Alex Pickett grew up in small towns in Wisconsin and now lives with his partner in London. He received his MFA from the University of Florida.

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He has supervised a warehouse in Fairbanks, worked at two cemeteries, four factories, has been a movie extra, a book researcher, a copywriter, a comedy writer, a winter caretaker at Denali State Park, taught creative writing to undocumented refugees and asylum seekers, managed a homeless hostel, and inspected restaurants and hot dog carts in New York City.

 

He currently teaches creative writing at City Lit in London and is a doctoral researcher at the University of Westminster (thanks to funding from the Quintin Hogg Trust).

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His novel, The Restaurant Inspector, was published in 2021. Camera Lake, a short story collection, came out in July 2024. Both are from University of Wisconsin Press.

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He once had a dog named Dan. Then he had a dog named Milo. Both were good boys. Now he has Maxine.