Journalist
and Author

Alix was born in Belfast in the 1980s. She studied at Trinity College Dublin and has an MA in Print Journalism from Goldsmiths, University of London. She is the author of The Troubles With Us, published by 4th Estate in 2021, and named a memoir of the year by The Times/The Sunday Times, and Sheerluxe.

Her journalism has appeared in The Times, The Sunday Times, The Telegraph, The Guardian, The Irish Independent, The London Standard, New Statesman, Spectator Life, Marie Claire, Red and Grazia. She was shortlisted for the Rosemary Goodchild Award (Family Planning Association) for Sexual Health Journalism and was a runner-up in the PTC New Journalist of the Year Awards. She has been a columnist for Red and was a regular broadcast commentator for Sky News. She has also appeared on Good Morning Britain, BBC Radio 4's Front Row, BBC Radio London, LBC Radio, Times Radio, RTÉ Radio 1 and BBC Radio Ulster.

Her commercial work involves collaborations with News UK’s Bridge Studio and global advertising agency WPP. She has provided content for household names and luxury brands, including a series of cover interviews on a major campaign for M&S x The Sunday Times Style. Other clients include Ford of Europe, Duracell, Tiffany, Lloyds, Fortnum & Mason, Waitrose, John Lewis, Habitat and Kuoni.

Her debut novel, Dirty Water, will be published by New Island in March 2027.

Alix lives in southwest France with her husband and two sons.