Olivie Blake

Alexene Farol Follmuth, known by her pen name Olivie Blake, is an American writer who primarily writes adult speculative fiction and SFF, best known for The Atlas Six trilogy, a New York Times and Sunday Times best seller.

Personal life Prior to being a full time writer, Blake obtained a master's degree in Urban Planning and worked at a public defender's office while attending law school. She later abandoned law school to pursue her career as an author.

Blake was born in the Bay Area, is of half-Filipino descent, and currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband and son.

Career Blake put her pen name through a name generator originally to anonymously write fan fiction.

Blake uses her pen name for adult literature and her legal name for young adult literature.

Blake then published the second novel in The Atlas Six series in 2022, The Atlas Paradox, alongside Sacred Hospitality, an Atlas short story taking place before the events of the novel, both via Tor. In the same year, she published her first YA novel, My Mechanical Romance, with Holiday House, under her legal name, Alexene Farol Follmuth. My Mechanical Romance revolves around women in STEM, and was inspired by the author's husband, who is a high school physics teacher.

Works

Series

The Atlas Series

Stand-alone works

Collections

Fairytale Collections Source:

Standalone collections

Witch Way anthologies Source:

As Alexene Farol Follmuth Source:

Awards and achievements