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Lev Grossman

Author of The Magicians

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Lev Grossman was born on June 26, 1969. He received a degree in literature from Harvard University in 1991. He spent three years in the Ph.D. program in comparative literature at Yale University, but left before completing his dissertation. In 2002, he became a book reviewer and one of the lead technology writers for Time magazine. He has written for Salon, The Village Voice, The Wall Street Journal, Wired, Entertainment Weekly, The Believer, Lingua Franca, and the New York Times. His first novel, Warp, was published in 1997. His other novels include Codex, The Magicians, which won a 2010 Alex Award, The Magician King and The Magician's Land. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from The Magicians… (more)
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Foreword, some editions) 23,259 copies, 430 reviews
Dangerous Women (Contributor) 1,047 copies, 47 reviews
The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities: Exhibits, Oddities,… (Contributor) 405 copies, 15 reviews
Summer Days and Summer Nights (Contributor) 390 copies, 25 reviews
Unfettered: Tales by Masters of Fantasy (Contributor) 369 copies, 13 reviews
Unpacking My Library: Writers and Their Books (Contributor) 367 copies, 15 reviews
The Writer's Map: An Atlas of Imaginary Lands (Contributor) 365 copies, 8 reviews
Other Worlds Than These (Foreword) 239 copies, 5 reviews
The Way of the Wizard (Contributor) 191 copies, 5 reviews
Steampunk III: Steampunk Revolution (Contributor) 146 copies, 2 reviews
Who Done It? (Contributor) 132 copies, 4 reviews
Light the Dark: Writers on Creativity, Inspiration, and the Artistic… (Contributor) 122 copies, 4 reviews
Lost Transmissions: The Secret History of Science Fiction and Fantasy (Contributor) 106 copies, 4 reviews
Unfettered III: New Tales by Masters of Fantasy (Contributor) 90 copies
The Magicians Original Graphic Novel: Alice's Story (Creator) 85 copies, 9 reviews
Dangerous Women 2 (Contributor) 80 copies
Ventriloquism (Introduction) 67 copies, 1 review
Eat Joy: Stories & Comfort Food from 31 Celebrated Writers (Contributor) 62 copies, 3 reviews
Read Harder: Five More Years of Great Writing from the Believer (Contributor) 36 copies
The Magicians: The New Class (Creator) 35 copies, 1 review
The Artists' and Writers' Cookbook: A Collection of Stories with… (Contributor) 14 copies
The Magicians #1 (Creator) 6 copies
The Magicians #4 (Creator) 5 copies
The Magicians #2 (Creator) 3 copies
The Paulandstormonomicon (Contributor) 2 copies
The Magicians #3 (Creator) 2 copies
Time Magazine 2011.02.21 2 copies
Time Magazine 2010.12.06 (Contributor) 1 copy
The Magicians #5 (Creator) 1 copy
Locus, July 2011 (606) (Contributor) 1 copy
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Lev Grossman is an American novelist and journalist. He was the book critic and lead technology writer at Time magazine from 2002 to 2016.

Grossman was born on June 26, 1969 in Concord, Massachusetts. He is the twin brother of video game designer and novelist Austin Grossman, brother of sculptor Bathsheba Grossman, and son of the poet Allen Grossman and the novelist Judith Grossman. He is an alumnus of Lexington High School and Harvard College. He graduated from Harvard in 1991 with a degree in literature. Grossman then attended a Ph.D. program in comparative literature for three years at Yale University, but dropped out before completing his dissertation.
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