Alex Sheshunoff
{{short description|American non-fiction writer (born c. 1973)}}
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Alex Sheshunoff (born c. 1973) is an American non-fiction writer. He won the Faulkner Society's Words & Wisdom Award for nonfiction writing.
Personal life
After earning a bachelor's degree in history from Yale, Sheshunoff moved to New York City where he started and ran an online magazine called E-The People.{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/1998/0824/6204081a.html |title=We the people.com |work=Forbes.com |date=1998-08-24 |accessdate=2015-05-19}}{{cite web|last=Lyman |first=Rick |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/03/us/got-cause-and-computer-you-can-fight-city-hall.html |title=Got Cause and Computer? You Can Fight City Hall |work=NYTimes.com |date=1998-10-03 |accessdate=2015-05-19}} Burnt out five years later, he moved to the Pacific island of Yap. In 2005, he moved to Iowa City where he went on to earn an MFA University of Iowa's Nonfiction Writing Program. He lives in Ojai, California and is married to Sarah Sheshunoff. They have two children, Ian Shenanigan and Andrew Commissioner.
Professional life
Sheshunoff is the author of A Beginner's Guide to Paradise which won The Faulkner Society's Words & Wisdom Nonfiction Prize, part of the William Faulkner – William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition.{{cite web |author= |url=http://wordsandmusic.org/alex-sheshunoff_bio/ |title=Alex Sheshunoff - Words & Music |publisher=Wordsandmusic.org |date=2014-11-14 |accessdate=2015-05-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150521232003/http://wordsandmusic.org/alex-sheshunoff_bio/ |archive-date=2015-05-21 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/society/index.ssf/2014/01/literary_talent_from_far_and_w.html |title=Literary talent from far and wide celebrated at 'Faulkner for All Gala' |publisher=NOLA.com |date= |accessdate=2015-05-19}} His other work has been published by Slate,{{cite web|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/video.html?id=1772099431 |title=Video |publisher=Slate.com |date= |accessdate=2015-05-19}} National Geographic Adventure,{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/photography/adventure-dreams/how-to-build-dream-house-paradise/lessons-learned.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024130802/http://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/photography/adventure-dreams/how-to-build-dream-house-paradise/lessons-learned.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 24, 2007 |title=Build a House in Paradise - National Geographic Adventure Magazine |publisher=Nationalgeographic.com |date=2002-10-17 |accessdate=2015-05-19}} Marketplace,{{cite web|url=http://www.marketplace.org/topics/economy/whatll-it-be-voting-booth-or-ziti |title=What'll it be - voting booth or the ziti? |publisher=Marketplace.org |date=2007-10-12 |accessdate=2015-05-19}} and various daily newspapers. He currently serves as the CEO and Co-Founder of RemoteBridge.{{Cite web |title=About RemoteBridge |url=https://www.remotebridge.com/about-us |access-date=2023-03-04 |website=RemoteBridge Virtual Recruiting, Onboarding and Team Building |language=en-US}}
Bibliography
- A Beginner’s Guide to Paradise,{{cite book|title=A Beginner's Guide to Paradise: 9 Steps to Giving Up Everything: Alex Sheshunoff: 9780451475862 |isbn=978-0451475862 |last1=Sheshunoff |first1=Alex |year=2015 }} Penguin Random House, 2015 {{ISBN|978-0451475862}}
- Tales From Nowhere, {{ISBN|978-1741795202}}
Reviews
- {{cite news| title=A Beginner's Guide to Paradise| author=Peter Mountford | date=Spring 2015 | isbn=978-0451475862}}
References
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External links
- [http://nonfictionauthorsassociation.com/directory/3245/alex-sheshunoff/ Nonfiction Authors Association website]
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Category:American non-fiction writers
Category:People from Ojai, California
Category:Yale University alumni
Category:University of Iowa alumni
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)