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ALMA ALEXANDER is a Pacific Northwest novelist who writes for both adults ("The Hidden Queen", "Changer of Days", "The Secrets of Jin Shei", etc.) and YA audiences (the Worldweavers trilogy, "Gift of the Unmage", "Spellspam" and "Cybermage").

Her work has been translated into 14 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/blog at www.AlmaAlexander.org.


Gift of the Unmage, Worldweavers 1My young adult series, Worldweavers, about Thea Winthrop, a teen who can do no magic in a magical world, was first published by HarperCollins in the heady days when every publisher was hoping to find their own Harry Potter.


My trilogy was no ripoff. Thea is as American as Harry is British and the world of my series is totally my own, invoking both modern computers and Native American gods. But,...

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Average rating: 3.77 · 1,758 ratings · 276 reviews · 28 distinct works · Similar authors
The Secrets of Jin-shei (Ji...
3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 741 ratings — published 2004 — 13 editions
Gift of the Unmage (Worldwe...
3.55 of 5 stars 3.55 avg rating — 251 ratings — published 2008 — 7 editions
The Hidden Queen (Anghara K...
3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 175 ratings — published 2001 — 8 editions
Changer of Days (Anghara Ki...
3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 133 ratings — published 2005 — 7 editions
Spellspam (Worldweavers, #2)
3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 129 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions
Cybermage (Worldweavers, #3)
3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions
The Embers of Heaven (Jin-S...
3.34 of 5 stars 3.34 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 2006 — 6 editions
2012: Midnight at Spanish G...
4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2011
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Cat Tales (Alexander Triads 2)
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Cybermage (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
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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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“If you really want to be a writer, nobody can stop you -- and if you don't, nobody can help you.”
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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..”
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Kris Neri Thanks for adding this mystery & paranormal author, Alma. We've liked some of the same authors, so I'm looking forward to reading your reviews.

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