Alexander Michael Shakar (born April 25, 1968) is an American novelist, short story writer, and academic.
[1] His first novel, The Savage Girl, was chosen as a "Notable Book" by The New York Times,[2] was a IndieBound pick, and has been translated into six languages.
[4] In 1996, Shakar won the National Fiction Competition and the Independent Presses Editors' "Pick of the Year" for his first collection of short stories, City in Love.
Set in a mythical version of New York City, the book reimagines transformation myths of Ovid’s Metamorphoses.
In 2001, Shakar’s first novel, The Savage Girl, was released to broad critical acclaim, garnering comparisons to Thomas Pynchon, Don DeLillo, Neal Stephenson, George Orwell, Aldous Huxley, and Tom Wolfe.