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ALEXANDRIA NOLAN was born and grew up in and around the Michigan's second motor city, Flint. She attended the University of Michigan, earning a Bachelor of Arts in English. After graduation from university in 2008, Alexandria moved to Texas to teach History, English and Writing in the public school system. In the spring of 2013, she left teaching to write full time.

She is the author of "Shears of Fate" a novella, "Wide, Wild, Everywhere" a book of short stories, "Starlight Symphonies of Oak & Glass" A novel of early Michigan, and "The Library of Panopticon" a time-slip fantasy. She maintains a lifestyle blog, Greetings from Nolandia, and is a frequent contributor to various online and print publications. Alexandria is currently working on a ...more

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	Starlight Symphonies of Oak and Glass: A Novel of the Great Lakes 3.79 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Shears of Fate: A Novel of Memory and Madness 3.87 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2013 — 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 Library of Panopticon 4.10 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2015 — 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
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	Wide, Wild, Everywhere: Short Stories for Wanderers 4.82 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2014 — 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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	Moonlight Melodies of Copper & Pine (Starlight Symphonies Book 2) 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — 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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	Sunlight Serenades of Wind & Iron: A Novel of the Great Lakes (Starlight Symphonies Book 3) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 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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“Dedication To all who now, or have ever, called Michigan home. Its natural, glimmering beauty and fascinating history had me stuck in an almost permanent daydream. It is easy to love a place with so much magic.”
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“Home! What a strange word. Once I thought nothing of it, but I have learned all too well the power and succor that it can conjure when one has been taken away from it.”
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