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Alix Strauss
Alix Strauss – The media savvy social satirist, has been a featured lifestyle trend writer on national morning shows and talk shows including ABC, CBS, CNN, VH1 and most recently, the Today Show. Her articles cover a range of topics from beauty and food trends to celebrity interviews, appearing in an array of publications such as: The New York Times, The New York Post, Time Magazine, Departures, Town & Country Travel, Travel & Leisure Golf, Marie Claire, Entertainment Weekly, Self, Time Out, and Esquire, among others. Her collection of shorts, THE JOY OF FUNERALS, was published by St. Martin’s Press. Recently, she edited an anthology of mother coordinated blind date horror stories for Adam’s Media called HAVE I GOT A GUY FOR YOU. Currently, she is writing a book for Harper Collins on notable celebrity deaths. In 2010, Harper Collins will also publish Alix’s second novel.
The Joy of Funerals is the recent winner of the Ingram Award, and was named Best Debut Novel by The New York Resident. Alix’s work has been anthologized, and her short fiction has appeared in the Primavera Literary Journal, Hampton Shorts Literary Journal, the Idaho Review, Quality Women's Fiction, The Blue Moon Café III, and A Kudzu Christmas. Her short story, Shrinking Away, won the David Dornstein Creative Writing Award. She is the recipient of several awards and fellowships: The Wesleyan Writers Conference, Skidmore College Writer’s Institute, Sarah Lawrence Summer and Squaw Valley’s Screenwriters’ Summer program.
Alix has spoken at numerous conferences and panels including: The Southern Festival of Books, The Northwest Bookfest, The New England's Writer's Conference, Wesleyan Writer's conference, The 92nd Street Y, NYU, Center For Communications, Mediabistro, Columbia University, among others. She hosted a monthly event at Makor called Word of Mouth Thursdays, readings of personal essays, works in-progress and novel excerpts. Alix received a degree in Educational Theater from NYU, and has taught Fiction, Creative Writing, Personal Essays, and Writing for Magazines for the past ten years.
Alix received a degree in Educational Theater from NYU, and has taught Fiction, Creative Writing, Personal Essays, and Writing for Magazines for the past ten years.
Contact Alix at alixtjof@aol.com