In the fall of 2002, he was a Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. Alexander is also the director of Brothers in Arms, a documentary film about John Kerry and Vietnam (First Run Features).Ī graduate of The University of Alabama and The Writers’ Workshop at The University of Iowa, Alexander is a member of the Authors Guild and PEN American Center.

Edge toured Australia and New Zealand and enjoyed a second run in New York. Developed at The Actors Studio, Edge, the critically acclaimed one-woman play about Sylvia Plath, ran in New York, London, Los Angeles, among other cities. Alexander is the author of the plays Strangers in the Land of Canaan and Edge, which he directed. Shane Salerno’s forthcoming feature documentary Salinger is based on Alexander’s biography of J.D. A former reporter for Time, Alexander has published journalism in The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, New York, The Nation, The Village Voic Besides the bestselling Kindle Singles Murdered, Accused, and Homicidal, Paul Alexander has published eight previous books of nonfiction: Ariel Ascending: Writings About Sylvia Plath Rough Magic, a biography of Plath Boulevard of Broken Dreams: The Life, Times, and Legend of James Dean, the bestseller that has been published in 10 countries Death and Disaster: The Rise of the Warhol Empire and the Race For Andy’s Millions Man of the People: The Life of John McCain The Candidate, a chronicle of John Kerry’s presidential campaign and Machiavelli’s Shadow: The Rise and Fall of Karl Rove.Ī former reporter for Time, Alexander has published journalism in The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, New York, The Nation, The Village Voice, Salon, Worth, The New York Observer, George, Cosmopolitan, More, Interview, ARTnews, Mirabella, Premiere, Out, The Advocate, Travel & Leisure, The Los Angeles Times Book Review, Biography, Men’s Journal, Best Life, The New York Review of Books, The Daily Beast, and Rolling Stone. Besides the bestselling Kindle Singles Murdered, Accused, and Homicidal, Paul Alexander has published eight previous books of nonfiction: Ariel Ascending: Writings About Sylvia Plath Rough Magic, a biography of Plath Boulevard of Broken Dreams: The Life, Times, and Legend of James Dean, the bestseller that has been published in 10 countries Death and Disaster: The Rise of the Warhol Empire and the Race For Andy’s Millions Man of the People: The Life of John McCain The Candidate, a chronicle of John Kerry’s presidential campaign and Machiavelli’s Shadow: The Rise and Fall of Karl Rove.

Rough Magic by Paul Alexander