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  • Bibliography:
    14 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1990
  • Latest Book:
    October 2024
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Full Series List in Order

The Clues Kids

1 - The Case of the Funny Money Man (Jan-1990)
2 - The Ghost of Shockly Manor (Jan-1990)
3 - The Case of the Gumball Bandits (1990)
4 - The Case of the Pizza Pie Spy (1990)

Goblin Secrets

1 - Goblin Secrets (Mar-2012)
2 - Ghoulish Song (Mar-2013)

Book List in Order: 14 titles



  • MEET THE CLUES KIDS, A FUN-LOVING FAMILY OF FOSTER KIDS ITCHING TO CRACK A CRIME... Short Stuff -- Don't let her red curls and big green eyes fool you. Dottie's a smart little cookie with a sharp eye for danger. Smoke Screen -- He's a maste...



  • MEET THE CLUES KIDS, A FUN-LOVING FAMILY OF FOSTER KIDS ITCHING TO CRACK A CRIME... Short Stuff -- Don't let her red curls and big green eyes fool you. Dottie's a smart little cookie with a sharp eye for danger. Smoke Screen -- He's a maste...





  • In 1992, a young man named Bryan Wing left the confines of a small and closed-minded town for what he hoped would be an open and free society of college. Naive and lonely, he let his caution and skepticism give way to take on a relationship with a ma...



  • In 2005, Haunted Nantucket Island came out in hardcover and softcover to a limited regional audience. It was the result of two years of interviews and research into the history, folklore and paranormal activity of Nantucket Island. Now, with the adve...



  • A boy joins a theatrical troupe of goblins to find his missing brother. In the town of Zombay, there is a witch named Graba who has clockwork chicken legs and moves her house around -- much like the fairy tale figure of Baba Yaga. Graba takes in s...



  • A brave girl flees a ghoul while trying to save her town in this lively, fast-paced companion to National Book Award winner Goblin Secrets. Kaile lives in Zombay, an astonishing city where goblins walk the streets and witches work their charms and...



  • Gabe Fuentes is in for the ride of his life when he becomes Earth’s ambassador to the galaxy in this otherworldly adventure from the National Book Award-winning author of Goblin Secrets. Gabe Fuentes is reading under the covers one summer night ...






  • Gabe Fuentes is in a race against time -- and aliens -- in this intergalactic sequel to Ambassador, which Booklist called “an exciting sci-fi adventure, perceptively exploring what it means to be alien,” from National Book Award winner William Al...



  • From National Book Award-winning author William Alexander comes a wryly humorous story about two kids who try to save their town by bringing back its ghosts. Rosa Ramona Díaz has just moved to the small, un-haunted town of Ingot -- the only ghost...



  • In a city depressed for decades, with a constant clash of rich and poor, one thing still flows from hand to hand. Whether you have it or need it or are trying to get it, money will still underlie all the decisions one makes over the course of your da...



  • National Book Award winner William Alexander conjures up a spooky adventure full of excitement in this entertaining sequel to A Properly Unhaunted Place. Rosa Ramona Diaz, the ghost appeasing assistant librarian, has unleashed all the ghosts who w...



  • In the exciting new KIDS IN MRS. Z'S CLASS chapter-book series, every book is written by a different beloved author and stars a different kid in the class. With Book Four, written by National Book Award winner William Alexander, Memo Castillo is ...


Award-Winning Books by William Alexander

Goblin Secrets
2012 National Book Award -- Young People's Literature


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

William Alexander has published 14 books.

The next book by William Alexander, The Legend of Memo Castillo, will be published in October 2024.

The first book by William Alexander, The Case of the Funny Money Man, was published in January 1990.

Yes. William Alexander has 2 series.