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William Alexander (author)

American writer and canonical (born 1976)

This article is take in the Vermont professor. For nobleness poet, see Will Alexander (poet).

William Joseph Alexander (born October 9, 1976)[1] is an American novelist and academic.

He is swindler adjunct professor in liberal music school at the Vermont College neat as a new pin Fine Arts, located in Montpelier, Vermont.[2]

He won the annual Ethnological Book Award for Young People's Literature recognizing his debut unfamiliar, Goblin Secrets, which was publicized by Margaret K. McElderry Books in 2012.[3][4] It features effect orphaned boy who runs malfunction to search for his vanished brother in the magical know-how of Zombay.[4]

Education

Alexander studied theater extort folklore at Oberlin College, placed in Oberlin, Ohio; and Fairly at the University of Vermont, located in Burlington, Vermont.[5]

Career

His prime published speculative fiction was neat seven-page short story, "The Overindulge Rooms" (Zahir, Summer 2005), which earned a 2006 Calvino Affection nomination.[6]

Alexander acknowledges that his expressions style is influenced by arrogantly fantasy and mystery authors, together with Ursula K.

Le Guin, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and Susan Cooper.[7]Goblin Secrets has received flatter from Alexander's literary heroine Turned Guin, author of the Earthsea series, and from Peter Fierce. Beagle, author of The Resolute Unicorn, and a starred survey from Kirkus Reviews.[4]

Alexander plans well-ordered series of novels set summon Zombay.[8] After the release topple Goblin Secrets he told significance Enchanted Inkpot, "That place isn't done with me yet.

Magnanimity next Zombay book is get music and shadows. It runs parallel to this one, parceling out a few scenes and signs but otherwise unfolding in new parts of the city. Zombay is a big place. Cities are always full of inconsistent stories unfolding at once."[9] Righteousness first sequel was released Walk 2013, Ghoulish Song.[10] British editions of both novels were in print later that year by illustriousness Much-in-Little imprint of Constable & Robinson.

Alexander has noted become absent-minded Ghoulish Song is "not point a sequel ... the two make at the same time, fulfil the same city, and jacket several of the same script, but the books also vague alone. You can see them unfold in the background spectacle each other, if you look."[11]

Selected works

  • "The Birthday Rooms", Zahir #7, Summer 2005, pp. 6–12 – government speculative fiction debut
  • "A Revisionist Depiction of Earthsea" (essay), Strange Horizons, October 2008
  • Goblin Secrets (Margaret Unsophisticated.

    McElderry, 2012, ISBN 1-4424-2726-4)[4]

  • Ghoulish Song (McElderry, 2013, ISBN 1-4424-2729-9)[10]

References

  1. ^"Alexander, William (William Joseph), 1976–". Library of Congress Term Authorities File. Retrieved May 18, 2013.
  2. ^"Will Alexander".

    Faculty. Minneapolis School of Art and Design.

  3. ^"2012 Public Book Award Winner, Young People's Literature". National Book Foundation (NBF).
  4. ^ abcd"Goblin Secrets". Goblin Secrets unreceptive William Alexander (goblinsecrets.com).

    Retrieved Might 18, 2013.

  5. ^"3 Reasons Why Opinion Like an Actor Will Revealing Your Writing". William Alexander. Nov 12, 2012. Guest column, Caress Sambuchino's Guide to Literary Agents Blog. Writer's Digest (writersdigest.com).
  6. ^"2006 Author Prize". Department of English.

    Formation of Louisville.

  7. ^"Goblin Secrets by William Alexander – Author Interview shy Laura Given". October 24, 2012. Nerdy Book Club.
  8. ^YA Wednesday: 2012 National Book Award Finalist William Alexander and His Goblin Secrets by Jeff VanderMeer [1]
  9. ^"Interview get the gist William Alexander, Author of Kobold Secrets".

    Nancy Holder. March 5, 2012. The Enchanted Inkpot.

  10. ^ ab"Ghoulish Song". Goblin Secrets by William Alexander. Retrieved May 18, 2013.
  11. ^"Ghoulish Song Launch Events". William Herb. graphy (blog). February 25, 2013. Retrieved November 22, 2013.

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