Alexandria Constantinova Szeman (born Cheryl Lynn Clemans; 18 June 1956) is an American author of literary fiction (novels and short stories), poetry, true crime, memoir, and nonfiction.
Szeman began her writing career as a poet, and her work was widely published in university journals and literary magazines.
[2] It was awarded the University of Rochester's Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize[3] for "the outstanding book of prose fiction by an American woman," and The Talmadge McKinney Award for Excellence in Research (Central State University, 1994).
The Kommandant's Mistress received a starred review in Publishers Weekly,[4] indicating a "book of outstanding merit."
[6] The novel was sold to publishers in France (Albin Michel), Spain and Latin America (Seix Barrel), Russia, Japan, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Latvia, and Lithuania.