Alice Glaser (December 3, 1928 — August 22, 1970) was an American writer and an editor at Esquire magazine.

She completed her undergraduate studies at Radcliffe College in 1950, with a senior thesis on Joseph Conrad.

[2] From 1958, Glaser worked at Esquire magazine,[3] eventually as associate editor under Harold Hayes.

One of her contributions in 1963, "Back on the Open Road for Boys", described the week she spent in India with Allen Ginsberg.

[11] The story has been much anthologized and was adapted into the award-winning short film The Tunnel (Tunnelen, 2016) by André Øvredal.