Clara & the Devil, Volume 1
graphic-novel · First published 2026
Author guide
Olivie Blake Books in Order
Olivie Blake is the pen name of Alexene Farol Follmuth, a New York Times bestselling author of adult speculative fiction. Her work includes the Atlas trilogy, standalone novels, short-story collections, fairy-tale collections, and graphic fiction. As Alexene Farol Follmuth, she writes young adult fiction, including My Mechanical Romance and Twelfth Knight. She co-created the graphic series Clara & the Devil with artist Little Chmura.
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Start with one of these
The Atlas Six
The author's signature dark-academia fantasy and the first book in her completed Atlas trilogy.
Masters of Death
A standalone paranormal fantasy novel featuring vampires, ghosts, and Death.
Alone with You in the Ether
A literary romance centered on time, mental illness, and the nature of love.
Januaries
A representative short-story collection spanning the author's fairy-tale, speculative, romantic, and absurdist work.
Read in order
Books by series
- 1 Alpha
Book 1 · graphic-novel · 2017
They told her she was perfect. They never told her why. In a world where humans are weapons, she's about to learn her place. A new graphic novel featuring an original story by Olivie Blake and art by Little Chmura.
- 2 Alpha, Volume II: Rising
Book 2 · graphic-novel · 2017
collection-series · complete
Fairytale Collections
A completed series of fairy-tale-inspired short-story collections.
- 1 Fairytales of the Macabre
Book 1 · short-story-collection · 2017
Once upon a time, a young woman with cleverness to spare takes redemption into her own capable hands; a man's precarious fate, challenged by a careless mistake, is irreversibly twisted; a cheated lover resurrects from her grave to plot a…
- 2 Midsummer Night Dreams
Book 2 · short-story-collection · 2018
Somewhere far away, the recalcitrant guardian of a magical bridge meets a wandering fool; a man with barely a name (and even less of a past) searches the world for meaning; a heartbroken princess with a girl gang of huntresses takes on…
- 3 The Lovers Grim
Book 3 · short-story-collection · 2019
In the glimmer of another life, the devil spends a summer in the library of a sleepy town; two not-so-strangers drift into each other's lives on the waning tides of fate; a beguiling finfolk journeys far from home to save a troublesome…
novel-series · complete
The Atlas Series
A completed dark-academia fantasy series about the Alexandrian Society and its magically gifted candidates.
- 1 The Atlas Six
Book 1 · novel · 2020
Those who earn a place among the Alexandrians will secure a life of wealth, power, and prestige beyond their wildest dreams, and each decade, only the six most uniquely talented magicians are selected to be considered for initiation.…
- 2 Sacred Hospitality
Book 0.5 · short-story · 2022 Optional
- 3 The Atlas Paradox
Book 2 · novel · 2022
Six magicians were presented with the opportunity of a lifetime. Five are now members of the Society. Two paths lay before them. All must pick a side. Alliances will be tested, hearts will be broken, and The Society of Alexandrians will…
- 4 The Atlas Complex
Book 3 · novel · 2024
Only the extraordinary are chosen. Only the cunning survive. An explosive return to the library leaves the six Alexandrians vulnerable to the lethal terms of their recruitment. Old alliances quickly fracture as the initiates take opposing…
short-story-collection-series · complete
A Witch Way Anthology
A series of paranormal, romantic, satirical, and darkly humorous story collections originating from Witch Way Magazine.
- 1 The Answer You Are Looking For Is Yes: A Witch Way Anthology
Book 1 · short-story-collection · 2020
Within the pages of Witch Way Magazine are tales of magic and witchcraft, love and romance, creatures and spells. A mystical anthropologist desperate to find his lost brother trips and falls into another realm; a witch forced to return to…
- 2 Grow Your Own Optimist!: A Witch Way Anthology
Book 2 · short-story-collection · 2023
From the pages of Witch Way Magazine comes a new collection of stories by longtime fiction contributor Olivie Blake, including one never before seen short story. Often romantic, occasionally satirical, and always unexpected, these…
graphic-series · ongoing
Clara & the Devil
An ongoing Faustian graphic-novel series co-created with Little Chmura.
- 1 Clara & the Devil, Volume 1
Book 1 · graphic-novel · 2026
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (9)
- Masters of Death
novel · 2018
An instant New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Indie bestseller From the New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six comes Masters of Death, a story about vampires, ghosts, and death itself. *Now newly revised and…
- Lovely Tangled Vices
novel · 2018
The Locke sisters are the last of a dwindling line of witches, cast aside by the coven council and left to their own devices in the magicless town of Knot's Landing. While Ariadne's raw talent attracts the attention of a morally…
- One for My Enemy
novel · 2019
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six comes an intricate web of love, magic, and rival witch families in New York City. In modern-day Manhattan where we lay our scene, two rival witch families fight to maintain…
- La Petite Mort
novella · 2019
- Alone with You in the Ether
novel · 2020
From Olivie Blake, the New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six, comes a literary, intimate study of time, space, and the nature of love. Alone with You in the Ether explores what it means to be unwell, and how to face the…
- My Mechanical Romance
young-adult-novel · 2022
- Twelfth Knight
young-adult-novel · 2024
- Gifted & Talented
novel · 2025
Where there’s a will, there’s a war. Thayer Wren, the brilliant CEO of Wrenfare Magitech and so-called father of modern technology, is dead. Any one of his three telepathically and electrokinetically gifted children would be a plausible…
- Girl Dinner
novel · 2025
Every member of The House, the most exclusive sorority on campus, and all its alumni, are beautiful, high-achieving, and universally respected. After a freshman year she would rather forget, sophomore Nina Kaur knows being one of the…
Short fiction (1)
- Januaries
short-story-collection · 2024
Frequently asked questions about Olivie Blake
Who is Olivie Blake, and what is her real name?
Olivie Blake is the pen name of Alexene Farol Follmuth. Blake writes adult speculative fiction, while Follmuth writes young-adult fiction.
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Where does Olivie Blake live and work?
Olivie Blake lives and works in Los Angeles with her husband and son.
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How did Olivie Blake become a published author?
She began by writing fan fiction and self-published eight novels before The Atlas Six. That novel later went viral on social media and was acquired for a revised edition by Tor Books.
What influences Olivie Blake’s writing?
Blake has said fan fiction taught her both sustained writing practice and the value of creative community. Her work also draws on dark-academia traditions and explores ethics, power, loneliness, and late capitalism.
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What is Olivie Blake best known for?
She is best known for The Atlas Six, a BookTok-viral dark-academia fantasy and instant New York Times bestseller. Its success helped establish her as a bestselling adult speculative-fiction author.
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