About William Alexander (author)
William Joseph Alexander is an American writer and academic. He won the annual National Book Award for Young People's Literature recognizing his debut novel, Goblin Secrets, which was published by Margaret K. His first published work of speculative fiction was the seven page short story "The Birthday Rooms" (Zahir, Summer 2005), which earned a 2006 Calvino Prize nomination. Cities are always full of different stories unfolding at once." The first sequel was released March 2013, Ghoulish Song.
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