Alexander's other fiction series are "Westmark" (1981 to 1984) and "Vesper Holly" (1987 to 1990 and 2005). "Westmark" features a former printer's apprentice involved in the rebellion and civil war in a fictional European kingdom around 1800. Vesper Holly is a wealthy and brilliant Philadelphia orphan who has adventures in various fictional countries during the 1870s. There was some controversy about "The Fortune-Tellers" (1992), a picture book illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman. Some felt that the story was European in origin and therefore inappropriate for its African setting. Alexander's last novel, "The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio", was published in August 2007.