Alexis Ruggiero writes books about rejection, faith, and the macabre. Gothic romanticism, literary fiction, and dark romance are her bread and butter. She enjoys poets like Edgar Allen Poe and Christina Rossetti, novels from the likes of Charlotte Brontë to Ally Carter, and music from Lacey Sturm to Lana Del Rey. Her debut poetry/short story collection, The Patterns You Weave, draws on her fascination with contradiction: peace within despair, regret amidst healing, the hurt behind new love....It is inspired by her walk with God and the trials encountered in her quest to embrace her purpose on this earth: to bridge the mortal heart to the divine through the medium of the written word. 

 

Alexis resides intermittently between Rhode Island and Florida with her family. She holds a bachelor's degree in Classical Civilizations from Florida State University, with a minor in Anthropology. 

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