Alex Sheshunoff (born c. 1973) is an American non-fiction writer.

He won the Faulkner Society's Words & Wisdom Award for nonfiction writing.

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.

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.