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William Alexander



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
 
New and upcoming books
May 2025

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Starstuff
 
September 2025

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Sunward
 
Series
Goblin Secrets
   1. Goblin Secrets (2012)
   2. Ghoulish Song (2013)
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Novels
   Ambassador (2014)
   Nomad (2015)
   A Properly Unhaunted Place (2017)
   A Festival of Ghosts (2018)
   Sunward (2025)
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Collections
   The Hero Next Door (2019) (with others)
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Anthologies edited
   Starstuff (2025) (with Wade Roush)
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Series contributed to
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Books containing stories by William Alexander
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Starstuff (2025)
Ten Science Fiction Stories to Celebrate New Possibilities
edited by
William Alexander and Wade Roush
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Uncanny Magazine Issue 61 (2024)
November/december 2024
(Uncanny Magazine, book 61)
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Speculative Fiction for Dreamers (2021)
edited by
Sarah Rafael Garcia, Matthew David Goodwin and Alex Hernandez

More books 


Awards
2012 National Book Award for Young People's Literature : Goblin Secrets

Award nominations
2014 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature (nominee) : Ghoulish Song


William Alexander recommends
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Air (2022)
Monica Roe
"Air is fantastic, fierce, and too much fun. Please read it immediately."
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A Game of Fox & Squirrels (2020)
Jenn Reese
"A Game of Fox & Squirrels overflows with courage, and it’s willing to share."
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Five Midnights (2019)
(Five Midnights, book 1)
Ann Dávila Cardinal
"Five Midnights is wickedly thrilling."

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