## SHORT BIO (50 words)
Alex Rivera crafts mysteries that unearth hidden truths in everyday lives. In *Echoes of the Forgotten*, a faded photograph exposes a small town's buried secrets. A former archivist with a knack for decoding old letters, Alex now lives in Portland, Oregon, decoding the puzzles of human memory.

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## MEDIUM BIO (150 words)
Alex Rivera is the creator of *Echoes of the Forgotten*, a gripping mystery where a single photograph unravels decades-old secrets in a quiet coastal town. Drawing from years as an archivist sifting through forgotten documents, Alex brings meticulous detail to stories of concealed pasts and reluctant revelations.  
Humanizing the genre, Alex infuses plots with real-world quirks—like the stubborn ink stains on yellowed paper that mirror unresolved guilt. This book marks Alex's shift from cataloging history to reimagining it through fiction, blending suspense with quiet empathy for flawed characters chasing closure.  
Alex resides in Portland, Oregon, and is at work on a sequel featuring the same tenacious protagonist navigating family heirlooms turned deadly.

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## LONG BIO (300 words)
Alex Rivera's path to mystery writing began in dusty archive rooms, where days blurred into nights deciphering faded handwriting and piecing together strangers' lives from scraps of paper. What started as a career preserving history—handling everything from Civil War diaries to 20th-century love letters—ignited a fascination with the stories hidden in plain sight. Those experiences fuel *Echoes of the Forgotten*, Alex's debut novel, in which a chance discovery of a single photograph spirals into revelations that dismantle a small coastal town's facade of normalcy, exposing lies woven through generations.  
Alex's thematic obsessions—memory's fragility, the weight of unspoken truths—emerge naturally from this background. Influences like Agatha Christie's intricate clues and Tana French's psychological depth shape a style that's precise yet poignant, favoring ordinary people thrust into extraordinary doubt over high-stakes theatrics. No flashy awards define Alex; instead, it's the quiet thrill of readers emailing about personal connections to the book's motif of photographs as reluctant confessors.  
From archiving to authoring, Alex's journey reflects a core belief: every object holds a narrative waiting to be unlocked. *Echoes of the Forgotten* embodies this, turning a mundane snapshot into a catalyst for reckoning. Looking ahead, Alex is expanding the series, next exploring inherited journals that blur family lore with forgery in a rain-soaked Portland setting. Balancing writing with volunteer work restoring community records, Alex remains rooted in Portland, Oregon—a city of layered histories that mirrors the novels' essence. Here, amid fern-filled hikes and fog-bound mornings, Alex continues unearthing stories, one revelation at a time.

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## FIRST-PERSON "ABOUT ME" (100 words)
I write mysteries because real life is full of unsolved riddles—like that box of old photos in your attic that could rewrite everything you know. In *Echoes of the Forgotten*, one faded snapshot cracks open a town's secrets, and I loved building those twists from my archivist days decoding cryptic letters. I'm not chasing bestsellers; I just want to hand you a puzzle that feels personal. When not writing, you'll find me in Portland hiking with my dog or geeking out over vintage typewriters. What's your hidden story? Let's unravel it together.

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## SOCIAL HANDLE BIOS
- **Twitter/X (160 chars):** Mystery maker Alex Rivera. *Echoes of the Forgotten*: one photo shatters a town's secrets. Ex-archivist decoding real-life riddles into fiction. Portland fog & plot twists. 📸🔍 #MysteryWriter

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- **Instagram (150 chars):**  
Ex-archivist spinning mysteries from forgotten scraps.  
*Echoes of the Forgotten*—a photo unlocks buried town secrets. 🖼️💥  
Portland hikes, old letters, new plots.  
DM for ARC swaps!  
#Bookstagram #MysteryBooks

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- **LinkedIn (220 chars):** Alex Rivera, author of *Echoes of the Forgotten*, a mystery novel where a single photograph reveals a coastal town's long-hidden secrets. Background in archival research informs precise, character-driven storytelling. Portland, OR. Open to speaking on historical research in fiction.

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## AUTHOR PHOTO CAPTION
Alex Rivera in their Portland home office, surrounded by stacks of vintage photographs that inspired *Echoes of the Forgotten*.

## MEDIA CONTACT BLOCK
Alex Rivera  
alex@alexriverawrites.com  
(503) 555-0192  
alexriverawrites.com  
Twitter/X: @AlexRiveraWrites | Instagram: @alexriveramysteries | LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/alexriverawrites