Henry Alford

Henry Alford is the author of three acclaimed works of investigative humor—How To Live: A Seach for Wisdom from Old People (While They are Still on this Earth); Municipal Bondage: One Man's Anxiety-Producing Adventures in the Big City; and Big Kiss: One Actor's Desperate Attempt to Claw His Way to the Top, which won a Thurber Prize. He has been a regular contributor to the New York Times and Vanity Fair, and a staff writer at Spy. He has also written for The New Yorker and has been heard often on National Public Radio. He lives in Manhattan.