Alana grew up in Nashville, Tennessee, where her passion for storytelling first took root on stage. A seasoned performer from the age of eight, she honed her craft with the Tennessee Repertory Theater before launching a music career that saw her sign a record deal with Columbia Records at just fifteen. Her breakout single, “Black Roses Red,” featured on the soundtrack of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, marking the beginning of a vibrant journey in the arts.

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Touring nationally and internationally, Alana shared stages with artists such as Adam Lambert, OneRepublic, and Lacuna Coil, and performed for U.S. troops overseas with her final music project, THIS IS SHE. After the band’s final tour in 2013, she transitioned her creative energy into writing, acting, and directing.

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Since moving to Los Angeles, Alana has completed intensive training at UCB and earned her degree from USC. She was selected as a writer for the 2018 CBS Diversity Sketch Showcase, and her work has since been featured in numerous independent film festivals. Her directorial debut, The Strangers We Know, premiered at the Oscar-qualifying Los Angeles International Shorts Festival and has earned multiple awards, including Best Directing and Best Social Awareness Short Film.

 

Today, Alana brings her unique voice and cinematic imagination to the world of young adult fiction. Inspired by a love of complex characters, resilient voices, and speculative worlds, she is thrilled to step into the realm of dystopian futures—where every page is a revolution and every heroine fights to rewrite the rules.