# Alma Alexander

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{{Short description|American novelist (born 1963)}}
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'''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](/source/The_Secrets_of_Jin-Shei)'' and its sequel ''The Embers of Heaven'', ''The Hidden Queen,'' and ''Changer of Days.'' She was born in [Yugoslavia](/source/Yugoslavia) and grew up in various African countries, including [Zambia](/source/Zambia), [Eswatini](/source/Eswatini), and [South Africa](/source/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](/source/Bellingham%2C_Washington).

In addition to her fantasy novels, Alexander has published a memoir about growing up in [Africa](/source/Africa) and an [epistolary novel](/source/epistolary_novel) (written with her husband, then an acquaintance from a [Usenet](/source/Usenet) newsgroup) about the [NATO](/source/NATO) war in Yugoslavia. She has also published numerous book reviews, travelogues, essays, poetry, and other articles in various magazines (e.g., [Swans](/source/Swans_(magazine))) around the world. Her story "The Painting" won the 2000 [BBC](/source/BBC) Short Story Contest.

In 2009, she donated her archive to the department of Rare Books and Special Collections at [Northern Illinois University](/source/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==
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* ''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](/source/The_Hidden_Queen)'', Eos, 2004 (US edition of ''Changer of Days Vol. 1'')
* ''[Changer of Days](/source/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](/source/Gift_of_the_Unmage)'' (Worldweavers #1), Eos, 2007 {{ISBN|0-06-083955-4}}
* ''[Spellspam](/source/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](/source/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

==References==
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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 }}
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Category:21st-century American novelists
Category:21st-century American women novelists
Category:American fantasy writers
Category:1963 births
Category:Living people
Category:Writers from Novi Sad
Category:Yugoslav emigrants to the United States
Category:American women science fiction and fantasy writers
Category:20th-century American women novelists
Category:Expatriates in Zambia
Category:Expatriates in Eswatini
Category:Yugoslav expatriates in the United Kingdom
Category:Expatriates in South Africa
Category:Yugoslav expatriates in New Zealand

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