Alexandra Marks has three decades’ experience reporting national and international news for print and broadcast media. She covered politics, energy, social issues, aviation and the 9/11 terrorist attacks for the Christian Science Monitor, and her wide-ranging experience includes a stint on Capitol Hill as then-Senator John Kerry’s national press secretary in the 1990s. More recently, she wrote an online column about the green, cost-effective renovation of Sheep Dog Hollow, an abandoned farmhouse in Connecticut. She is currently at work on a historical novel, a Victorian farce involving a prude, prostitutes and the birth of the feminist movement.   The narrative has been described as “comic and compelling.” She may be reached at alexandrambmarks at gmail dot com.

Selected Stories:

“With All Of This National Gas, Who Needs Oil?” Christian Science Monitor (2012)

“Sheep Dog Hollow: Framing a Green Dream” Christian Science Monitor (2009)

“Politicians Gilding the Lily,” Christian Science Monitor (2008)

“Change Campaigns: Can They Deliver?“ Christian Science Monitor (2008)

“2002 9/11 Anniversary: New York City, Undimmed Beacon for Dreamers” Christian Science Monitor (2002)