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Alechia Dow

Alechia Dow is a former pastry chef, food critic, culinary teacher, and Youth Services librarian. When not writing about determined black girls (like herself), you can find her chasing her wild child, baking, or taking teeny adventures around Europe.

Genres: Young Adult Fantasy, Children's Fiction

New and upcoming books

February 2026

Until the Clock Strikes Midnight

Series

Cookie Crumbles (with Tracy Badua)
The Cookie Crumbles (2024)
Their Just Desserts (2025)

Novels

   The Sound of Stars (2020)
   The Kindred (2022)
   A Song of Salvation (2023)
   Just a Pinch of Magic (2023)
   Until the Clock Strikes Midnight (2026)

Books containing stories by Alechia Dow

Ab(solutely) Normal (2023)
Short Stories That Smash Mental Health Stereotypes
edited by
Rocky Callen and Nora Shalaway Carpenter

Out There (2022)
Into the Queer New Yonder
edited by
Saundra Mitchell

Award nominations

	2024 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature (nominee) : Just a Pinch of Magic
	2024 Locus Award for Best Young Adult Novel (nominee) : A Song of Salvation
	2024 Ignyte Award for Outstanding Middle Grade (nominee) : Just a Pinch of Magic
	2023 Locus Award for Best Young Adult Novel (nominee) : The Kindred
	2023 Ignyte Award for Outstanding Young Adult Novel (nominee) : The Kindred
	2023 BSFA Award for Best Fiction for Young Readers (nominee) : A Song of Salvation

Alechia Dow recommends

The Golden Boy's Guide to Bipolar (2025)
Sonora Reyes
"Filled with endless compassion, this book can--and will--save lives."

Love at Full Tilt (2025)
Jenny L Howe
"A swoony, empowering, and heartfelt romp through fandom, friendship, and finding--no, making!--your own magic."

The Dividing Sky (2024)
Jill Tew
"A compelling, clever, and endlessly swoony dystopian romance."

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