Tudor Alexander

Alex Duvan, who publishes under the pen name Tudor Alexander, was born in Bucharest, Romania in 1950 and moved to the United States in 1977. He holds a Master’s degree from the Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest and an MBA from the University of Connecticut. Alex lives in Maryland with his wife, Viorica, and has a son, a daughter, and three grandchildren.

Alex started writing in high school, and enjoyed an early success, publishing many short stories in established literary magazines. Although writing was his passion, he studied engineering and management to support his family. After the 1989 Romanian revolution, he published several novels and short story collections in Romania, including The Runners, Smoke, Planet New York, One Morning and One Afternoon, and The Visitor.

Alex writes in both Romanian and English. He tells the story of immigrants struggling to adapt to a new country and a different culture, and finding the courage to overcome the fear of the unknown. They are people who, like the author, took a leap of faith to find political and intellectual freedom, despite the heartbreak of leaving friends and family behind. Was it worth it?

Planet New York was written in English and published by Xlibris in 2000 in the United States and then, in his translation, in Romania in 2001. In 2007 Planet New York received an Honorary Mention at the New York Book Fest.

His novel, No Portrait in the Gilded Frame, was published by CreateSpace in the summer of 2016.

His latest novel, The Last Patient, was released by Boyle & Dalton in February 2025. The novel received two honorable mentions, by the 2025 Readers’ Favorite and the Royal Dragonfly (in the category fiction, novel) book awards, and was a semifinalist in the Chanticleer International Somerset book award.

He is a member of the Maryland Writers Association and serves on the board of directors for the Little Patuxent Review, a biannual Maryland literary publication.

Currently, he is putting the finishing touches on a new novel, In Darkness and Light, scheduled for a late spring 2026 launch.