 Before his job at "People", Alexander served as executive editor of "Variety" and "Daily Variety", where he edited "The 1936 History of Show Business" (Abrams).Alexander was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1957, and earned a baccalaureate of arts in art history from Columbia University in 1987.A Maine resident since 1999, Alexander writes for "Smithsonian", "Reader's Digest", and many other national magazines.