I write about

queer girls

doing

hard things

A woman with short red hair and glasses speaking at a podium during a writers retreat event for emerging LGBTQ voices. The podium has a sign that reads 'Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices, A Program of Lambda Literary.'

Alexandra Fallgren

Alexandra Fallgren (she/her) writes about messy queer characters coming of age in a messy (mostly) straight world.

Alexandra grew up doing theater in Iowa, went to college for opera in Michigan, and now lives in Chicago where she surrounds herself with words. She holds an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Hamline University, and is a Lambda Literary Emerging Writers Retreat Fellow. 

When not living in imaginary worlds, Alexandra plays cello and takes too many photos of her cats. 

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