Alex Lubertozzi has been a writer and editor since the late 1900s and has coauthored two works of nonfiction—World War II on the Air (2003, w/ Mark Bernstein) and The Complete War of the Worlds (2001, w/ Brian Holmsten). He has written for numerous books and magazines and had his short fiction published in The Arcanist. He has been composing fiction for most of his life (if you count lying), but Any Other World Will Do (Aug. 2021) is his first novel. In addition to writing, Alex co-owns and is the publisher of Top Five Books, an Oak Park, Illinois–based publisher of fiction and nonfiction, as well as the Top Five Classics series of illustrated great works. He lives in the Chicago area with his wife Helen and son Nick.