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Alix Christie

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in Redwood City, California, The United States

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Historical Fiction, Contemporary

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I'm an American-Canadian author and journalist. Born in California and raised Montana and British Columbia, I started writing at the age of 10 with a family newspaper and a (very bad) novel about horses. I studied philosophy at Vassar College, journalism at UC Berkeley and got my masters in fine arts from St Mary's College of California. In my first career as a journalist I reported for newspapers in California and from Europe as a foreign correspondent, including the Washington Post, The Guardian, The San Francisco Chronicle and Salon.com. I currently write about culture for The Economist.

I published my debut novel, "Gutenberg's Apprentice" in 2014 and have since written and published award-winning short stories. My new novel, "The Shining ...more

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Average rating: 3.51 · 3,329 ratings · 661 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors

	Gutenberg's Apprentice 3.51 avg rating — 3,270 ratings — published 2014 — 39 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 Shining Mountains 3.95 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2023 — 7 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
	Six Shorts 2016: The finalists for The Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award by Alix Christie (Goodreads Author), Petina Gappah, Colum McCann (Goodreads Author) 3.81 avg rating — 36 ratings	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 Shining Mountains: Library Edition by Alix Christie (Goodreads Author), Kate Zane (narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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How the Printing Press Changed Education in Europe

Introduction: A Turning Point in Learning

Back in the 1400s, when the printing press invention showed up, things kind of flipped for folks wanting to learn. Before all this fancy machinery, education was this really closed-off thing. Mostly monks and rich people got their hands on those old handwritten books—imagine copying all that out by candlelight! The big change? When Gutenberg and his printin

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Alix answered Ellen B. Lohr-Hinkel's question: Dear Alix, has your book, Gutenberg's Apprentice been translated into German yet? I would love to purchase a German edition to gift to my elderly uncle who is a master journeyman typesetter from the Mainz area and who would not be able to read your novel in English. Thank you for any information. Dear Ellen, leider nicht! I would have loved a German edition but no German publisher took it up. Best, Alix
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Alix made a comment on Elizabeth Bell’s review of The Shining Mountains " Hi Elizabeth, there is indeed a lengthy author's note in the hardback edition showing what really happened and what was invented. I'm sorry it wasn't ...more "
May 22, 2024 06:51AM · see review
Alix and 1 other person liked G.P. Gottlieb's review of The Shining Mountains: "Angus McDonald had to escape from Scotland or risk arrest. In 1838, he contracted with the Hudson Bay Company to trade in the Pacific Northwest. There he discovers majestic mountains, raging rivers, and buffalo. He meets and marries Catherine, who is" Read more of this review »
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“Just as the sailor yearns for port, the writer longs for the last line.”
― Alix Christie, Gutenberg's Apprentice

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“the higher they reached toward heaven’s stars, the farther their feet lifted from God’s earth.”
― Alix Christie, Gutenberg's Apprentice

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“He had cast a plain square shaft the same size as a letter m, yet just a fraction shorter than their letters. When slipped between them it would make a gap, because it was too short to take the ink.”
― Alix Christie, Gutenberg's Apprentice

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