Alina is a writer of Soap Hub.
Alina has been writing about soap opera history, tie-ins, and award shows for 40+ years.
Prior to that, Alina worked at SoapCity, ATWT official website, GL official website, More AMC, More OLTL, Pure Soap, and ABC Daytime.
Based in New York, New York Alina spends time writing novels including “The Nesting Dolls” (HarperCollins 7/20) and upcoming “My Mother’s Secret: A Novel of the Jewish Autonomous Region” (11/22).
Topics of Expertise: Soap opera history, soap opera tie-ins, soap opera website production, soap award shows, soap opera snark Years in This Expertise: 40+ Shows You Write About: The Young & the Restless, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, with features on GL, ATWT, OLTL, AMC, SB, RH, EON
Education & Certifications
Education: Master of Arts, San Francisco State University Years of Writing: 30+ Awards or Recognitions: International Tie-In Writers of America Award and NY Times best-seller for ATWT & GL tie-in books Previous Publications: SoapCity, ATWT official website, GL official website, More AMC, More OLTL, Pure Soap, ABC Daytime
A Word from Alina Adams
How Author Began Career: Pure Soap, E! Entertainment Personal Interests: 18 published novels, including “The Nesting Dolls” (HarperCollins 7/20) and upcoming “My Mother’s Secret: A Novel of the Jewish Autonomous Region” (11/22)
Considering the number of pregnancies on soaps, it’s amazing how few kids there actually are. They’re usually “upstairs,” or at “boarding school.” On General Hospital,…
Jill (Jess Walton) didn’t just used to be Young and Restless. She also used to be smart. She went after Katherine’s (Jeanne Cooper) husband, understanding…
“Goodnight, sweet prince, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest….” again. Another General Hospital day, another Prince Nikolas Cassadine death. Will this one…
It’s a Bold and Beautiful wedding for Forrester heir Zende and his on-again/off-again/suddenly on-again girlfriend Nicole. They went from proposal to wedding in the space…
First, General Hospital viewers thought Morgan (Bryan Craig) had been accidentally killed by a bomb his dad, Sonny, set for his arch-enemy, Julian. But that…
It’s called a chemistry test. Soap-opera fans know one when they see it. As soon as two characters who’ve never interacted before are suddenly sharing…
With General Hospital airing on ABC, and ABC being owned by Disney, is it any surprise that, when fans finally learned Valentin’s backstory, it proved…
Ah, young love. On The Bold and the Beautiful, that usually means a love triangle. Liam/Hope/Wyatt. Liam/Steffy/Wyatt. Zende/Nicole/The baby she’s carrying for her sister and…
