiffer because everything sticks to her coat.​
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