ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Alessia Dickson

 Alessia Dickson is the award winning author of The Crystal Chronicles series. Alessia is a motivational speaker working to inspire students to read and write to their full potential. She lives in Toronto, Ontario, where she is hard at work on her third book, The Crystal Chronicles and the Sunken City. 

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Alessia Dickson was born on April 23rd 1999 in Woodbridge Ontario and shares a birthday with William Shakespeare!  

Alessia has been writing since the moment she could hold a pencil and string together literate sentences. Alessia started writing novels and poetry at age 6. By age 9, she had written dozens of poems, short stories, and an entire novella series of fifty books called Detective Sarah. By age 10, Alessia started writing her YA book series The Crystal Chronicles.

The first book of the 5 part series was released in February of 2016 when Alessia was only 16 years old. Since publishing her young adult novel, The Crystal Chronicles at age sixteen, she has been interviewed for CBC television, radio, newspapers, and magazines. In 2017, Story Monsters LLC wrote a feature article on Alessia where she appeared alongside James Patterson. Later that year, in June 2017, The Crystal Chronicles won the coveted grand prize in the Purple Dragonfly Book Awards, which recognizes excellence in children's literature. In November 2018, Alessia received the Order of Vaughan from the honourable Mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua, which is given to the most respected citizens in the Vaughan community. In 2019 Alessia's second book, The Crystal Chronicles and the Lost Temple was released and well received by fans of the series. The Crystal Chronicles and the Sunken City is currently in the works and is set for release in 2021.
 
At age 16, Alessia starting touring local elementary and high schools to speak to students from grades 4-12 about the importance of literacy and following one's passions and aspirations. Alessia is dedicated to changing the world one school at a time, and works tirelessly to ensure young people realize their own potential and capabilities. She has been a symbol of inspiration to many and has left an incredible message about persistence and passion on thousands of students across Ontario.

Alessia spends her time touring schools and working on her third book as well as attending school at Ryerson University.