Alex Sheshunoff Explained

Alex Sheshunoff
Occupation:Author
Alma Mater:Yale

University of Iowa
Genre:Non-fiction
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Spouse:Sarah Sheshunoff
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Awards:Words & Wisdom

Alex Sheshunoff (born c. 1973) is an American non-fiction writer. He won the Faulkner Society's Words & Wisdom Award for nonfiction writing.

Personal life

After earning a bachelor's degree in history from Yale, Sheshunoff moved to New York City where he started and ran an online magazine called E-The People.[1] [2] Burnt out five years later, he moved to the Pacific island of Yap. In 2005, he moved to Iowa City where he went on to earn an MFA University of Iowa's Nonfiction Writing Program. He lives in Ojai, California and is married to Sarah Sheshunoff. They have two children, Ian Shenanigan and Andrew Commissioner.

Professional life

Sheshunoff is the author of A Beginner's Guide to Paradise which won The Faulkner Society's Words & Wisdom Nonfiction Prize, part of the William Faulkner – William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition.[3] [4] His other work has been published by Slate,[5] National Geographic Adventure,[6] Marketplace,[7] and various daily newspapers. He currently serves as the CEO and Co-Founder of RemoteBridge.[8]

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  1. Web site: We the people.com . Forbes.com . 1998-08-24 . 2015-05-19.
  2. Web site: Lyman . Rick . Got Cause and Computer? You Can Fight City Hall . NYTimes.com . 1998-10-03 . 2015-05-19.
  3. Web site: Alex Sheshunoff - Words & Music . Wordsandmusic.org . 2014-11-14 . 2015-05-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150521232003/http://wordsandmusic.org/alex-sheshunoff_bio/ . 2015-05-21 . dead .
  4. Web site: Literary talent from far and wide celebrated at 'Faulkner for All Gala' . NOLA.com . 2015-05-19.
  5. Web site: Video . Slate.com . 2015-05-19.
  6. Web site: Build a House in Paradise - National Geographic Adventure Magazine . https://web.archive.org/web/20071024130802/http://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/photography/adventure-dreams/how-to-build-dream-house-paradise/lessons-learned.html . dead . October 24, 2007 . Nationalgeographic.com . 2002-10-17 . 2015-05-19.
  7. Web site: What'll it be - voting booth or the ziti? . Marketplace.org . 2007-10-12 . 2015-05-19.
  8. Web site: About RemoteBridge . 2023-03-04 . RemoteBridge Virtual Recruiting, Onboarding and Team Building . en-US.
  9. Book: A Beginner's Guide to Paradise: 9 Steps to Giving Up Everything: Alex Sheshunoff: 9780451475862 . 978-0451475862 . Sheshunoff . Alex . 2015 .