{"id":148,"date":"2022-12-09T23:57:20","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T23:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alexmstein.com\/?page_id=148"},"modified":"2022-12-11T22:05:23","modified_gmt":"2022-12-11T22:05:23","slug":"bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alexmstein.com\/index.php\/bio\/","title":{"rendered":"About… Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Alex M. Stein is an award winning writer and filmmaker living in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has devoted his entire adult life to stories and storytelling and is a mainstay of the Los Angeles storytelling community. He ran a weekly storytelling show for two years. He has won the Moth multiple times and is the author of the personal essay collection No, Mr. Bond, I Expect Your Dreams To Die <\/em>and the short-story collection Tales From the Trail: Short Fiction About Dogs, Mushing, and Sled-Dog Races.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He recently won an Art of Creative Unity Award from the International Human Rights Arts Festival for his personal essay “Black Water.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has worked extensively in film and television development and works as a story consultant for production companies, studios, individual writers, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alex enjoys writing about himself in the third-person and would love it if you connect with him on Twitter <\/a>(while it still exists) or on Facebook<\/a>, Post.News<\/a>, or Mastodon<\/a>. Notes on homing pigeons will work, too. Because all the cool kids are doing that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here’s a picture of gorgeous tortoiseshell cat Hekla P. Husavik, who is well known for having rocks in her head.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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And here is tuxedo cat Bettles P. Kotzebue, who is a tireless punk. Who these photos? Because people love cat pics, that’s why.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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