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V. N. Alexander, Ph.D. is a novelist, philosopher of science. Her favorite authors are Vladimir Nabokov and Stanislaw Lem, and she lives on a small sheep farm upstate with her husband and son.

Her latest novel, The Girlie Playhouse, will be released by Heresy Press in April 2026.

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	Fine Lines: Vladimir Nabokov’s Scientific Art by Stephen H. Blackwell, Kurt Johnson, V. N. Alexander (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.17 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Locus Amoenus 4.15 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Smoking Hopes 3.57 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Naked Singularity 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2003 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Biologist's Mistress: Rethinking Self-Organization in Art, Literature, and Nature 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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