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BIOGRAPHY

Allison Alexander is a freelance book editor, writer, and artist based in Canada. She has a BA in English, a certificate in Publishing, and ten years of experience working with authors. After being employed at a newspaper, a magazine, and a small press, her love of stories led her to start her own editing business.

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Allison edits fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and mystery novels for middle grade and up, and her superpowers are untangling plot threads, strengthening characters arcs, and deepening worldbuilding. As a chronically ill, queer woman, she cheers on diversity and representation of marginalized identities in all fiction, and she works with conscious language and inclusivity in mind. In her free time, she binge-watches Stargate with her supportive partner, reads, paints, crochets, and plays video games. 

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Allison is a member of the Editorial Freelancers Association, an editor for Revise & Resub (RevPit), and a co-host of The Worldbuilder's Tavern podcast. She also shares insights about writing, querying, and publishing genre fiction in her newsletter, Editor's Alchemy.

FAVOURITES

ADULT BOOKS

• Dungeon Crawler Carl, Matt Dinniman

• Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries, Heather Fawcett

• The Gods Below, Andrea Stewart

• Howl's Moving Castle, Diana Wynne Jones

• The Murderbot Diaries, Martha Wells

• Nettle & Bone, T. Kingfisher

• Nimona, N.D. Stevenson

• The Outside, Ada Hoffmann

• Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers, Jesse Q. Sutanto

• Voyage of the Damned, Frances White

MG & YA BOOKS

• A Door in the Dark, Scott Reintgen

• The House with Chicken Legs,​​ Sophie Anderson

• Iron Widow, Xiran Jay Zhao

• Raybearer, Jordan Ifueko

• The Scarlet Alchemist, Kylie Lee Baker

• To Shape a Dragon's Breath, Moniquill Blackgoose

• Sir Callie and the Champions of Helston, Esme Symes-Smith

• Six of Crows, Leigh Bardugo

• Skyward, Brandon Sanderson

• Wings of Fire, Tui T.

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TV SHOWS

Arcane Avatar: The Last AirbenderBonesBrooklyn 99CastleEurekaFringeThe Good PlaceMy Little PonyThe OfficeStargate: SG-1Star Wars: The Clone WarsStranger ThingsThe Witcher

VIDEO GAMES

Baldur's Gate 3 Don't Starve Together • Dragon Age • Final Fantasy • Hollow Knight • Horizon Zero Dawn • Legend of Zelda • Mass Effect • Ori and the Blind Forest • Portal • Stardew Valley • Valheim

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

EDUCATION

  • BA, Canadian Mennonite University (English Major)

  • Publishing Certificate, Toronto Metropolitan University

COURSES TAKEN

  • Developmental Editing of Fiction - Intermediate (EFA)

  • Editing Books for Children and Teens (TMU)

  • Editing Horror (Club Ed)

  • Editing Mystery, Thriller, and Suspense (Club Ed)

  • Editing Science Fiction and Fantasy (Club Ed)

  • Publishing for Children (TMU)

  • Substantive and Stylistic Editing (TMU)

WEBINARS ATTENDED

  • Creative, Compelling Worldbuilding (Club Ed)

  • Demystifying the Language of Disability (EFA)

  • Hacking Writing on a Line Level (Cecilia Lyra)

  • Line Editing Fiction (Club Ed)

  • Trans Allyship for Writers and Editors (EFA)

WORK EXPERIENCE

  • Graphic Designer, 2014–2015

  • Freelance Writer, 2014–2018

  • Managing Editor, Area of Effect magazine, 2015–2018

  • Editorial Director, Mythos & Ink publishing, 2018–2022

  • Freelance Fiction Editor, 2022–present

VOLUNTEERING

  • Blog team member for Editor's Tea Club

  • Editor at Revise & Resub (RevPit)

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