Alexandra Adornetto

Alexandra Adornetto is the pen name of Alexandra Grace (born 18 April 1994), an Australian author who writes for children and young adults. Her works include The Strangest Adventures series, the Halo trilogy and The Ghost House Saga. 2Biography Alexandra Emily Grace was born on 18 April 1994 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She is the daughter of an English teacher and a drama teacher and attended several schools including Mac.Robertson Girls' High School, Ruyton Girls' School, Korowa Anglican Girls' School and Eltham College. She grew up in Melbourne's inner east in a cottage called Byron. In 2006, she won the State Legacy Public Speaking Competition. She says she was 13 years old and on school holidays when she decided to become a recluse and started writing her first book for young adults, entitled The Shadow Thief. She did some research into Australian publishing houses, making sure she followed all the submission guidelines exactly, and then sent her 45,000-word manuscript to HarperCollins. She has said that it took HarperCollins about twenty-four weeks to get back to her asking to publish her book. Since then, Alexandra has written six more novels and commented in print on politics and other matter