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An apartment fire that burned her books inspired the theme of Alena Graedon’s first novel, The Word Exchange. A dictionary gifted by her parents influenced the first scene.
A family of readers and a mother who read aloud stories gave her an appreciation for science fiction and fantasy.
Alena graedon wiki
These are just some of the life experiences that shaped Graedon into the writer she is today.
Graedon, an assistant professor of English and creative writing, shared her journey as an author. She published The Word Exchange in 2014.
The science fiction novel centers around a futuristic alternate reality where a virus spread from machines to humans makes communication impossible.
“It’s sort of an allegory, but it’s also meant to be really represented in the novel in practical terms,” Graedon said.
“I got the idea for it because I watched this shift from the way we used to interact with text and language and communicate with each other, and then it changed and became heavily influenced by new dig