Inspired Ink #90 - Alex Segura

About this episode

Alex Segura discusses his journey from writing comics to novels and shares insights on character crafting and his independent work.

We have the astonishing Alex Segura joining us this week! We'll be talking about crafting characters, writing comics to novels, his independent work, and so much more! https://www.alexsegura.com/ 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 Cosmpolitan, 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…

People in this episode

Guest: Alex Segura

Topics covered

• character crafting
• writing comics
• novel writing
• independent work
• author insights

Keywords

• Alex Segura
• comics
• novels
• character crafting
• writing
• Dark Space
• Secret Identity
• Pete Fernandez

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Secret Identity, Pete Fernandez series, Poe Dameron: Free Fall, Araña/Spider-Man 2099: Dark Tomorrow, Dark Space, The Legendary Lynx, Encanto: Nightmares and Sueños, Alter Ego, Star Wars: Battle of Jakku, Spider-Society

Places: New York City

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