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Alechia Dow

Alechia Dow is a former pastry chef, food critic, culinary teacher, and Youth Services librarian. When not writing about determined black girls (like herself), you can find her chasing her wild child, baking, or taking teeny adventures around Europe.

Genres: Young Adult Fantasy, Children's Fiction

New and upcoming books

May 2025

Their Just Desserts
(Cookie Crumbles)

Series

Cookie Crumbles (with Tracy Badua)
The Cookie Crumbles (2024)
Their Just Desserts (2025)

Novels

   The Sound of Stars (2020)
   The Kindred (2022)
   A Song of Salvation (2023)
   Just a Pinch of Magic (2023)

Books containing stories by Alechia Dow

Ab(solutely) Normal (2023)
Short Stories That Smash Mental Health Stereotypes
edited by
Rocky Callen and Nora Shalaway Carpenter

Out There (2022)
Into the Queer New Yonder
edited by
Saundra Mitchell

Award nominations

	2024 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature (nominee) : Just a Pinch of Magic
	2024 Locus Award for Best Young Adult Novel (nominee) : A Song of Salvation
	2024 Ignyte Award for Outstanding Middle Grade (nominee) : Just a Pinch of Magic
	2023 Locus Award for Best Young Adult Novel (nominee) : The Kindred
	2023 Ignyte Award for Outstanding Young Adult Novel (nominee) : The Kindred
	2023 BSFA Award for Best Fiction for Young Readers (nominee) : A Song of Salvation

Alechia Dow recommends

The Dividing Sky (2024)
Jill Tew
"A compelling, clever, and endlessly swoony dystopian romance."

Dear Wendy (2024)
Ann Zhao
"Every page feels like a warm hug. Zhao beautifully crafted a story that will resonate and represent readers while also showing the amazing-and various-ways our hearts can love."

Stars, Hide Your Fires (2023)
Jessica Mary Best
"An edge-of-your-seat genre-bender with a ton of heart! Can't wait to read what Best writes next!"