ABOUT ME

LONG:

Alechia Dow is a former pastry chef, librarian, and award-winning author of critically acclaimed YA scifi-fantasies: The Sound of Stars (a Junior Library Guild Selection and Hal Clement ALA notable), The Kindred (Locus & Ignyte finalist, Indie Next Kids January 2022 Pick, British Science Fiction Association's Best Book for Younger Readers Nominee, Bank Street College's Best Children's Book of 2023), A Song of Salvation (Kirkus starred), several short anthology pieces, and middle grade stories Just a Pinch of Magic (Kirkus starred) and The Cookie Crumbles which she co-authored with Tracy Badua. When not writing, you can find her having epic dance parties with her family, baking, reading, taking teeny adventures, and exploring her local food scene.

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SHORT: 

Alechia Dow is a former pastry chef, librarian, and award-winning author of several critically acclaimed stories: The Sound of Stars, The Kindred, A Song of Salvation, Just a Pinch of Magic, and The Cookie Crumbles which she co-authored with Tracy Badua. When not writing, you can find her having epic dance parties with her family, baking, reading, and exploring her local food scene.

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Books

Out now from Inkyard Press/Quill Tree/HarperCollins:

• The Sound of Stars

• The Kindred

• A Song of Salvation

Coming soon: 

• Just a Pinch of Magic---10/10/2023 with Feiwel & Friends

• The Cookie Crumbles (book 1 with Tracy Badua)---Summer 2024 with Quill Tree

• Until the Clock Strikes Midnight--Spring/Summer 2025 with F&F

• Their Just Desserts (Book 2 with Tracy Badua)--Spring/Fall 2025 with Quill Tree

Featured in the anthologies

• Out There 

• Ab(Solutely) Normal