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Alex Zandra Van Chestein (commonly shortened to Alex Zandra), also known as ZandraVandra, is a freelance author, artist, and game designer from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Born in 1980, and transitioned to female in her 30's, her specialty is, to quote her Patreon, "wholesome, queer light novels full of gender feels."
Light Novels (available on her itch.io page)
- I Asked For Squid Maids But I Didn't Know I'd Become One! (published August 2017, after Alex's in-game Splatoon 2 fanart was mistaken for a book advertisement and taken down, so she actually wrote a book out of spite)
- My Friends And I Were Granted Three Wishes By A Cat Goddess And I Swear I Got Distracted When My Turn Came Around (published December 2017)
- I Signed Up To Be The Substitute Familiar Of A Struggling Witch To Pay My Bills And I'm Just Now Realizing What I Got Myself Into (published April 2018)
- My Friend Took Me To A Feline Therapy Place For My Anxiety And I’m Starting To Wonder Where The Cats Are? (published August 2018)
- I Promised Everyone Some Substitute Familiar Short Stories But Before I Knew It I'd Written A Whole Book? (Substitute Familiar, #1.5) (published July 2019)
- I Accidentally Bought A Plant Lamp To Treat My Winter Depression And Now I’ve Taken Root In My Apartment? (published October 2020)
- My Friends And I Were Turned Into Catgirls But That Was Just The Beginning Of Our Cat Wishes Stories (published November 2022)note
- Her Majesty The Prince (Act I published February 2024, chapters-in-progress available on Patreon)
Snippets (also available on itch.io)
- I Avoided The Team I Led Into Weeks Of Overtime And Now My Last Hope For Peace Is To Offer Them A Drink On The Mouse (published April 2019)
- I Chaperoned A Catgirl Flu Party On My Day Off From Work But It Turns Out I Wasn't As Immune As I Thought...(Intro) (published November 2019)
Other Notable Work
- Chariot (game designer)
- Oh My Gush! (podcast host)
