Alex Travis

July 28th, 2026. The prom campaign of your nightmares. Heavy is the head that wears the crown… Ida and JJ could have been the ultimate power couple of Banneker High. As the VP and President of their Black Student Union, the two seemed destined to be yearbook legends. But that was before JJ learned Ida was equally attracted to girls. JJ is already deep in a new relationship, which infuriates Ida―almost as much as when a sexist “hot list’ starts circulating the school. It’s bad enough anyone rated the girls on their looks, but the list has only white students. Seriously? There has never been any racial diversity among the prom queen candidates at Banneker, so the BSU decides to make their own statement on beauty and run a candidate. Now Ida and JJ’s new girlfriend are both competing for the title. Ida wants to make a point more than win the crown, but having smart, savvy Amayah as her campaign manager might just win her both and a new crush. Competition is fierce. Suddenly the prom queen candidates start getting picked off one by one…dropping out and dropping dead. Forget winning a tiara, who will live to see prom?

@sljournal called Black Girls Don’t Cry “captivating” and recommended it for thriller fans! I’m so honored and excited that it’s going to be in the hands of readers so soon! Thank you for the support!

Happy grand opening to @cozycalicobooks and congratulations to @tracythewriter Such a gorgeous store and fun for the whole family! Perfect for independent bookstore (and any other day)

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Be one of the first to get a signed copy of Black Girls Don’t Cry by Alex Travis at Haunt The Readers taking place at the historic haunted Bube's Brewery in Mt Joy Pennsylvania July 31st and August 1st! #sourcebooksfire #alextravis #blackgirlsdontcry #blackthrillerauthors

Not a joke! You can get The Only Black Girl in the Room on @amazonkindle for just 1.99 dollars this month! Link: https://a.co/d/0ge5eTAA

Panel Announcement! Danielle Valentine, Alex Travis, Miranda Smith and Chelsea Conradt will be in conversation with host @iheartagoodthriller ! Panels are only available to VIPs, so get your tickets now before they are gone! #thrillerreaders #thrillersofinstagram #sourcebooks #sourcebooksfire

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Get in bestie, we have anti-Valentine's Day plans. 🔥🔥🔥 All #MidnightReads summer thrillers are available to binge right now on @netgalley —but only for the weekend! ⏰ Comment READ and we'll DM you the link. 🫡📚 📚 About #LyingAboutLastSummer by @suewallman : Skye tried to bury what happened last summer. But when she starts receiving text messages from someone claiming to be her dead sister, she realizes that some truths just won't stay quiet. 📚 About #WhatHappenedToThoseGirls by @carlyn_gee : Emma thinks that being left behind by her friends on a trip she planned was the worst thing that's ever happened to her... until she wakes to the news that all three were murdered in their tents. Emma's best friends are dead, and without a suspect, the questions pile up. Will Emma be blamed? Or be next? 📚 About #BewareTheAbbottBoys by @chelseaichaso : No one knows the Abbott brothers like Hayden: one of them is her best friend. One of them is her crush. One of them is a killer. As the bodies pile up, Hayden must discover which of these seemingly-perfect, small-town golden boys hides the face of the murderer—before she's next. 📚 About #BlackGirlsDontCry by @alexltravis : To fight their school's racialized beauty standards, the Black Student Union pushes Ida to run for prom queen. But as other hopefuls are picked off one by one, the tiara becomes the least of Ida's concerns... These eGalley pages will revert back to requests after the weekend ends, so 💃💃💃 to the comments! Make sure you follow @sourcebooksfire and adjust your message settings to receive the link in your DMs. 🫶✨

Haunt The Readers is excited to have @alexltravis as a guest author July 31st and August 1st at the historic haunted Bube's Brewery in Mt Joy Pennsylvania! Alex Travis is a school psychologist by day, author by night. Alex earned a Ph.D., and procrastinated her dissertation by writing her forthcoming books. Alex wrote her first book at the age of 11, and has been losing herself in fictional worlds of her own creation since then. Alex makes her home in Virginia with her husband, an outrageous collection of Funkos, and too many books to count. #thrillerbookstagram #yabooks #yabookstagram #bookevent

Virginia, DC, Maryland bookish friends: Come to the Fairfax BN @bnfairfax at 5pm Saturday for an awesome conversation with 4 YA authors: @bychristinajune @authorelizabethhart @alexltravis and @kelseybtoney !

Fairfax Barnes and Noble on Fair Lakes Promenade tomorrow!! Come buy books, hear us chat, and get your books signed by some incredible people!