"It's exciting to meet an author who's unafraid of heights."

--New York Times Book Review

 

"A seer with extraordinary literary skills and a piquant sense of humor."

--Chicago Tribune

 

Alex Shakar's novel The Savage Girl was selected as a New York Times Notable Book and a Booksense 76 Pick, and has been translated into six foreign languages. His story collection City in Love was selected as an Independent Presses Editors Pick of the Year. A native of Brooklyn, NY, he currently teaches fiction in Champaign-Urbana and lives in Chicago with his wife, the composer Olivia Block.