Olivie Blake is the internationally bestselling author of The Atlas Six, Alone with You in the Ether, One For My Enemy, Masters of Death, Januaries and Gifted & Talented. As Alexene Farol Follmuth, she is also the author of the young adult rom-coms My Mechanical Romance and Twelfth Knight. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, goblin prince/toddler and rescue pit bull.
Told with Blake’s signature wit and driven by a cast of morally gray characters you will hate to love and love to hate, Gifted & Talented is equal parts black comedy, sharp indictment of privilege and power, and soaring, vicious drama. Addictively entertaining, this is Blake at the height of her abilities -- Ava Reid, No. 1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Lady Macbeth</i> Incisive, unsparing, and utterly brilliant. Gifted & Talented is a remarkable character study meditating on the consequences of dynasty and power. Olivie Blake’s storytelling has risen to empyrean heights -- Chloe Gong, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Immortal Longings</i> Take the love-to-hate-'em siblings of Succession, add a dash of The Magicians' real-world magic, and put it together with Olivie Blake's stellar sense of humor, and you have Gifted & Talented, a refreshing tale of spoiled-sibling woe, mysterious curses, and family complexity that will absolutely delight you -- Veronica Roth, No. 1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>When Among Crows</i> Olivie Blake's singular narrative voice sparkles in Gifted & Talented – a timely tale of greed, ambition and rivalry which eviscerates the world of wealth and privilege in nimble and terrific style -- M. L. Rio, bestselling author of <i>If We Were Villains</i> Gifted & Talented is a wickedly funny book about perfectly horrible people – and some of them even get what they deserve. Blake's sly prose and vivid character work bring the dreadful siblings to life, but also give us moments of heart-clenching tenderness. A delight -- Emily Tesh, Hugo Award-winning author of <i>Some Desperate Glory</i> This book is half mystery, half puzzle and wholly a delight -- Holly Black, author of <i>Book of Night</i> on <i>The Atlas Six</i> Compelling, entertaining and addictive. The Atlas Six is academic Darwinism: survival of the smartest with a healthy dose of magic -- T. L. Huchu, author of <i>The Library of the Dead</i> Coolly horrific, brilliantly brainy and utterly compelling -- <i>Daily Mail</i> on <i>The Atlas Six</i> Sign me up for anything she writes -- <i>Cosmopolitan</i>