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Alix E. Harrow

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a former academic, adjunct, cashier, blueberry-harvester, and kentuckian, alix e. harrow is now a full-time writer living in virginia with her husband and their semi-feral kids.

she is the hugo award-winning and nyt-bestselling author of THE TEN THOUSAND DOORS OF JANUARY (2019), THE ONCE AND FUTURE WITCHES (2020), a duology of fairytale novellas (A SPINDLE SPLINTERED and A MIRROR MENDED), STARLING HOUSE (2023) and various short fiction. her next book, THE EVERLASTING, will be out on october 28th, 2025!

her writing is represented by kate mckean at howard morhaim literary agency.

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Currently reading The Ten Thousand Doors of January & curious about January's identity--we have explicit statements about her being non-white but thus far nothing specific as to her ethnic/racial background. Sometimes it sounds as though she's (at least part) Native American, sometimes Black or something else. Are we meant to know for sure? And is this ownvoices rep, i.e., do you share January's identity in this area?

Alix E. Harrow Thank you so much for asking, because it gives me the chance to be super clear: THIS BOOK IS NOT #OWNVOICES. I am white and my protagonist is a young …moreThank you so much for asking, because it gives me the chance to be super clear: THIS BOOK IS NOT #OWNVOICES. I am white and my protagonist is a young woman of color in the early 1900. (Her specific lineage is a fairly sizeable spoiler, and the confusion of labels early in the book is a representation of the early-20th-century obsession with racial classification, and a reflection of its limitations). I hope I have represented January's experiences with both historical accuracy and empathy, but readers specifically looking to read and support authors of color should skip mine.

There are better/smarter lists out there, but if you're looking for authors of color writing adult fantasy, I've recently LOVED Rebecca Roanhorse, P. Djeli Clark, Cass Khaw, Rivers Solomon, and R.F. Kuang. (And N.K. Jemisin, but that goes without saying).

And also, while I'm here...THIS BOOK IS NOT YA! I adore YA, and this book definitely has some crossover appeal--there's nothing R-rated in it--but it was written for adult readers.(less)

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Alison Rose Thank you so much for the thoughtful answer! I appreciate your candor about the #ownvoices topic. As a white woman myself, I certainly can't speak to ...more
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C. Anita Oh holy sh1t. (Can we swear on GR? Better be safe than sorry. *edits creatively*) I can't believe that I didn't see your reply until now and frankly, Oh holy sh1t. (Can we swear on GR? Better be safe than sorry. *edits creatively*) I can't believe that I didn't see your reply until now and frankly, I am dead embarrassed. I drop off the face of the earth on a semi-regular basis and to come back and discover, ahem, my RECENTLY ANNOUNCED NEW FAVORITE AUTHOR (really you can check my FB) has replied to me, leaves me somewhere between Cringe and Utter Devastation.

When I leave "unfinished with book" reviews, I have a note in my calendar to return and update upon completion of the book. I can't believe I didn't do that here. I loved this book. I mean in a "actually get a copy to own as opposed to stealing, er, returning to the library under duress. So dang howdy, I will be rewriting this along with my great love for "Once & Future Wiches" and "Starling House." (I spent an entire 30 minutes with a friend of mine talking about the latter in terms of the psychology of generational trauma and manifesting pain. We might just get her to read a fantasy novel. Might.)

I am not into YA either, but am a sucker for older urban fantasy such as Charl's deLint, Gael Baudino, and certain specific titles (often written by authors who are doing one-offs such as Feist's "Faerie Tale") A lot of modern works under the title "UF" seem to mean romance novels wrapped in fairies (and there is nothing wrong with that!) but I like to have meat with my tea sometimes, not just toast with jam.

So to stretch the dietary analogy further than I likely should, I have been deliciously consuming your work and am off for more this weekend. So please forgive a reader who moved too quickly to asking questions that were to be revealed in time.

I can’t decide if a lack of ability to include emojis is helpful here. I can assure you there would be at least one facepalm, a bevy of laughs (but the parentheses will always be present whenever I write letters because I would wither and die. Hyperbolically speaking.)

Cheers, love your work, *trailing off with embarrassed mumbling*

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I loved The Ten Thousand Doors of January so much, and I can't wait to read more from you in the future. Do you have hope that this book will become a book series (I could see a sequel or even a prequel)? How do you feel about this book becoming a television or movie adaptation?

Alix E. Harrow 1) Thank you so much for reading. It still, STILL, feels wildly unlikely that other people might read and enjoy my book.

2) I really didn't/don't plan …more1) Thank you so much for reading. It still, STILL, feels wildly unlikely that other people might read and enjoy my book.

2) I really didn't/don't plan on this book being the first in a series. But there are a lot of--ahem!--doors left unopened. In a world of infinite other worlds, there's an infinite amount of room for other stories to slip in through the cracks.

3) .....But I do have another book coming! An unrelated standalone about suffragette witches in the 1890s.

3) I mean, if someone shows up tomorrow and says, "here is some money, we'd like to make your book into a Netflix special," I would be over the moon!! But they haven't yet.(less)

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	The Ten Thousand Doors of January 4.01 avg rating — 164,109 ratings — published 2019 — 59 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Starling House 3.78 avg rating — 154,644 ratings — published 2023 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Once and Future Witches 4.03 avg rating — 103,177 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Spindle Splintered (Fractured Fables, #1) 3.60 avg rating — 38,898 ratings — published 2021 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Six Deaths of the Saint (Into Shadow, #3) 4.31 avg rating — 31,766 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Mirror Mended (Fractured Fables, #2) 3.74 avg rating — 15,025 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Knight and the Butcherbird 4.02 avg rating — 8,686 ratings — published 2025 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Everlasting 4.56 avg rating — 1,405 ratings — published 2025 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Autobiography of a Traitor and a Half-Savage 4.09 avg rating — 1,392 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Patience and Not-Forsaken by Alix E. Harrow (Goodreads Author), Jennifer Nittoso (Reading) 3.43 avg rating — 800 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I hope you will find the cracks in the world and wedge them wider, so the light of other suns shines through; I hope you will keep the world unruly, messy, full of strange magics; I hope you will run through every open Door and tell stories when you return.”
― Alix E. Harrow, The Ten Thousand Doors of January

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“The will to be polite, to maintain civility and normalcy, is fearfully strong. I wonder sometimes how much evil is permitted to run unchecked simply because it would be rude to interrupt it.”
― Alix E. Harrow, The Ten Thousand Doors of January

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“It’s a profoundly strange feeling, to stumble across someone whose desires are shaped so closely to your own, like reaching toward your reflection in a mirror and finding warm flesh under your fingertips. If you should ever be lucky enough to find that magical, fearful symmetry, I hope you’re brave enough to grab it with both hands and not let go.”
― Alix E. Harrow, The Ten Thousand Doors of January

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