Alexander is very excited to be involved with Writopia Lab. He earned an MFA in creative writing from Syracuse University, and his first novel, Moondogs, was published by Doubleday and Random House Audio in the spring of 2011. Other work of his has appeared in Salon, American Fiction, The Kenyon Review Online, and the Tin House Blog. He has taught writing in Syracuse, NY, and Fairfax, Va. He used to live in the Philippines. Sometime in the not-too-distant future, he will live in Rwanda.