Meet Alyssa!
Alyssa K. Burns is a journalist and young adult author who writes coming-of-age fiction focused on self-destruction to self-discovery. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Communication from California State University, East Bay, and her Master of Business Administration from California State University, San Marcos. Alyssa is an elder emo, iced-mocha enthusiast, and wife and mother who enjoys dancing in the kitchen instead of cooking.
Credentials
10+ years of published work as a journalist
BA in Communication from Cal State East Bay
MBA from Cal State San Marcos
Indie-published The Last Special Thing, which topped Amazon categories several times over:
#1 New Release YA Drug & Alcohol Abuse
#2 New Release YA Dating and Sex
#2 New Release YA Peer Pressure
#11 Best Seller YA Peer Pressure.
Co-founder and CEO of Architecture of Story.
Where you can find her
Drinking iced coffee even when it’s snowing.
On the 4th of July in San Diego with a to-gosy and a new outfit.
Contemplating if her daughter will have an identity crisis by giving her a variation of her own name.
Writing, editing, connecting, and repeating.
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