# @usatoday on TikTok

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.tiktok.com/@usatoday/video/7549189841716530463
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34462025-usatoday-tiktok
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- **Posted:** 2025-09-12T13:12:47.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** USA TODAY (@USATODAY) — https://gondola.cc/USATODAY

## Caption

Like Taylor Swift with her secret “Eras Tour” cleaning cart entrance, Alex Aster arrived at the HarperCollins offices from the freight elevator.  Clad in a bedazzled silver dress and thigh-high mesh boots, hiding in a maze of cubicles, the “Lightlark” author had successfully duped her most loyal fans into thinking they’d come for her 30th birthday party.  Over 100 readers flocked to New York City, some flying in from as far as Alaska and London. They didn’t know they were about to be the first to hear Aster announce her debut adult fantasy novel, a new series called “Starside.” They also didn’t know they’d be going home with 100 pages of the yet-to-be-published manuscript.  #BookTok #AlexAster #lightlark #starside #publishing 

## Stats

- **Views:** 6,228
- **Likes:** 406
- **Shares:** 12
- **Comments:** 61

## Tags

starside, alexaster, booktok, lightlark, publishing

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