{{Short description|American novelist (born 1963)}} {{BLP sources|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox writer <!-- For more information see :Template:Infobox Writer/doc. --> | name = Alma A. Hromic | image = | image_size = she went to space | alt = | caption = | pseudonym = Alma Alexander | birth_name = Alma A. Hromic | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|07|05}} | birth_place = Novi Sad<ref name=sfsite /> | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | death_place = | resting_place = | occupation = Novelist | language = | nationality = | ethnicity = Serbian | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = | period = | genre = Fantasy | subject = | movement = | notableworks = ''The Secrets of Jin-Shei'' | spouse = | partner = | children = | relatives = | influences = | influenced = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = {{URL|https://www.almaalexander.org/}} | portaldisp = }}
'''Alma A. Hromic''' (born July 5, 1963), known by her pen name '''Alma Alexander''', is a fantasy writer whose novels include the "Worldweavers" young adult series, ''The Secrets of Jin-Shei'' and its sequel ''The Embers of Heaven'', ''The Hidden Queen,'' and ''Changer of Days.'' She was born in Yugoslavia and grew up in various African countries, including Zambia, Eswatini, and South Africa, also spending time in England and New Zealand before moving to the United States.<ref name=sfsite>{{cite web |url=http://www.sfsite.com/05b/aa176.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040603001753/http://www.sfsite.com/05b/aa176.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 3, 2004 |title=A Conversation With Alma Alexander |last=Przybyszewski |first=Chris |work=SF Site |date=April 2004 |accessdate=2013-06-08}}</ref> She lives in Bellingham, Washington.
In addition to her fantasy novels, Alexander has published a memoir about growing up in Africa and an epistolary novel (written with her husband, then an acquaintance from a Usenet newsgroup) about the NATO war in Yugoslavia. She has also published numerous book reviews, travelogues, essays, poetry, and other articles in various magazines (e.g., Swans) around the world. Her story "The Painting" won the 2000 BBC Short Story Contest.
In 2009, she donated her archive to the department of Rare Books and Special Collections at Northern Illinois University.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rare Books and Special Collections: Science Fiction Collection - NIU - University Libraries |url=http://www.ulib.niu.edu/rarebooks/sciencefiction.cfm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603071546/http://www.ulib.niu.edu/rarebooks/sciencefiction.cfm |archive-date=2012-06-03 |access-date=2026-04-29 |website=www.ulib.niu.edu}}</ref>
==Bibliography== {{Library resources box|about=no|by=yes}} * ''Houses in Africa'', David Ling Publishers (New Zealand), 1995 (as Alma A. Hromic) * ''The Dolphin's Daughter and Other Stories'', Longman (UK), 1995 (as Alma A. Hromic) * ''Letters from the Fire'' (with R. A. Deckert), HarperCollins (NZ), 1999 (as Alma A. Hromic) * ''Changer of Days Vol. 1'', Voyager (Australia/NZ), 2001 (as Alma A. Hromic) * ''Changer of Days Vol. 2'', Voyager (Australia/NZ), 2002 (as Alma A. Hromic) * ''The Secrets of Jin-Shei'', HarperCollins, 2004 {{ISBN|0-00-716375-4}} (also published in several other countries and languages) * ''The Hidden Queen'', Eos, 2004 (US edition of ''Changer of Days Vol. 1'') * ''Changer of Days'', Eos, 2004 (US edition of ''Changer of Days Vol. 2'') * ''The Embers of Heaven'', HarperCollins (UK), 2006 (also published in Australia/NZ) * ''Gift of the Unmage'' (Worldweavers #1), Eos, 2007 {{ISBN|0-06-083955-4}} * ''Spellspam'' (Worldweavers #2), Eos, 2008 {{ISBN|0-06-083958-9}} * ''Cybermage'' (Worldweavers #3), Harperteen, 2009 {{ISBN|0-06-083961-9}} * ''Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax'', Kos Books, 2010 * ''Midnight at Spanish Gardens'', Sky Warrior Books, 2011 * ''River'', Dark Quest Books, 2012 (editor) * ''Random'', Book 1 in The Were Chronicles, Dark Quest BOoks, 2014 * ''Dawn of Magic'' (Worldweavers #4), Sky Warrior Books, 2015 * ''AbductiCon'', Book View Cafe, 2015 *''Empress'', Book View Cafe, 2015 *''Children of a Different Sky'', Kos Books, 2017 (editor) *''Wings of Magic'', Book View Cafe 2017
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==External links== * [https://www.almaalexander.org/ Official site] * [http://www.fantasyliterature.net/alexanderalma.html Interview and reviews at FantasyLiterature.net] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080311041726/http://www.fantasyliterature.net/AlexanderAlma.html |date=2008-03-11 }} *{{ISFDB name|id=Alma_Alexander|name=Alma Alexander}}
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