Alex Halpern Novelist

About Me

Alex HalpernAlex Halpern
San Rafael, CA
Member since: Apr, 2008
Last login: 11/15/2008
Last update : 11/01/2008
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Birthday02/14/1982
HometownSan Rafael, CA
EthnicityJewish
NationalityUnited States

About Me

  • Alex Halpern was born and raised in Marin County, California. After a five-year stint on the East Coast, he is back in Marin, writing among the Redwoods. A graduate of Drew University, Alex is planning on pursuing his Master's in Fine Arts in the fall of 2009. He is the author of one book and numerous short stories and essays and his second book, The Last Diaspora, is in progress. Alex is an avid hiker as well as a former swimmer and water polo player.

EDUCATION

Undergraduate College/UniversityDrew University, class of 8
High SchoolSan Rafael High School, class of 12
Academic CredentialsB.A.

UPCOMING WORK

  • Thanks (novel, 281 pgs.) The Last Diaspora (novel in progress)

INFLUENCES

  • Michael Chabon, J.D. Salinger, Sheldon Siegel, Anne Lamott

CAUSES I SUPPORT

  • Americans United for the Separation of Church and State