Alexander Yates

Alexander Yates
BornAlexander Elessar Yates
(1982-06-01) June 1, 1982 (age 42)
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Occupation
  • Short story writer
  • novelist
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of Virginia (BA)
Syracuse University (MFA)

Alexander Elessar Yates[1] (born June 1, 1982, in Port au Prince, Haiti) is an American short story writer, and novelist.

Life

The son of an American diplomat, Yates grew up in the Caribbean and South America, graduating high school in the Philippines.[2] He earned a BA from the University of Virginia in 2004[1] and an MFA from Syracuse University in 2009.[3] After graduating, Yates took a job at the American Embassy in the Philippines, and has since served with the US Agency for International Development in Rwanda and Afghanistan.[4] He has published one novel for adults, and two for young adults.[5]

His fiction and essays have also appeared in Salon,[6] The Guardian,[7] Recommended Reading,[8] and the Kenyon Review.[9]

He lives in Hanoi, Vietnam.[10]

Awards

Prior to graduating from the MFA program at Syracuse University, Yates won the Joyce Carol Oates award in both fiction and poetry.[11] His first novel, Moondogs, was listed among the best debuts of 2011 by Kirkus Reviews.[12] His second novel, The Winter Place, was a selection of the Junior Library Guild[13] and the Kansas State Reading Circle.[14]

Works

Novels

Short fiction

  • “Valentine”, Recommended Reading
  • “Millionaire”, The Kenyon Review
  • “I Know them For Their Wounds”, Salon

Anthologies

  • Lincoln Michael and Nadxeli Nieto, eds. (2015). "Gypsee". Gigantic Worlds. Gigantic Books. ISBN 978-0991189601.[18]

References

  1. ^ a b One Hundred and Seventy-Fifth Final Exercises (PDF). University of Virginia. May 16, 2004. p. 40. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
  2. ^ "Alexander Yates: Mashing Up the Loud and the Quiet, and the Beauty of 'Gagamba'". ZYZZYVA. 29 March 2011.
  3. ^ "Former Syracusan Alexander Yates getting rave reviews for 'Moondogs'". syracuse.com. 24 April 2011.
  4. ^ "Alexander Yates author page". Audible.
  5. ^ "Alexander Yates author page". Amazon.
  6. ^ ""I Know Them for Their Wounds" by Alexander Yates". Salon. 30 August 2011.
  7. ^ Yates, Alexander (19 November 2015). "From The Hobbit to The Moomins, Alexander Yates picks his favourite fictional wildernesses". The Guardian.
  8. ^ ""Valentine" by Alexander Yates". Electric Lit. 17 July 2013.
  9. ^ Yates, Alexander (Winter 2013). "Millionaire". The Kenyon Review. 35 (1): 34–43. JSTOR 24241917.
  10. ^ "About the Author: Alexander Yates". Simon & Schuster.
  11. ^ "Alexander Yates, author of The Winter Place, on getting to know characters through their grief". Adventures in YA Publishing.
  12. ^ "2011 Best of Fiction: Debut Titles". Kirkus Reviews.
  13. ^ "The Winter Place". Junior Library Guild.
  14. ^ "Simon & Schuster search results". Simon & Schuster.
  15. ^ Yates, Alexander (2019). How We Became Wicked. Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books. ISBN 9781481419840.
  16. ^ Yates, Alexander (2016). The Winter Place. Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books. ISBN 9781481419826.
  17. ^ Yates, Alexander (2012). Moondogs. Anchor. ISBN 9780307739810.
  18. ^ Abelson, Rachel (2015). Gigantic Worlds. Gigantic Books. ISBN 978-0991189601.