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THE KOMMANDANT'S MISTRESS, a novel
Revised & Expanded,
20th Anniversary Edition
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ONLY WITH THE HEART, a novel
Revised, Medically Updated, & Expanded,
12th Anniversary Edition
(August 2012)
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NO FEET IN HEAVEN,
a novel
(June 2012)
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MASTERING POINT OF VIEW:
Using POV in Fiction to Create Conflict,
Develop Characters, & Increase Suspense
Revised, Updated, & Expanded,
10th Anniversary Edition
(Aug 2012)
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NAKED, WITH GLASSES,
award-winning short stories
(UKA Press)
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LOVE IN THE TIME OF DINOSAURS,
award-winning poems
(July 2012)
(UKA Press)
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WHERE LIGHTNING STRIKES
award-winning poems on the Holocaust
(July 2012)
(UKA Press)
The Szeman Sampler
Extended Excerpts from all Alexandria's Books
(September 2012)
the Author
Alexandria's (formerly writing as Sherri) Twitter
Alexandria's Tweets
Alexandria's Creative Writing Exercise Tweets
Alexandria's Book Covers
Novels
Short Stories
Poetry
Non-Fiction/Creative Writing
Ebook Sampler
About
THE KOMMANDANT'S MISTRESS, a novel
Revised & Expanded,
20th Anniversary Edition
About
ONLY WITH THE HEART, a novel
Revised, Medically Updated, & Expanded,
12th Anniversary Edition
(August 2012)
About
NO FEET IN HEAVEN,
a novel
(June 2012)
About
MASTERING POINT OF VIEW:
Using POV in Fiction to Create Conflict,
Develop Characters, & Increase Suspense
Revised, Updated, & Expanded,
10th Anniversary Edition
(Aug 2012)
About
NAKED, WITH GLASSES,
award-winning short stories
(UKA Press)
About
LOVE IN THE TIME OF DINOSAURS,
award-winning poems
(July 2012)
(UKA Press)
About
WHERE LIGHTNING STRIKES
award-winning poems on the Holocaust
(July 2012)
(UKA Press)
The Szeman Sampler
Extended Excerpts from all Alexandria's Books
(September 2012)
Critically acclaimed & award-winning author, Szeman began as a poet, then began writing novels & short fiction, as well as creative writing books.
Szeman has Ph.D.'s in Creative Writing and in World Literature; her dissertation, Survivor: One Who Survives, was a collection of original poetry, all of which was accepted or published by university & literary journals before her dissertation defense. While in graduate school, her poetry was awarded numerous prizes, including The Elliston Poetry Prize (several times) & The Isabel and Mary Neff Creative Writing Fellowship.
Her second novel, Only with the Heart, on the devastating effects of Alzheimer's on a family, is on the recommended reading lists of Alzheimer's Associations nationwide.
The titular story in her award-winning collection of short stories, Naked, with Glasses, won Third Prize in Story Magazine's "Seven Deadly Sins Contest", and the manuscript won UKA Press' 2007 Annual International Competition (expected publication date 2012).
Her two poetry collections, Love in the Time of Dinosaurs and Where Lightning Strikes: Poems of the Holocaust, both containing award-winning poems, include poetry from her dissertation. Both are set to be published by UKA Press in 2012.
Szeman is currently completing her latest novel, revising another novel & her memoir (about growing up with a mother who practiced Munchausen's by Proxy), and is about to publish several creative writing exercise books.
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