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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