I'm a California native and a graduate of U.C. Berkeley, where I majored in theater and minored in everything that Berkeley has a reputation for.

After college I moved to Los Angeles, where I've made an interesting living doing novel adaptations and selling original suspense and horror scripts to various Hollywood studios, with one film made so far: an adaptation of novelist Sabine Deitmer's thriller, COLD KISSES.

My ghost story, THE HARROWING, debuted from St. Martin's Press in Fall 2006, and was nominated for Bram Stoker and Anthony awards for Best First Novel. The story is based on incidents from my high school and college years and grew out of my fascination with the correlation between mental/emotional illness and paranormal events.

My new supernatural thriller THE PRICE, set in a Boston hospital, is out now, and I'm contracted with St. Martin's for my next two supernatural thrillers; THE UNSEEN will be out in April 2009. I also have a story in the new noir superhero anthology THE DARKER MASK, from Tor Books, and I blog on mysteries and writing at http://murderati.com

I'm a former Director of the Writers Guild of America, west; I'm also the founder of WriterAction.com, a large and unruly cyber-community of professional screenwriters. Next to writing I love dance more than breathing: jazz, ballet, salsa, Lindy, swing - I do it all, every chance I get.

Website: http://alexandrasokoloff.com/