Alejandro Varela

Alejandro Varela (he/him) is a writer based in New York. His debut novel, The Town of Babylon (2022), was published by Astra House and was a finalist for the National Book Award. His work has appeared in the Point Magazine, Georgia Review, Boston Review, Harper’s, and the Offing, among others outlets. Varela is an editor-at-large of Apogee Journal. His graduate studies were in public health. Access his work at alejandrovarela.work. You can also find him on Twitter and IG: @drovarela.

Books by Alejandro Varela

Middle Spoon

Alejandro Varela

The People Who Report More Stress

Alejandro Varela

A Best Book of 2023 - Publisher's Weekly, Electric Literature, Chicago Public Library

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 STORY PRIZE

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE

"Alejandro Varela’s The People Who Report More Stress: Stories is a master class in analyzing the unspoken." —The New York Times

"A searing collection about gentrification, racism, and sexuality." —Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)

The Town of Babylon

Alejandro Varela

A FINALIST FOR THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION

Revolutionary Road meets What Belongs to You, a debut novel about suburban malaise, following Andrés, a gay Latinx professor, returning to his hometown for a twenty-year high school reunion.