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 and in the marketing department of the Putnam Berkley Publishing Group.

Alex's clients include national best selling author Chad Kultgen (THE AVERAGE AMERICAN MALE), international best selling author Matt Bondurant (THE THIRD TRANSLATION and THE WETTEST COUNTY IN THE WORLD), Edgar Award-winning author Katherine Marsh (THE NIGHT TOURIST), New York Times best selling novelist and memoirist Da Chen, NFL legend Mark Bavaro (ROUGH AND TUMBLE), the estate of Newbery Award-winner Ellen Raskin (THE WESTING GAME), and High Times Magazine (THE OFFICIAL HIGH TIMES POTSMOKERS HANDBOOK). Upcoming books of note for 2009 include Erick Setiawan's debut literary fantasy OF BEES AND MIST, Courtney Sheinmel's middle grade novel POSITIVELY, Maggie Estep's new novel ALICE FANTASTIC, crime novelist Dennis Tafoya's debut DOPE THIEF, award-winning mystery writer Brian M. Wiprud's FEELERS, Chad Kultgen's THE LIE, and Katherine Marsh's THE TWILIGHT PRISONER.

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.