Words matter. These are the best Alexandra Bracken Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Between the ages of 8 and 12, all I wanted to read were ‘Star Wars’ books.
I think when we lose somebody, when we interact with those things that they also loved – like, you listen to their favorite music, or you read their favorite books – it’s just a way to get in touch with them and your memories of them.
When I was trying to figure out how the government might go about creating the camps in ‘The Darkest Minds,’ I researched the Japanese internment camps here in the United States, specifically propaganda the government used, and how they capitalized on people’s fears.
I absolutely love Johnny Depp, and I genuinely think he’s one of the best actors of our time.
In the years between ‘Afterlight’ and ‘Legacy,’ we see a Zu who has watched all of her older friends head out into the world to do meaningful work while she’s made to wait and hang back because of her age. It reinforces a feeling in her that she’s falling further and further behind and won’t ever catch up to them.
It might be the history major in me, but I look to the past when I try to construct my fictional futures.
Being a very tall person, I have always felt a kinship with giraffes.
I always try to have my supernatural or fantasy elements feel grounded in reality so they’re easier for the reader to accept and digest.
We are all protective over the things we love.
There’s so much standing around and waiting with moviemaking!
I didn’t get to experience proper autumn until I was eighteen and heading off to college on the East Coast!
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.
‘The Darkest Minds’ came from a period in my life where I felt my most powerless, when I was a teenager.
From the time I was in first grade or so, my dad collected ‘Star Wars’ toy figures from the 1970s and ’80s, and we’d take weekend family trips to antique shops and to toy stores. My father collected a crazy amount of ‘Star Wars’ stuff over the years, and he and I traveled to many conventions.
One of the things I noticed while I lived in New York City was how different the kids and teens were that grew up there versus, you know, my suburban upbringing. They have this innate resilience and toughness to them, and they’re incredibly self-sufficient, usually from a pretty young age.
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.
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.
For those of you looking for your action-packed read, check out ‘Red Queen’ by Victoria Aveyard and ‘Vengeance Road’ by Erin Bowman. One’s a fantasy and one’s a Western, but they both feature strong leading ladies and some harrowing twists!
I think history is just so cyclical.
I would be honored if someone reads my books and it inspires them to write their own work.
