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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) 4.18 avg rating — 28 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
	The Girlie Playhouse 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — 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
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I love seeing a world via the point-of-view of an outsider; such people make insightful observers. In Don’t Look at Me, Charles Holdefer chose as narrator a 6’9" young woman, Holly, a former basketball player, now injured, who is looking for a new pu ...more
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V. Alexander and 1 other person liked Lydia Nelson's review of The Girlie Playhouse: "I'll be honest, I wasn't sure what to expect going into The Girlie Playhouse. A strip club, a murder, a lottery win on the surface it sounds like it could go either way. But this novel is something else entirely. Pixie is one of the most interesting n" Read more of this review »
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