Alexene Farol Follmuth, known by her

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Olivie Blake, is an American writer who primarily writes

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novels, and is best known for '' The Atlas Six'' (2020), a ''New York Times'' best seller.

Personal life

Prior to being a full time writer, Blake obtained a master's degree in Urban Planning and worked at a public defender's office while attending law school. Blake was born in the

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, is of half- Filipino descent, and currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband and son.

Career

Blake put her

through a name generator originally to anonymously write

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. She self-published six novels prior to being picked up by a traditional publisher. Blake's most notable work is her only series, The Atlas Series, a fantasy trilogy that follows six medeians who are invited to the Alexandrian Society, five of whom are promised initiation, at the cost of one's elimination. In 2020, '' The Atlas Six'' was self-published via Kindle by Blake; however, it was later republished by

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in 2022 with revisions after going viral on

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, and

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. Late 2021,

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announced they will be collaborating with Brightstar Productions and Blake to produce the novel into a television series.

also republished Blake's ''Alone With You in the Ether'', ''One for My Enemy,'' and ''Masters of Death.'' Blake published her first YA novel, ''My Mechanical Romance,'' in 2022 via Holiday House, under her legal name, Alexene Farol Follmuth. ''My Mechanical Romance'' revolves around women in

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, and was inspired by the author's husband, who is a high school physics teacher. Blake uses her

for adult literature and her real name for

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Works

Series

''The Atlas Series'' * '' The Atlas Six'' (2020) * ''The Atlas Paradox'' (2022) * ''The Atlas Complex'' (2024)

Stand-alones

Source: * ''Masters of Death'' (2018) * ''Lovely Tangled Vices'' (2018) * ''One For My Enemy'' (2019) * ''La Petite Mort'' (2019) * ''Alone With You in the Ether'' (2020) * ''Januaries'' (2024) * '' Gifted and Talented'' (2025)

As Alexene Farol Follmuth

Source: *''My Mechanical Romance'' (2022) *''Twelfth Knight'' (2024)

Collaborations

* From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi (2023) * In These Hallowed Halls: A Dark Academia Anthology (2023)

Witch Way Anthologies

* ''The Answer You Are Looking For Is Yes: A Witch Way Anthology'' (2020) * ''Grow Your Own Optimist!: A Witch Way Anthology (2023)''

Fairytale Collections

Source: * ''Fairytales of the Macabre'' (2017) * ''Midsummer Night Dreams'' (2018) * ''The Lovers Grim'' (2019)

Awards and achievements

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Blake, Olivie Living people American fantasy writers American women novelists 1988 births 21st-century pseudonymous writers Pseudonymous women writers Writers from the San Francisco Bay Area American women science fiction and fantasy writers American writers of young adult literature American women writers of young adult literature Novelists from California 21st-century American novelists 21st-century American women writers American writers of Filipino descent