Alexandra Slater is an award-winning journalist and writer who received the Edward R. Murrow Award for Writing when she worked as a reporter for NPR. Alex graduated from Columbia University with a degree in English Literature and attended Northwestern University’s Medill Graduate School of Journalism. She published her second novel, Friends with Boats, in May 2023 with Greenleaf Book Group/River Grove Press. The book became an instant #1 Amazon Bestseller. She splits her time between Boston and Cleveland with her hot husband, their children, and three dogs.