Alexandra Burt was born in the East Hesse Highlands of Germany and has lived in Texas for over thirty years. She began her career in literary translation before turning to her own work, carrying with her a precision of language and attention to what endures beneath the surface.
She is the author of three novels—Remember Mia (2015), The Good Daughter (2017), and Shadow Garden (2020). Her work moves through psychological suspense, drawn to memory, identity, and the quiet persistence of the past.
Having grown up in a large, rambling home at the edge of town, she learned early how fragile a structure can be despite its solid walls. In her writing, she returns to houses and land, drawn to the way experience settles into a place and lingers. In her recent work, that pull deepens, leading her into darker terrain where memory, place, and violence converge. She is currently seeking representation for The Sunshine King, a literary horror novel she describes as purgatorial noir, set among neon-lit ruins where second chances flicker and fail.
From her home in the Texas Hill Country, perched on a ridge above a quiet lake, she writes and paints in equal measure. Her visual work echoes her fiction, exploring the unseen layers of objects and places.
Her short fiction has appeared in a range of anthologies, including Austin Noir (2023). She also curated and published Every Evil Under the Sun through her own imprint, supporting bold and boundary-pushing voices.
She is working on a memoir, A Map of Darkness Gathered, blending personal narrative with true crime and psychological inquiry. It examines an unsolved child murder alongside the hidden structures of family silence and inherited trauma, asking how violence begins and how it endures across generations.