Kevin Alexander

About Kevin Alexander

James Beard and Thurber Prize award-winning author, journalist, speaker, and editorial consultant. My 2019 book BURN THE ICE: THE AMERICAN CULINARY REVOLUTION AND ITS END (Penguin Press) chronicled the mainstreaming of food culture in America over the past decade, and was called \"sharply insightful\" by the Times Literary Supplement, which is impressive bc they\'re British. In 2022, I co-wrote the Los Angeles Times bestseller CALIFORNIA SOUL (Random House), Chef Keith Corbin\'s incredible memoir, which was a finalist for a James Beard Award in Literary Writing and currently being developed into a television series by Paramount. THE LEMON, a novel I co-wrote that satirizes the worlds of food, media, and entertainment (but, like, SEXY), came out in November 2022 from Viking and won the 2024 Thurber Prize in American Humor (previous winners include Jon Stewart, Calvin Trillin, and David Sedaris). THE LEMON was also a New York Times\' Editors Choice, named a \"most anticipated book\" of the Fall by 11 publications (including Vogue AND AARP), and optioned by Mare of Easttown producers Wiip. Oh, and before all of that, I wrote for magazines, had a two month stint as a speechwriter for an unsuccessful lieutenant governor candidate, worked in both the Natick and Burlington malls, played mediocre college soccer, and ate 330 burgers in 30 cities in a year.

Experience

1. Co Author

   Penguin Random House

   Nov 2022 — Present

   I co-wrote the novel THE LEMON under the pseudonym S.E. Boyd. It was a NYT Editors Choice, was named a “Most Anticipated Book of the Fall” by a dozen publications (including Vogue, Eater, Entertainment Weekly, The AV Club, and AARP magazine) and was optioned by Mare of Easttown producers Wiip.

Education

• Emerson College

  MFA, Creative Writing, Fiction Focus

  2005 — 2008

• Boston University

  MS, Magazine Journalism

  2003 — 2005

• Trinity College-Hartford

  BA, Political Science

  1999 — 2003

Skills

• Web Content
• Creative Writing
• Online Journalism
• Editing
• Magazines
• Journalism
• Editorial
• Content Strategy