Alexander Maksik

Alexander Maksik is the author of You Deserve Nothing, a New York Times and IndieBound bestseller; A Marker to Measure Drift, which was a New York Times Notable Book, as well as a finalist for the William Saroyan Prize and Le Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger; Shelter in Place, named one of the best books of the year by the Guardian and the San Francisco Chronicle and The Long Corner, a New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice, and named one of the best books of the year by Artnet and The Australian.

Passengers, his fifth novel, will be published in 2026.

Maksik’s writing has appeared in many publications including Harper’s, The New Yorker, Tin House, Best American Nonrequired Reading, TheSewanee Review, Harvard Review, American Short Fiction, New York Times Book Review, Condé Nast Traveler (where for several years he was a contributing editor) and The Atlantic, and has been translated into more than a dozen languages.

Drift, a film based on A Marker to Measure Drift, written by Maksik and Susanne Farrell, starring Cynthia Erivo and Alia Shawkat, premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.

He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Pushcart Prize and The Sewanee Review’s Andrew Lytle Prize, as well as fellowships from the Truman Capote Literary Trust and the Corporation of Yaddo.

He is the co-artistic director of the Can Cab Literary Residence in Catalonia, Spain.