Behind the Author
| Name: | Alexandra Lee Iturralde, but most people call me Alexa, Lexa, or Lexy. Please...anything but Al. :P |
| Nickname(s): | I was known in high school as Batgirl, and in the past couple years, I seem to have picked up Sexy Lexy. Hee. ;) |
| Age: | An entire two decades. Does that mean I have to start acting like an adult now or something? |
| Birthday: | January 8th |
| Hobbies: | Writing, hanging with friends, writing, reading novels and comic books, drawing, writing, driving, htmling, watching movies, writing, listening to music, dreaming, but dreading the rest of my life, playing badminton, wasting away time in general... oh, yeah... and writing. |
| Current Favorite Subjects: | Not applicable, at the moment. I'll let you know it April when I start school again. |
| Current Subjects I Hate: | See above. |
| Favorite Color: | Midnight blue, accented with silver. Though, in general, I just love blue. I also like black and red quite a bit. |
| Favorite Food: | Er...it'd help if I had the appetite to eat more these days. In general, I love chocolate, and I'll eat most anything but seafood, avacados, tomatoes, and bell peppers. I even tried crocodile in Australia. Heh. |
| Favorite Kind of Music: | I'm on a major grunge/angst rock trip at the moment, though I enjoy other rock, hip hop, pop, country, alternative, ska, rockabilly, dance, techno, musicals, and most other types of music. Just don't come near me with opera or easy listening, or I'll hurt you severely. |
| Favorite Writers and Works: |
Novels and related: Clive Cussler, Ann Rice, John Grisham, Roald Dahl, Catch 22, Harry Potter
Comic books: Warren Ellis, Alan Moore, Dennis O'Neil, Greg Rucka, Batman: Year One, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Understanding Comics (Scott McCloud), Hellblazer |
| My Future: |
If only I knew... I'm back home in California these days, and I'm going to be heading back to Foothill College in April. I'll be concentrating my studies on English, with an emphasis on Creative Writing. I'm spending the time till April pushing myself to write some stories I've had buzzing around my head that may end up being publishable, if I'm lucky. I'm even hoping to land a job, as low on the ranks as need be, with a publishing company or something similar to get my foot in the industry's door, so to say. Also, since I do plan on going back to Sydney eventually, I'd love to study Post-Grad Vreative Writing at the University of Sydney.
Hey...maybe I do actually have some direction... |
| Current Likes: | I'm heavily into Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, and all things Warren Ellis right now. (Gee...I'm not swayed by mass marketing ploys... heh. Well, at least I have Ellis to show for it.) |
| Current Hates: | Thankfully enough, I can't list my ex-boyfriend here. Well, not right now, anyway. I do hate overplayed Creed songs, and this freakin' freezing weather right now. I thought this was California!! |
| Pets: | There are two cats in the house: my brother's mongrel of a cat, Linus, and my gorgeously beautiful orange tabby cat, Tigger. |
| Why I Write: | The short of it, it's all about emotions for me. I put what I feel and percieve around me on paper and hope it turns into something beautiful, touching, shocking, sympathetic, unnerving, terrifying, and, most of all, moving. The nature of humans interests and astounds me in so many ways, that I want to explore as much about them as I can through words. And, hopefully, I'll not only entertain my audience, but reach them in the most secret and desperate places of their soul, as I have been myself by other writers. |
| Why I Like Batman So Much: | All you need to know is here. |
| Photos I Wish Didn't Exist: | 16 March 2002 (click at your own risk) |
