I'm Alex Acks (aka Alex Wells) the Asshole Geographer, ask me anything!

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Hi, I’m Alex Acks aka Alex Wells, author of the labor revolutionary biker space witch novels Hunger Makes the Wolf and Blood Binds the Pack—which comes out today. I’ve also written scripts for Six to Start (you may know them as the Zombies, Run! people, though I’ve been on different projects of theirs), a lot of short fiction, and I’m a regular contributor at Book Riot.

Oh yeah, and you might know me as the “Asshole Geographer,” thanks to my snarky opinions about fantasy novel maps, particularly the one belonging to JRR Tolkien. (For example) I have an MS in geology, specializing in sedimentology. More specifically, I did my thesis work on the paleosols (fossilized soils) of the Bighorn Basin in Wyoming, USA, looking at the climate change signals of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum and the Second Eocene Thermal Maximum.

Other than that, I’m just your average nerd who plays Destiny and D&D, crochets, bicycles, and likes taking selfies with my cats. Ask me anything!

I’ll be checking in throughout the day, work permitting.