Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Letters from the Fire | 1999 | Alma Alexander | Buy |
| 2 | Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax | 2010 | Alma Alexander | Buy |
| 3 | Houses in Africa | 2011 | Alma Alexander | Buy |
| 4 | Alchemy of the Word: Dreams and Transformations | 2024 | Alma Alexander | Buy |
Alma Alexander’s non-fiction draws heavily on her own life experiences. Letters from the Fire was her first published book, written about the conflict in the former Yugoslavia. Houses in Africa is a memoir about growing up on the African continent, moving between countries and cultures.
Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax collects her essays on a wide variety of topics, while the more recent Alchemy of the Word explores how dreams and transformation show up in storytelling. These books give useful context for understanding the multicultural perspective that runs through all of her fiction.