Alexander Maksik

{{Infobox author

| birth_date = 1973

| occupation = Novelist

| notable_works =

| website = {{URL|https://www.alexandermaksik.com/}}

| nationality = American

| years_active = 2011–present

| birth_place = Los Angeles

}}

Alexander Maksik is an American novelist. He is the author of The Long Corner (2022) and You Deserve Nothing (2011).{{Cite news |last=Biggs |first=Joanna |date=2011-09-17 |title=You Deserve Nothing by Alexander Maksik – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/sep/17/you-deserve-nothing-maksik-review |access-date=2025-01-23 |work=The Observer |language=en-GB |issn=0029-7712}}{{Cite web |last=Italie |first=Hillel |title=Literary author tests rules of fact and fiction |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/literary-author-tests-rules-of-fact-and-fiction/ |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=www.timesofisrael.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2014-01-21 |title=Alexander Maksik: une solitude clandestine |url=https://www.parismatch.com/Culture/Livres/Alexander-Maksik-une-solitude-clandestine-544984 |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=parismatch.com |language=fr}}{{Cite news |last=Stephenson |first=Will |date=2022-05-17 |title=The Challenge of Making Art in a Culture That Cheapens It |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/17/books/review/alexander-maksik-long-corner.html |access-date=2025-01-23 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

History

Maksik was born in Los Angeles in 1973. He eventually moved to Paris, France, where he taught at the American School of Paris.

Bibliography

You Deserve Nothing (2011)
A Marker to Measure Drift (2013){{Cite news |last=Rush |first=Norman |date=2013-08-23 |title=Escaping the Past |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/25/books/review/a-marker-to-measure-drift-by-alexander-maksik.html |access-date=2025-02-01 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
Shelter in Place (2016){{Cite news |last=Vann |first=David |date=2016-10-14 |title=A New Novel Mixes Mental Illness, Revenge and Longing |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/16/books/review/shelter-in-place-alexander-maksik.html |access-date=2025-02-01 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
The Long Corner (2022){{Cite web |last=DeTaeye |first=Lily |date=2022-05-16 |title=Book Review: 'The Long Corner' by Alexander Maksik |url=https://littlevillagemag.com/book-review-the-long-corner-by-alexander-maksik/ |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=Little Village |language=en-US}}

References

Category:21st-century American novelists

Category:1973 births

Category:American schoolteachers

Category:Living people