Alexi Zentner (born August 29, 1973 in Kitchener, Ontario) is a Canadian-American short story writer, and novelist.

Life

He graduated from Grinnell College with a BA and Cornell University with an MFA. He taught at Cornell University. He's now on the faculty at Binghamton University. His fiction has also appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, Narrative Magazine (where it was awarded the 2008 Narrative Prize). He lives in Ithaca, New York, with his wife and two children.

Awards

His short story "Touch," originally published in Tin House is featured in The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008 where it was chosen as a jury favorite by author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Two of Alexi's short stories were also selected for "special mention" in the 2008 Pushcart Prize anthology. "Trapline" was awarded the 2008 Narrative Prize. His debut novel Touch was a longlisted nominee for the 2011 Scotiabank Giller Prize and shortlisted for the Governor General Award for English-language fiction.

Works

Novels

Short fiction

Anthologies

Zentner also writes mysteries and horror novels under the pen name Ezekiel Boone.