Alex Aster is one of the most-followed authors in the world, with over 2 million followers, and over half a billion views on her videos. Aster is the #1 New York Times bestselling, #1 Publishers Weekly bestselling, #1 Indie bestselling, and USA Today bestselling author of the wildly popular LIGHTLARK series. LIGHTLARK has been sold in 30+ countries worldwide and Aster inked a major movie deal with Universal Pictures to adapt LIGHTLARK into a film before the book was even published via Abrams.
Since its release in August of 2022, Aster has sold over 4 million copies of LIGHTLARK in the US alone and has spent over 140 weeks on the New York Times Best Sellers list for the series. Aster was celebrated in the annual 2023 Forbes 30 Under 30 list following the meteoric success of the series. The second and third books in the LIGHTLARK series, NIGHTBANE and SKYSHADE, were published in 2023 and 2024, respectively. Aster recently released two brand-new novellas as a companion book to the series last September, GRIM AND ORO, as well as the highly anticipated fourth book in the series, CROWNTIDE, in December.
In Spring 2025, Aster published her debut adult novel SUMMER IN THE CITY, a romantic comedy that instantly became a New York Times bestseller. The project rights were immediately snapped up and is now set to become a feature film via New Line Cinema. Aster also announced she will be making her debut in the adult romantasy space with her upcoming STARSIDE, which will hit shelves on March 31, 2026.
In 2020, Aster published her first novel, the first book in the young adult Emblem Island series, CURSE OF THE NIGHT WITCH. The second book of the series was released shortly after in 2021. Aster graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania, where she studied creative writing.
