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Alma Alexander

Goodreads author profile

url

http://www.goodreads.com/Alma_Alexander

born

July 05, 1963 in Novi Sad

gender

female

website

http://worldweaverweb.wordpress.com/

genre

Young Adult, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Literature & Fiction

member since

June 2009

About this author

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ALMA ALEXANDER is a Pacific Northwest novelist who writes for both
grown-up audiences ("The Hidden Queen", "Changer of Days", "The
Secrets of Jin Shei") and YA audiences (the Worldweavers trilogy,
"Gift of the Unmage", "Spellspam" and "Cybermage"). Her work has been
translated into fourteen languages worldwide, including Hebrew,
Turkish, and Catalan. She is currently at work on a new series of
alternate history novels with roots in Eastern Europe. She lives in
Bellingham, WA, with her husband, two cats, and assorted visiting
wildlife. Visit her website at www.AlmaAlexander.com, or her
LiveJournal blog at http://anghara.livejournal.com

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Books by Alma Alexander

Average rating: 3.75 · 1,236 ratings · 206 reviews · 15 distinct works

	The Secrets of Jin-shei (Jin-Shei, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 506 ratings — published 2004 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Gift of the Unmage (Worldweavers, #1) 3.54 avg rating — 193 ratings — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Hidden Queen (Anghara Kir Hama, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 131 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Changer of Days (Anghara Kir Hama, #2) 3.84 avg rating — 103 ratings — 5 editions	My rating:
	Spellspam (Worldweavers, #2) 3.76 avg rating — 108 ratings — 5 editions	My rating:
	Cybermage (Worldweavers, #3) 3.94 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Embers of Heaven (Jin-Shei, #2) 3.42 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2007 — 6 editions	My rating:
	2012: Midnight at Spanish Gardens 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	My rating:
	2012: Midnight at Spanish Gardens 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	La princesa del desierto 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2001	My rating:

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Series by Alma Alexander

Jin-Shei (2 books)
by Alma Alexander (Goodreads Author)

3.76 avg rating — 565 ratings

Worldweavers (3 books)
by Alma Alexander (Goodreads Author)

3.68 avg rating — 372 ratings

Anghara Kir Hama (2 books)
by Alma Alexander (Goodreads Author)

3.78 avg rating — 232 ratings

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Cybermage (Science Fiction & Fantasy)

1 chapters — updated Jun 08, 2009 03:28pm

Description: Excerpt from the third book in my young adult Worldweavers series. Thea and her friends save the Wizard of the West, Tesla, from the federal Bureau of Magic, and the Alphiri.

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Alma Alexander wrote a new blog post: OH YES! new Simon's Cat! OH YES! new Simon's Cat! Seriously, that move - holding down the frog with the one paw and watching it trying to struggle away - that could have been my lost beloved Murphy... read more »
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Alma Alexander made a comment on On Tolkien, and on books and movies: "Yup, that, exactly. Call it something else and then say in the credits that the movie was inspired by BOOK X, and be done. But if you're making "the m...more "
Feb 27, 2012 12:12pm
Alma Alexander made a comment on Ellen's review of 2012: Midnight at Spanish Gardens "My thanks for a wonderful review - and I'm glad you enjoyed it! "
Jan 24, 2012 09:08pm · see review
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Alma Alexander gave to: 2012: Midnight at Spanish Gardens by Alma Alexander (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
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Alma Alexander liked R.a. Deckert's review of 2012: This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. " The characters in Midnight at Spanish Gardens are exquisitely drawn in this fascinating speculative tale of the end of the world, and the day after. On the eve of the Mayan end of the world, Dec. 20, 2012, five college friends meet in Spanish Garde... " Read more of this review »
Sep 14, 2011 10:21pm · see review
Alma Alexander liked Mir Plemmons's review of 2012: " I couldn't stay editor for even a chapter! People, I have no coherence or polish right now (chemo brain), but when Alma sent me the first four chapters to comment on as more of an expert on one community than she, I downed them in one glorious gulp... " Read more of this review »
Sep 14, 2011 10:20pm · see review
Alma Alexander liked Danielle's review of 2012: " Masterfully written with a unique and inventive approach, the only thing I did not enjoy about this book was that the characters somehow did not become real to me at their introduction, until they had their moment in the spotlight of the plot. Som... " Read more of this review »
Sep 14, 2011 10:20pm · see review
Alma Alexander just took The Midnight at Spanish Gardens quiz 10/10 questions correct (100.0%) in 1 hour 25 mins 15 secs
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Alma Alexander created The Midnight at Spanish Gardens quiz "Mindinght at Spanish Gardens" is currently available as an ebook (for Kindle, at Amazon, and for everything else on Smashwords) - pick up an e-copy today, do the quiz, and get into the draw to win a copy of a signed copy of the papberback edition when it comes out in the Fall of 2011! (10 questions)
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Quotes by Alma Alexander

“If you really want to be a writer, nobody can stop you -- and if you don't, nobody can help you.”
― Alma Alexander

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“You have never felt the weight of disappointing love or of failing to live up to expectations. The only thing you've ever been is lonely by yourself-you have no idea how desperate it is to be lonely in the midst of people who love you, and whom you would have done anything to make happy..”
― Alma Alexander, Spellspam

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