Allison Alexander

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, horror, and mystery 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 Worldbuilder’s Tavern podcast. She also shares insights about writing, querying, and publishing genre fiction in her newsletter, Editor’s Alchemy. 

EDUCATION

• English BA, Canadian Mennonite University
• Certificate in Publishing, Toronto Metropolitan University

EXPERIENCE

• Freelance Writer, various publications (2014–2018)
• Managing Editor, Area of Effect Magazine (2015–2018)
• Editorial Director, Mythos & Ink publishing (2018–2022)
• Freelance Editor (2022–present)

SPECIALTIES

• Fantasy
• Science Fiction
• Horror
• Mystery
• Middle Grade
• Young Adult
• Adult

SHE ESPECIALLY LOVES..

• Science fantasy
• Dark fantasy
• LitRPG
• Space opera
• Eco-horror
• Cozy mystery
• Monsters
• Unusual magic systems
• Puzzles
• Older protagonists
• Genre mashups
• Underrepresented characters

SHE’S NOT A GOOD FIT FOR…

• AI-written books
• Erotica
• Historical fiction
• Literary fiction
• Novels-in-verse
• Slasher, gory, body, or extreme horror
• Sexual assault scenes

https://aealexander.com/

Years in the field: 10
Years freelancing: 4