Alexandra Christo

Alexandra Christo is a British author of fantasy and young-adult literature. Her novel To Kill a Kingdom is a dark retelling of the Little Mermaid myth, in which a lethal siren princess must ally with a ruthless prince to destroy the golden ruler who hunts her kind.

Christo studied journalism and narrative form, and her debut became an instant international bestseller, translated into many languages. She writes morally complicated heroines and glittering, ruthless underwater kingdoms, and sshe has continued with the Hundred Kingdoms series and more darkly magical novels.