Daniel Levin (writer)

Daniel Levin is an American attorney and novelist.

Levin grew up in Hollywood, Florida.^[1] Levin earned the B.A. from the University of Michigan in Roman and Greek civilization. He is a graduate of the Harvard Law School, and clerked for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Israel. In 2004 Levin was a visiting scholar at the American Academy in Rome. He practiced international law in New York City, where he resides.

Levin's first novel, The Last Ember, is an archeological crime thriller. He told the Miami Herald that the idea came to him while he was in Israel clerking for the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and came across a case dealing with illegal excavation and theft of archaeological artifacts.^[1] The book launch party was held at Sotheby's.^[2]

According to the Canadian writer Ross King, writing in the Los Angeles Times, Jonathan Marcus the main character of Levin's "smart and well-paced thriller," resembles the author in being a young attorney who trained in archaeology at the American Academy in Rome before going to law school.^[3] The Biblical Archaeology Review quibbled about details, Josephus it seems, was born in the year 30, not 37.^[4] The Globe and Mail called it a "stellar debut" and "a great airplane novel".^[5]

Levin blogs at the Huffington Post.^[6]

Books

• The Last Ember 2009, paperback 2010

External links

• daniellevin.com [daniellevin.com]
• Note on NYT bestseller list

References

1. ^ ^{a b} [1] South Florida Native Daniel Levin Reads from His Debut Novel, Miami Herald, P. Scott Cunningham, Thursday, Aug. 6 2009
2. ^ [2] Has Anyone Seen the Tabernacle Menorah? Riverhead Launches Israel-Themed Thriller at Sotheby's, Marianna Faynshteyn, August 13, 2009, New York Observer.
3. ^ [3] "The Last Ember," Ross King, Los Angeles Times, August 22, 2009.
4. ^ [4] "The Last Ember," Reviewed by John Merrill, Biblical Archaeology Review.
5. ^ [5] "New in crime fiction," Margaret Cannon, Globe and Mail, Aug. 7, 2009.
6. ^ [6]

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