Alex Aster is a Colombian-American young adult author who is best known for the young adult fantasy series, Lightlark, and the middle-grade fantasy series, Emblem Island. She was born to Keith and Claudy Pierson on August 4, 1995 (source: Wikipedia). Aster is a #1 New York Times Bestselling, #1 Wall Street Journal Bestselling, #1 Publishers Weekly Bestselling, #1 Indie Bestselling, and USA Today Bestselling author (source: asterverse.com). Lightlark, which sold in 30+ territories, has an average rating of 3.72 out of 5 based on 34,918 ratings on Goodreads (source: Goodreads).