Alexander Matthews is a freelance writer and editor. Originally from Cape Town, South Africa, he lives with his husband and cat in rural Northern California. His journalism has been published by the BBC, Monocle (where he served as Southern Africa correspondent for several years) and a wide range of other outlets. He edits TONGUES (https://tongues.cc/), an occasional showcase of “conversations with questioners, mavericks and mavens.”

Alexander's short fiction has appeared in two anthologies: The Ghost-Eater and Other Stories" (Umuzi, 2013) and Adults Only (Mercury, 2014). His poetry has been published by Spectra Poets, The Bloom, Ons Klyntji, and is forthcoming in &Change. He served as poetry convenor of the 2015 Franschhoek Literary Festival and as operations manager of the 2022 Mendocino Coast Writers’ Conference.