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Alexa Donne

Alexa Donne is the author of young adult thrillers The Ivies and Pretty Dead Queens, as well as sci-fi romance retellings Brightly Burning and The Stars We Steal. A TV marketer by day, in her spare time she mentors teens in writing and runs her popular writing advice YouTube channel. Find her in most places @alexadonne.

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Both an aesthetic and a subgenre of fiction, dark academia explores morally gray characters with impious or evil intentions set against the backdrop of beautiful, hallowed, and unsettling boarding schools and university campuses. The dark academia subgenre encompasses everything from murder mysteries to horror and fantasy, so there's a little something in it for everyone. From angst-filled fiction to brooding novels, we've rounded up the very best listens.