William alexander author biography template
William alexander author biography template
William alexander author biography template printable...
William Alexander (author)
American writer and academic (born 1976)
This article is about the Vermont professor. For the poet, see Will Alexander (poet).
William Joseph Alexander (born October 9, 1976)[1] is an American writer and academic.
He is an adjunct professor in liberal arts at the Vermont College of Fine Arts, located in Montpelier, Vermont.[2]
He won the annual National Book Award for Young People's Literature recognizing his debut novel, Goblin Secrets, which was published by Margaret K.
McElderry Books in 2012.[3][4] It features an orphaned boy who runs away to search for his lost brother in the magical city of Zombay.[4]
Education
Alexander studied theater and folklore at Oberlin College, located in Oberlin, Ohio; and English at the University of Vermont, located in Burlington, Vermont.[5]
Career
His first published speculative fiction was a seven-page short story, "The Birthday Rooms" (Zah