Alex Flinn

Quick Facts

Full Name	Alex Flinn
Occupation	Young Adult Author
Date Of Birth	Oct 23, 1966(1966-10-23)
Age	58
Birthplace	New York
Country	United States
Birth City	New York
Horoscope	Scorpio

Alex Flinn Biography

Alex Flinn is one of the most popular and richest Young Adult Author who was born on October 23, 1966 in New York, New York, United States. Known for her work in the young adult fiction genre, Flinn published eleven books between 2001 and 2012. Her best-known works include Diva, Breaking Point, A Kiss in Time, and Beastly.

She was born in the same month and year as fellow award-winning young adult novelist Sherman Alexie.

Breathing Underwater was Flinn’s first novel. It was originally published in 2001 and was chosen a Top 10 ALA Best Books for Young Adults for that year. It tells the story of 16-year-old Nicholas Andreas, a wealthy Miami teen who is sent to anger management because his girlfriend, Caitlin, takes out a restraining order against him. Ordered by the judge to write about his relationship, Nick tells of falling in love with her, and the eventual time when his anger took over and he hit her. Flinn based the book in part on her experience as a lawyer working with domestic violence cases. The book is set in Miami and Key West, Florida. An excerpt from the book was included in Liz Claiborne, Inc’s Love is Not Abuse curriculum, which was formulated to teach students about dating violence. Diva, a sequel to Breathing Underwater was released in 2006. It tells the story of Caitlin attending performing arts school as she gets over what happened between her and Nick and learns to be her own person while bonding with her often-flighty mother.

Breaking Point, Flinn’s second novel, was published in 2002. It was a Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers. It deals with school violence and bullying. In it, Paul Richmond, who has trouble fitting in at a private school where his mother works as a secretary. People at school pick on him. Then, Paul meets Charlie, a more popular boy who seems to be Paul’s ticket to fitting in. However, Charlie pressures Paul to commit acts of vandalism and break into the school and change his grade. Then, he asks him to do something more shocking.

She was raised in Long Island, New York and Palmetto Bay, Florida. Her marriage to Eugene Flynn resulted in daughters named Katherine and Meredith.

Alex Flinn Net Worth

Alex Flinn is one of the richest Young Adult Author from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Alex Flinn 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After earning a degree in opera performance from the University of Miami, she graduated from Nova South Eastern University’s law school and had a decade- long career as an attorney.

Her debut novel Breathing Underwater was named one of the American Library Association’s Top 10 Young Adult Fiction Works of 2001.

Alexandra Flinn (born October 23, 1966) is an American writer of novels for young adults. To date, she has written twelve books and one original e-book, that have been published with another due in 2017. Her books have appeared on the New York Times and USA Today Bestseller lists and have been translated into over twenty foreign languages.

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A Kiss in Time was released in 2009. A Junior Library Guild selection for 2009, the novel is a modern version of Sleeping Beauty, in which Talia, princess of Euphrasia, touches a spindle, falling into a deep sleep for three- hundred years. She wakes to the kiss of an American boy named Jack, on a tour of Europe. Since everyone in her kingdom is angry at her for touching the spindle, she persuades Jack to take her back to his Miami home, where she enters a modern world, replete with South Beach models and Jell-O shots. A humorous fish-out-of-water romance, Booklist magazine said in their review that “fans of Meg Cabot’s Princess Diaries and Gail Carson Levine’s Ella Enchanted (1997) will embrace this charming, lightweight fantasy.” Publishers Weekly called the book, “clever and humorous,” while Horn Book Magazine called it “satisfying.”

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Alex Ranked on the list of most popular Young Adult Author. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Alex Flinn celebrates birthday on October 23 of every year.

This book is written as a diary showing the events of Beastly from Lindy’s perspective, along with a few extra things. This was an original e-book and was also published as part of a special edition of Beastly in 2011.

Why did Alex Flinn write breathing underwater?

It was law school that probably helped with my first novel. Breathing Underwater deals with the serious and all-too-common problem of dating violence. I based the book on my experiences interning with the State Attorney’s Office and volunteering with battered women.

Where does Alex Flinn live?

Her other books for teens include Breathing Underwater, Breaking Point, Nothing to Lose, Fade to Black, and Diva. She lives in Miami with her family.

Where was Alex Flinn born?

Glen Cove, NY

Who is Caitlin's best friend in Breathing Underwater?

Other students, namely Caitlin’s best friend Elsa , taunt him in class. Nick writes about going to the party with Caitlin.

What kind of book is Breathing Underwater?

Fiction