Alex George

Bestselling Novelist
Unbound Book Festival Founder

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Alex George is the author of six critically acclaimed novels, and is also a bookseller, a director of a literary festival, and a lawyer. Born in England, George moved to the United States in 2003. Novelist Sara Gruen shares her praise for George and A Good American: “This lush, epic tale of one family’s journey from immigrants to good Americans had me alternately laughing and crying, but always riveted. It’s a rich, rare treat of a book, and Alex George is a first-rate talent.” The novel was named a #1 Indie Next Pick, a Barnes and Noble Discover New Writers Pick, an Amazon Best Book of the Month, a Midwest Connections Pick, and a a Library Journal Best Book of the Year. Setting Free The Kites was celebrated as an Indie Next Pick, a Barnes and Noble Best Fiction Pick, a Library Reads Choice and a Midwest Connection Pick. George’s newest novel, The Paris Hours, is forthcoming from Flatiron Books in 2020.

George is the founder and director of the Unbound Book Festival and owns the Skylark Bookshop, an independent bookshop in downtown Columbia, MO. He previously worked for eight years as a corporate lawyer in London and Paris before moving to the United States. George continues to be a practicing attorney in his spare time. “I decided to tell an immigration tale soon after I moved to the United States myself,” George shared about writing A Good American. “Writers are often told, ‘Write what you know.’ It struck me that the experience of packing up my life and moving to another country, with no expectation that I would ever return home, was something worth writing about.” George has been named as one of Britain’s top ten “thirtysomething” novelists by the Times of London, and was also named as the Independent on Sunday’s “face to watch” for fiction in its Fresh Talent feature.

George is married to the writer, professor, and critic, Alexandra Socarides. They live in Columbia with their four children.

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Alex George is the author of six critically acclaimed novels, and is also a bookseller, a director of a literary festival, and a lawyer. Born in England, George moved to the United States in 2003. George is the founder and director of the Unbound Book Festival and owns the Skylark Bookshop, an independent bookshop in downtown Columbia, MO. George continues to be a practicing attorney in his spare time. He has been named as one of Britain’s top ten “thirtysomething” novelists by the Times of London, and was also named as the Independent on Sunday’s “face to watch” for fiction in its Fresh Talent feature. George is married to the writer, professor, and critic, Alexandra Socarides. They live in Columbia, Missouri with their four children.

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