TRIDENT MEDIA GROUP, LLC

Alex came to Trident as Chairman Robert Gottlieb’s assistant in 2001 and was promoted to literary agent shortly thereafter.  He has a BA in political science from Johns Hopkins and an MFA in creative writing from American University, and has worked in the literature program at the National Endowment for the Arts, in the marketing department of the Putnam Berkley Publishing Group, and as a clerk at Kramerbooks in Washington, DC.
    Notable recent books include screenwriter Chad Kultgen’s first novel THE AVERAGE AMERICAN MALE (HarperPerennial), also optioned for film to Fox; Katherine Marsh’s debut children’s fantasy THE NIGHT TOURIST (Hyperion), optioned to Universal Pictures; New York Times bestselling author Da Chen’s debut novel BROTHERS (Shaye Areheart Books/Crown), which was nominated for a Quill Award for Best Novel and made the Best Novel of the Year lists of The Washington Post, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Miami Herald, and Publishers Weekly; and Matt Bondurant’s first novel THE THIRD TRANSLATION (Hyperion), sold to seventeen foreign languages and a Booksense Pick and Bestseller.
   Upcoming books of note for 2008 include Breadloaf scholar and physician Solon Timothy Woodward’s first novel, CADILLAC ORPHEUS (Free Press/Simon & Schuster); NFL legend Mark Bavaro’s novel ROUGH AND TUMBLE (St. Martin’s Press); world-renowned playwright David Ives’s new young adult novel VOSS: LETTERS FROM SLOBOVIA (Putnam); and Susan Breen’s debut literary novel THE FICTION CLASS (Plume/Penguin).
     Alex also represents the estate of Newbery Award-winner Ellen Raskin (THE WESTING GAME); High Times Magazine (THE OFFICIAL HIGH TIMES POTSMOKER’S HANDBOOK—Chronicle Books ’08); the definitive book on competitive eating (EAT THIS BOOK by Ryan Nerz/St. Martin’s Press); and Shari Goldhagen, whose debut literary novel FAMILY AND OTHER ACCIDENTS (Doubleday) was recently optioned to Warner Brothers Television.
    Recent deals include historian Richard B. Frank’s trilogy of the Asian-Pacific War to Random House, new author Dennis Tafoya’s crime novel DOPE THIEF to St. Martin’s Minotaur, and Courtney Sheinmel’s new middle grade novel POSITIVELY to Simon & Schuster.
    Alex’s books have been sold to the movies, television, and to foreign publishers around the world.  He is currently looking for debut literary fiction, crime fiction and literary thrillers, middle grade and young adult fiction, and pop culture, humor, and narrative nonfiction.