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 is a native of
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.[1] 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.[2]
Bibliography
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
ISBN0-00-716375-4 (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)