Alix E. Harrow:
(born November 9, 1989).
American science fiction and fantasy writer.
Her short fiction work “A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies” has been nominated for the Nebula Award, World Fantasy Award, and Locus Award, and in 2019 won a Hugo Award. Her debut novel, The Ten Thousand Doors of January (2019), was widely acclaimed by mainstream critics, lauded by general audiences during voting at Goodreads Choice Awards and Locus Awards, and nominated for multiple first novel literary awards and speculative fiction awards. She has also published under the name Alix Heintzman.
It was a bright spring morning, full of promise. Most travelers are familiar with this kind of weather, when the wind blows westward and warm but the ground still chills the soles of your feet, when the tree buds have begun to unfurl and scent the air with secret springtime madness and they know those days are made for leaving.
