About Alyssa
AUTHOR BIO:
Alyssa Charpentier is a novelist and freelance essayist whose fantasy novella, A Maiden’s Wish, received a critical recommendation from Kirkus Reviews and a Gold Award from Literary Titan.
Alyssa pens speculative fiction spotlighting the struggle between Good and Evil and light and darkness, in addition to pop culture writings featured in publications such as PopMatters, Today's Christian Living Magazine, and Asian Movie Pulse. Alyssa loves storytelling and critiquing inspiring, underrated, and/or misunderstood media—always in the spirit of artistic authenticity and a hunger for Truth.
ARTICLE AND ESSAY WORK:
Alyssa is a pop culture journalist specializing in niche, indie, and spiritually-inflected art. She interviews academics, bands, and other contributors to popular culture. Her style is best characterized by speaking truth with compassion and treating creators at every level as human.
SPECIAL INTERESTS:
Rock/Pop
Synthwave & Retrowave
Psychedelia
Science Fiction (Godzilla, monsters, disaster films, etc.)
Fantasy
Drama/Coming-of-Age
Thrillers
Christian Entertainment
Alyssa’s Bylines (see Essays tab for specific works):
PopMatters, Film East, IDAHO Magazine, Go World Travel Magazine, Geeks Under Grace, Asian Movie Pulse, Today’s Christian Living Magazine, and G-FAN Magazine.
Alyssa is currently a staff writer at PopMatters, a respected pop culture publication that has bridged academia and entertainment since 1999.
Who I Am
Greetings, I’m Charpy!
I run on passion, music, monster movies, and matcha!
Ready for the fun part?
I’m a fantasy author, pop culture/travel essayist, explorer, and critic passionate about powerful, thought-provoking stories and media.
At age nineteen, I published my debut novel, Daughter Darkness (The Myrk Maiden Trilogy #1), and have been penning dark, daring fiction ever since!
Fun Facts:
I love hiking, traveling, and exploring
the outdoors!
My travels frequently center around California and my home region, the Inland/Pacific Northwest
(Washington & Idaho)
Music is instrumental… to my life!
My favorite genres include rock, synth-pop/electronic music, ‘60s/’70s/’80s/’90s, scorecore, and anything with electric guitars or a dreamy, psychedelic flair!
Favorite bands/artists: Shinedown, Tame Impala, The Cure, Justice, Naked Eyes, Red Sun Rising, and Phil Collins
I also write music. See bottom section.
Godzilla, Sci-Fi, & Monster Fan!
What’s life—and the stories I write, for that matter—without monsters? I’m a lifelong Godzilla fan and creature feature enthusiast!
I want my books to challenge, wow, and inspire you.
I write dark and light fantasy, thrillers, issue-driven contemporary fiction, sci-fi, and poetry for the discerning modern (albeit probably old soul-infused) reader.
I write for—and about—the human experience.
I’d be honored if you joined me on my storytelling journey and explored what it means to be human alongside me.
(For my non-fiction writings, please see the Essays tab.)
My Music
Nostalgic electronic tunes from my mind into the laptop
