Alex Segura is the bestselling and award-winning author of Secret Identity, which The New York Times called "wittily original" and named an Editors' Choice. Secret Identity also received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, and Booklist; was nominated for the Anthony Award for Best Hardcover, the Lefty and Barry Awards for Best Novel, and the Macavity Award for Best Mystery Novel; and won the Strand Critics Award for Best Mystery and the LA Times Book Prize in the Mystery/Thriller category. His other work includes the YA Spider-Verse novel Araña and Spider-Man 2099: Dark Tomorrow, Poe Dameron: Free Fall, the acclaimed Pete Fernandez Miami Mystery series, the upcoming sequel to Secret Identity, Alter Ego, and a number of comic books featuring iconic characters like Spider-Man, Superman, X-Men, Avengers, White Tiger, the Question, and his own creations. A Miami native, Alex lives in New York with his family.