William Alexander won the National Book Award for his debut novel, Goblin Secrets, and won the AudioFile Earphones Award for his narration of the audiobook. His other novels include A Festival of Ghosts, A Properly Unhaunted Place, Ghoulish Song, Nomad, and Ambassador. William studied theater and folklore at Oberlin College, English at the University of Vermont, and creative writing at the Clarion workshop. He teaches in the Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA program in writing for children and young adults. Like the protagonist of Nomad and Ambassador, William is the son of a Latino immigrant to the US. Visit him online at WillAlex.net and GoblinSecrets.com, and on X via @WillieAlex.
Awards: NBA (2012) see all
Genres: Children's Fiction, Science Fiction
Novels
Ambassador (2014)
Nomad (2015)
A Properly Unhaunted Place (2017)
A Festival of Ghosts (2018)
Sunward (2025)
Nomad (2015)
A Properly Unhaunted Place (2017)
A Festival of Ghosts (2018)
Sunward (2025)
Collections
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Books containing stories by William Alexander

Starstuff (2025)
Ten Science Fiction Stories to Celebrate New Possibilities
edited by
William Alexander and Wade Roush

Speculative Fiction for Dreamers (2021)
edited by
Sarah Rafael Garcia, Matthew David Goodwin and Alex Hernandez
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William Alexander recommends

A Game of Fox & Squirrels (2020)
Jenn Reese
"A Game of Fox & Squirrels overflows with courage, and it’s willing to share."

Five Midnights (2019)
(Five Midnights, book 1)
Ann Dávila Cardinal
"Five Midnights is wickedly thrilling."
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