Alexander Weinstein (author)

{{Short description|American short story writer|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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| language = English

| education = MFA in Creative Writing-Fiction

| alma_mater = Indiana University

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| notableworks = Children of the New World

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

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Alexander Weinstein is an American short story writer and filmmaker. He is the founder and director of The Martha's Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing. He is best known for his 2016 collection Children of the New World, which was chosen by The New York Times as one of the 100 Notable Books of 2016.{{cite web |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/23/books/review/100-notable-books-of-2016.html |title=100 Notable Books of 2016 |last=Muradov |first=Roman |date=2016-11-23 |work=The New York Times |access-date=2019-10-07 |quote=The terror that technology may rob us of authentic experience — that it may annihilate our very sense of self — is central to this debut collection of short stories |archive-date=2019-12-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202062025/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/23/books/review/100-notable-books-of-2016.html |url-status=live }}