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William Alexander
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William Alexander

William Alexander won the National Book Award for his debut novel, Goblin Secrets—praised by Kirkus Reviews as “gripping and tantalizing” in a starred review—and won the Earphones Award for his narration of the audiobook. He studied theater and folklore at Oberlin College and English at the University of Vermont, and currently lives, writes, and teaches in Minneapolis. Ghoulish Song is his second novel. Visit him at WillAlex.net and GoblinSecrets.com.

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Goblin Secrets will be released on July 23, 2013 in Trade Paperback
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Mar 07, 2013
Ghoulish Song will be released on March 05, 2013 in Hardcover, Compact Disk, Audio Download, eBook
Mar 05, 2013
Ghoulish Song is now available in Hardcover, Compact Disk, Audio Download, eBook
Mar 05, 2013
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Mar 02, 2013
Goblin Secrets will be released on January 01, 2013 in Compact Disk
Jan 01, 2013
Goblin Secrets is now available in Compact Disk
Jan 01, 2013
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Goblin Secrets
Nov 22, 2012
Goblin Secrets will be released on November 13, 2012 in Trade Paperback, Audio Download
Nov 13, 2012
Goblin Secrets is now available in Trade Paperback, Audio Download
Nov 13, 2012
Goblin Secrets will be released on March 06, 2012 in Hardcover, eBook
Mar 06, 2012
Goblin Secrets is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Mar 06, 2012

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New Yorker, April 27, 2013
...spying for Cuba. (Of course, you could also opt for David Grann’s "The Yankee Comandante," on William Alexander Morgan, the forgotten American hero of the Cuban Revolution.) As a former Washington resident—and, full disclosure, former Post...
Mankato Free Press, April 25, 2013
...book in his Felton Reinstein trilogy, ?Nothing Special.? The announcement stunned even Herbach, for his competition included William Alexander and ?Goblin Secrets? ? which had already won the National Book Award in the same category. ?I was pretty...
Gourmet Retailer, April 18, 2013
...Tourists” Culinary Travel or Memoir Rebecca Flint Marx gilttaste.com “From Sex Cake to Spurned Salad” Instructional Writing William Alexander, with contributions from Meryl Rosofsky, Alex Rush, Kellie Evans, Dana Bowen, Ben Mims, Marne...
Sun Current, April 10, 2013
...New York Times best-selling author William Alexander will be the keynote speaker during the fourth annual Writing Festival next week at Normandale Community College of Bloomington. The festival is 10 a.m. to 4 p.m...
TickerTech.com, April 8, 2013
...Subscribers receive a monthly Readers Write email with exclusive content, such as interviews with National Book Award winner William Alexander, who loves to write in near darkness and has a puppet door in his home office, and International Spy Museum...
World News Network, April 2, 2013
...1802 – Leopold Fitzinger, Austrian zoologist (d. 1884) 1808 – Antonio Meucci, Italian inventor (d. 1889) 1824 – William Alexander, Irish bishop (d. 1911) 1825 – Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1868) 1828 ...
Buffalo News, April 1, 2013
...L. Swanson November: 52 Loaves: One man’s Relentless Pursuit of Truth, Meaning and a Perfect Crust by William Alexander December: (classics month) The Dead by James Joyce January: The Zookeeper’s Wife: A War Story by Diane Ackerman February:...
Cumberland Times-News, May 11, 2013
...away in Baltimore while residing at the time with her family. May 10, 2013 WILLIAM A. LASHBAUGH [Lonaconing] William Alexander Lashbaugh, 65, of Jackson Run Road, Lonaconing, died Thursday, May 9, 2013 at the Western Maryland Regional Medical...
Cumberland Times-News, May 11, 2013
...Anonymous Cumberland Times-News The Cumberland Times-News Fri May 10, 2013, 10:04 PM EDT LONACONING — William Alexander Lashbaugh, 65, of Jackson Run Road, Lonaconing, died Thursday, May 9, 2013 at the Western Maryland Regional Medical Center,...
Yorkshire Post, May 10, 2013
...1999 in what was the first Christian uniformed organisation for boys founded in 1883 in Glasgow by Sir William Alexander Smith. Boys take part in activities and competitions and organisations like BB can still play an important part in a boy’s life,...
New York Times, May 10, 2013
...over all, though not all plays in the contest were comedies. Mr. McEneny. the drama program director at William Alexander Middle School 51 in Park Slope, helped Kyle through the writing process and encouraged him to submit his play for the Worldwide...
Lynchburg News and Advance, May 10, 2013
...vigorous attempts to follow the law would not be enough to keep him from standing trial before Judge William Alexander II in Pittsylvania County Circuit Court in April. Raynor opened Starlight I and Starlight II in the fall of 2010. Prior to opening...
New York Times, May 10, 2013
...over all, though not all plays in the contest were comedies. Mr. McEneny. the drama program director at William Alexander Middle School 51 in Park Slope, helped Kyle through the writing process and encouraged him to submit his play for the Worldwide...
Aberdeen Patch, May 10, 2013
...Sr. of Bel Air passed away May 1. Jason "Moose" Christopher Wilczynski of Parkville passed away April 30. William Alexander Hubbard of Parkville passed away April 29. Helen M. Ilioff of Nottingham passed away April 29. Robert Wesley Beebe of...