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Alina Adams

Title: Writer
Email: alinaadams@gmail.com
Location: New York, NY
Social Media Links: Linkedin | Twitter

Expertise

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 Art’s, 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)

The Ultimate Port Charles Wedding of the Season

General Hospital can boast of having aired the most watched wedding of all time when Luke and Laura got married on November 17, 1981, and…

By Alina Adams January 20, 2017

Favorite ‘The Bold and the Beautiful’ Leading Lady Exposed!

They’re the women of The Bold and the Beautiful, and they’re both those things – plus. Some have been around since the show’s debut, some…

By Alina Adams January 19, 2017

Why Has Reed Really Returned to Genoa City?

The Young and the Restless can’t be either without a thriving teen scene. Remember the good old days of Traci (Beth Maitland), Danny and Lauren?…

By Alina Adams January 18, 2017

Whom Should Abby Spend Her ‘DAYS’ With?

On Days Of Our Lives, Abby returned to Salem with a new face… and a whole slew of new romantic choices. Once upon a time,…

By Alina Adams January 18, 2017

Will Eric Stay In Salem?

Days Of Our Lives welcomes home a favorite son, as Eric (Greg Vaughan) returns – and runs smack-dab into trouble. Seems Eric has been released…

By Alina Adams January 17, 2017

Pine Valley and Llanview Coming To Port Charles?

General Hospital may be overflowing with familiar and new faces these days, but there could soon be even more. Now that ABC has gotten the…

By Alina Adams January 13, 2017

All-Time Favorite The Bold and the Beautiful Character Revealed!

The Bold and the Beautiful celebrates 30 years on March 23, 2017. Which means plenty of characters have come and gone, some leaving bigger marks…

By Alina Adams January 13, 2017

Will Gloria Manage To Topple Fenmores?

Beware a mother-in-law scorned on The Young and the Restless! Gloria did not take kindly to Lauren refusing Gloria’s magnanimous offer to let Lauren pay…

By Alina Adams January 12, 2017

Fans Sound Off On Dylan’s New Look

The Young and the Restless takes place in Genoa City, Wisconsin. Taking into account the weather of the past few weeks, viewers can assume it’s…

By Alina Adams January 12, 2017

Are You Team Quinn or Team Steffy?

“The rich are different from you and me,” writer F. Scott Fitzgerald supposedly said — they’re The Bold and the Beautiful (he most definitely did not…

By Alina Adams January 12, 2017

Who Will Finally Bring Down Nelle on General Hospital?

Is General Hospital’s Nelle growing closer and closer to being found out? Viewers are certainly itching to learn what she’s up to, but how about the…

By Alina Adams January 11, 2017

What Will Devon’s Returned Memory Mean to Hilary?

As soon as Devon took that hit to his noggin, The Young and the Restless fans knew what was coming. Bye-bye memories of Hilary’s humiliation…

By Alina Adams January 11, 2017

Which Genoa City Beauty Will Be Nick’s New Love?

Nick had a rough year on The Young and the Restless, losing first his newborn son, then his wife. He got the son back (sort…

By Alina Adams January 10, 2017

What’s Next For Jack and Gloria: The Twist You Didn’t See Coming

On The Young and the Restless, Jack is plotting with Gloria to take over her daughter-in-law, Lauren’s, business. You’d think Jack would be leery of…

By Alina Adams January 10, 2017

What Will Happen to Baby Holly Once Truth Comes Out?

The Days Of Our Lives keep passing, and Nicole still doesn’t know that the baby she delivered, and thus has every reason to assume is…

By Alina Adams January 09, 2017

Sweet or Poison Ivy? Can She Be Trusted?

What sort of Ivy grows on The Bold and the Beautiful? There’s the Ivy that designs jewelry, the Ivy who keeps filming things, like Wyatt…

By Alina Adams January 06, 2017

Tyler Christopher Back To Port Charles?

Do General Hospital aficionados want to see Tyler Christopher return in the “Nik” of time? He’s only been gone a few months, but now a…

By Alina Adams January 06, 2017

What’s Really Going On Between Genoa City’s Lauren and Jack?

The Young and the Restless fans know that Jack tends to get what he wants (unless it’s the upper hand over Victor — that’s more like…

By Alina Adams January 06, 2017

What’s Ahead For Alexis and Julian?

On General Hospital, Alexis and Julian have the usual marriage problems. A shootout at their wedding, a daughter with a husband back from the dead,…

By Alina Adams January 05, 2017

Will 2017 Bring Brighter Days for Port Charles?

A new year is supposed to bring a new hope (and we don’t mean just another Star Wars movie) for those struggling through a rough…

By Alina Adams January 05, 2017

Can Another Actor Fill Stefano’s Shoes?

Days of Our Lives’ Stefano had nine-plus lives. Sadly, actor Joseph Mascolo, who so memorably played the role on and off since 1982, did not.…

By Alina Adams January 04, 2017

What Fans Want To See in Salem 2017

Days Of Our Lives set up numerous stories to explode in 2017, but, as fans know quite well, you can’t please all of the people…

By Alina Adams January 03, 2017

Carrie Returns to Salem – Is Sami Next?

As soon as Days of Our Lives announced that Carrie and Austin would be paying a return visit to Salem, fans instantly began speculating that…

By Alina Adams January 03, 2017

How Will the Newmans React To Nick and Chelsea Pairing

On The Young and the Restless, considering that mother and daughter Nikki and Victoria shared Brad, and father and son Victor and Nicholas (and half-brother…

By Alina Adams January 02, 2017

What Are Anna and Valentin Actually Hiding?

Anna is good at keeping secrets on General Hospital. When she first showed up in Port Charles, she hid the fact that she was Robert’s…

By Alina Adams January 02, 2017

Fans Imagine a Port Charles Without Laura

Just like in the movie It’s a Wonderful Life, where Jimmy Stewart sees what life would be like without him, General Hospital fans are trying…

By Alina Adams January 01, 2017

Who Are General Hospital Fans Dying To See Back in 2017?

No one checks out of General Hospital for good. It doesn’t matter if they’re heartbroken… or presumed dead, fans know that where there’s a will…

By Alina Adams December 30, 2016

How Will Nicole Learn SHE Is Holly’s Mommy on DAYS??

Soaps have been running Who’s the Daddy Stories for close to a century now, but Who’s the Mommy is still relatively new, and Days of…

By Alina Adams December 30, 2016

It Was the Worst of Times For THIS Soap Character in 2016

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, but while all animals are equal, some animals are more equal than others.…

By Alina Adams December 29, 2016

Which DAYS Character Are You?

Almost everyone on Days of Our Lives has had an evil twin pop up when they least expect it. But why should those twins be…

By Alina Adams December 28, 2016