Alyssa Cole

Alyssa Cole (born August 12, 1982) is an American author of historical, science fiction, mystery, thriller and contemporary romance novels. Her stories include diverse casts of characters with a variety of professions, from Civil War spies to modern day epidemiologists. Her romance works to explore both straight and gay relationships.

Career Alyssa Cole began her writing career by publishing collections of short stories and novellas. Her stories tend to take place during important events in American history, including the civil rights movement, the Revolutionary War, and the Harlem Renaissance.

Cole's Loyal League novels, a trilogy taking place with the backdrop of the American Civil War, is represented by Kensington Publishing Corporation.

Alyssa Cole has collaborated with other authors on anthologies. These authors include Rose Learner, Courtney Milan, Lena Hart, Kianna Alexander, Piper Huguley, and Kate McMurray. At times, Cole has taken part in the month-long challenge of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) to encourage her writing habits and finish longer works. Her 2020 thriller novel When No One Is Watching garnered acclaim from critics.

Cole is a prominent figure in the effort to increase the representation of Black authors in the romance publishing industry. Her discussion for the need for diversity in the genre has occurred in convention panels and on Twitter.

In 2020, Cole published her first mystery/thriller novel, When No One Is Watching.

Themes Cole's writing often contains political and activist elements. One of her historical novel series takes place during the Civil War and contains heroines and heroes who are involved in important political events in American history. Another historical series, set in the American 1960s, sees Cole's characters in the middle of the civil rights movement. Cole's works of historical fiction set in America often thematically connect love and freedom. Her contemporary novel, A Princess in Theory, contains a hero who is a prince of a small, fictional African country that deals with advances and issues modeled after real life nations of similar size and geography.

Cole mainly resides in the Caribbean island of Martinique,