Alexus Rhone (affectionalty known as "Mrs. Alexus") is a Young Adult author devoted to candidly exploring teen issues through fiction. Graciously labeled "the black Judy Blume," her universal storied engage even the most reluctant of readers. Her debut novel, Premature Pleasures (2001), hit Children's/Young Adult best seller lists around the southwest region and her sophmore release, Secret Shame (2003), debuted at #2 on the Dallas Morning News Best Seller List, along with ranking #3 in Essence Magazine (August, 2003).

Alexus has recently completed her third teen novel, Backseats and Bleachers: A High School Love Story (released 200?) and is sketching her fourth and final project in the Trek Baden-series, Cover The Coo.