Alyssa Cole is a New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author of romance and thrillers. Her debut thriller When No One Is Watching was the winner of the 2021 Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best Paperback Original and the Strand Critics Award for Best Debut. Her Civil War-set espionage romance An Extraordinary Union was the American Library Association’s RUSA Best Romance for 2018, and her contemporary royal romcom A Princess in Theory was one of the New York Times’ 100 Notable Books of 2018. Her books have received critical acclaim from the New York Times, Library Journal, BuzzFeed, Kirkus, Booklist, Jezebel, Shondaland, Vulture, Book Riot, Entertainment Weekly, and various other outlets. When she’s not working, she can usually be found watching anime or wrangling her pets.
Alyssa writes across (and blends) genres, including: thriller, mystery, suspense, contemporary romance, sci-fi romance, speculative fiction, historical fiction, fantasy romance, and graphic novels.
Alyssa and her work have been featured in publications such as The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, the Washington Post, Slate, Jezebel, BookRiot, Kirkus, Library Journal, and many other publications. She has also written articles, op-eds, and reviews for Oprah Daily, the Washington Post, Vulture, the New York Times, et al.
