
生年: May 27, 1991 – Brookfield, Wisconsin, United States
Ali Novak is an American young adult author known for contemporary romance and coming-of-age fiction, especially My Life with the Walter Boys, which began on Wattpad, drew millions of reads, and was later published and adapted into a Netflix series. Her work centers on teen relationships, family, and identity.
Ali Novak is an American young adult novelist from Wisconsin whose career took shape unusually early. She began writing My Life with the Walter Boys when she was fifteen and later studied creative writing at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. During college, she kept her online identity largely separate from campus life, building a readership under the pen name Ali Novak before many classmates knew she had become a widely read online author. A 2014 UW–Madison alumni profile described how she posted the story chapter by chapter on Wattpad, where reader comments helped reshape the book as it evolved from draft to finished narrative. ((https://www.alinovak.com/about))
"Authors Ali Novak, Edith Wharton and Rick Riordan rounded out the genre with adaptations of their beloved books"
— TheWrap
"The partnership will initially promote the forthcoming novels of two Wattpad-turned-Sourcebooks authors—Ali Novak and Natasha Preston"
— Publishers Weekly
"Ali Novak writes books that young audiences want to read"
— Ed Glauser
"A decade after its initial release by Sourcebooks Fire, My Life with the Walter Boys, a YA novel written by Ali Novak, has been adapted for Netflix"
— Publishers Weekly
"Netflix has ordered a second season of My Life with the Walter Boys, based on the best-selling Wattpad novel by Ali Novak"
— TheWrap
"16-year-old Alexandra (Ali) DeWalt published her debut e-book on WattPad under the pen name Ali Novak"
— On Wisconsin
"This new teen drama is based on the novel of the same name by Ali Novak, which she wrote when she was 15 years old"
— Axios
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