Press & Media Kit · Fiction · 2026
Nala
Macallan
Nala Macallan is the literary pen name of Alex Lima — economist, strategist and writer. Under this name, he explores fiction at the intersection of technology, intimacy and identity. His debut novel A Paixão de Schrödinger is a psychological thriller about love, artificial intelligence and the limits of perception.
The pen name itself is part of the project — by concealing a male authorship behind an ambiguous identity, the book raises questions about voice, narrative trust and the way gender shapes how emotional vulnerability is received.
Available for literary interviews, podcast appearances, book festivals and press features in Portuguese and English.
Debut Novel · 2025
A Paixão de Schrödinger
Amor é o que você observa
After the collapse of a seven-year relationship, a physicist trains an AI on thousands of messages from his ex-partner — to understand, relive and perhaps finally let go. A psychological thriller that crosses physics, artificial intelligence and emotional dissection. Winner of early critical attention for its hybrid form: part autofiction, part literary puzzle, part quantum metaphor.
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Love, AI and the architecture of memory
What happens when you train a machine on the emotional residue of a relationship? The book as both experiment and confession.
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The pen name as narrative device
Why an economist chose a female pseudonym to write about male emotional vulnerability — and what that choice reveals about how we receive stories of pain.
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Physics as emotional diagnosis
Schrödinger's superposition as the only adequate metaphor for someone who is simultaneously the love of your life and who destroys you — depending on when you check your phone.
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AI companions and emotional dependency
The book predates the mass adoption of AI companions. What does fiction reveal about our readiness to outsource intimacy to machines?
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Writing as grief — when literature replaces therapy
At 45, with friends in their own lives, the author turned to physics, psychology and fiction as the only available toolkit to process what collapsed.
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The economist who writes fiction
How the analytical mind of a former New York Fed strategist approached autofiction — and why markets and relationships follow surprisingly similar incentive structures.
YouTube
Entrevista
Video · Interview
Nala Macallan — Entrevista completa
Extended interview on A Paixão de Schrödinger — the origin of the book, the AI experiment and the physics metaphor.
YouTube
Live
Video · Live reading
A Paixão de Schrödinger — leitura dramatizada ao vivo
Live dramatic reading of A Paixão de Schrödinger with discussion.
YouTube
Trecho
Video · Excerpt
A Paixão de Schrödinger — trecho completo
Full excerpt from A Paixão de Schrödinger.
Portal Olhar Dinâmico
Homem treina IA com mensagens da ex e transforma trauma em thriller literário
One of the most-shared features on the book. On the AI experiment at the core of the novel and what it reveals about contemporary literature.
↗Tribuna do Sertão
Fronteiras entre o real, o imaginário e a IA: quando o amor se transforma em experimento emocional
Critical review focusing on the hybrid form — autofiction, quantum physics and AI — and the book's place in contemporary Brazilian literature.
Dez 2025
↗Aventuras na História
6 livros imperdíveis para ler em dezembro
A Paixão de Schrödinger selected among December's essential reads.
Dez 2025
↗Meganésia
12 livros imperdíveis para relaxar nas férias
Selected alongside major Brazilian releases. On memory, emotional dependency and bonds in the AI era.
Jan 2026
↗Language
Portuguese · English
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