ALex HIAM 

Alex Hiam’s studio is full of old paintings from his favorite time period, the late 1800's and early 1900's, so it’s no surprise that turn-of-the-Century Boston is featured in his latest magical tale for teen readers. Alex grew up in and around Boston and majored in anthropology at Harvard College, where he also wrote and illustrated articles about natural history, and won the English Department’s Arnold Prize. But the honor he is most proud of was being entrusted as a student with the key to the iron gates of Mount Auburn Cemetery, where he would let himself in at dawn on Spring mornings to study the migrating birds before the rest of Cambridge awoke.

Alex lives in Putney, Vermont, with his eleven and sixteen-year-olds, who are avid readers. He is currently plotting the third Silent Lee adventure. To see drafts of Alex's various writing projects, check out his postings on Wattpad.

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His large family includes daughters ranging from pre-teens into their twenties, and his strong, nontraditional female leads are written for them. He teaches Making Writing Exciting! at North Star, a learning center for self-directed teens has taught at U Mass Amherst and has sailed the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean, logging thousands of nautical miles (he plans someday to write a book about pirates).

He grew up visiting his Great Grandmother in her mysterious mansion on Dartmouth Street in downtown Boston, which really was in an earlier century, and provides inspiration for some of the settings in Silent Lee. Adopted along with his twin, and the father of biracial children, his personal experiences weave thematically into his magically adventurous tales.

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Should you or your organization be in need of an authors hand for hire, click here for Alex's resume.