Alex Segura is the bestselling and award-winning author of
Secret Identity, winner of the
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller, a
New York Times Editor’s Choice and an NPR Best Mystery of the Year. He’s also the author of the acclaimed
Pete Fernandez series, as well as the Star Wars novel,
Poe Dameron: Free Fall, and the YA Spider-Verse adventure,
Araña/Spider-Man 2099: Dark Tomorrow. In 2024, he published a sci-fi/espionage novel,
Dark Space, co-written with Rob Hart; the graphic novel
The Legendary Lynx, illustrated by Sandy Jarrell;
Encanto: Nightmares and Sueños; and
Alter Ego, a standalone sequel to
Secret Identity.
Alter Ego was an instant
USA Today bestseller, featured in
Cosmopolitan,
Parade,
The Los Angeles Times,
The Hollywood Reporter, and described as “thrilling” by the
Wall Street Journal. In addition to his prose writing he has written a number of comics for Marvel and DC, including
Star Wars: Battle of Jakku,
Spider-Society, and
The Question: All Along the Watchtower. With Michael Moreci he is the writer behind the noir re-launch of
Dick Tracy. He lives in New York City with his family.
