Alec Michod

Background

About Alec Michod

I'm a writer and producer. My first novel,"The White City,"​ was published by St. Martin's Press. Iggy Pop called it "a grabber."​ Richard Powers said it's "a resonant allegory of light and darkness, enlightenment versus degradation, the public glory and private horror of humankind."​ Matthew Pearl:"History and fiction by turns complement and taunt one another."​ Michael Cunningham called its author "the dead real thing."​ My writing has been published in The New York Times, The Village Voice, The Rumpus, The Believer, and The Chicago Tribune. I've interviewed writers, rappers, former presidents, soft-rock crooners and Captain Lou Albano, and written and produced shows that have been broadcast online and on History, Discovery, Sundance, A&E, vh1, TruTV, and AMC. In 2013, I was awarded a fellowship from the Civitella Ranieri Foundation in Italy. I've also been a visiting writer at New York University and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In 2014, I was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming. Stalk me @alecmichod.