Alexander Hurst spent most of his childhood in a quirky, pre-gentrification, inner-city neighborhood in Cleveland, Ohio before crossing the Atlantic. After a year working in Moundou, Chad (where he learned to properly peel a mango), he ended up in Paris, writing longform stories and essays for various publications, like Hazlitt, Eater, The New Republic, The Guardian, and others.

His memoir, A Stunning Display of Unbelievable Folly, is a modern fable about money and greed; at its center, the story of how he made—and lost—$1.2 million trading “meme stocks” during the chaotic Covid lockdowns of 2020.

He is represented by Emma Bal at the London-based Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency.