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 business.
Allison edits fantasy, sci-fi, and horror novels for middle grade and up, and her superpowers are untangling plot threads, strengthening character 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.
Allison is a member of the Editorial Freelancers Association, an editor for Revise & Resub (#RevPit), and a co-host of The Worldbuilders Tavern podcast. She also shares insights about writing, querying, and publishing genre fiction in her newsletter, Editors Alchemy.
AGE CATEGORIES Middle Grade Young Adult New Adult Adult
FAVOURITE SUBGENRES Fantasy: adventure, dark, fairy tales, mythological, science fantasy Sci-Fi: apocalyptic, hard, litRPG, soft, space opera Horror: cosmic, eco-horror, psychological, supernatural, survival Mystery: cozy, detective stories, paranormal, puzzle, soft-boiled
SHE ESPECIALLY LOVES Amateur sleuths Animal companions Disability rep Genre mashups Monsters Puzzles Quests Rivals to friends or lovers Sentient spaceships Unusual magic systems
SHES NOT A GOOD FIT FOR AI-written books Erotica Historical fiction Literary fiction Novels-in-verse Picture books Slasher, gory, body, or extreme horror Sexual assault scenes
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