Alexander Eliot is an American writer born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, best known for his works on spirituality and myth. His books include “The Universal Myths: Heroes, Gods, Tricksters, and Other”, “The Global Myths: Exploring Primitive, Pagan, Sacred, and Scientific Mythologies”, and “The Timeless Myths: How Ancient Legends Influence the Modern World”.

Eliot is the husband of writer Jane Winslow Eliot, author of "Around the World by Mistake". Together they produced the film "The Secret of Michelangelo – Every Man’s Dream", which appeared on ABC primetime television in 1967-68. The couple wed in 1952.

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“Life is a fatal adventure. It can only have one end. So why not make it as far-ranging and free as possible?”