David S. Levinson

David S. Levinson
BornDavid Samuel Levinson
1969 (age 54–55)
Occupation
  • Short story writer
NationalityAmerican
EducationColumbia University
The New School (MFA)

David Samuel Levinson (born 1969) is an American short story writer and novelist.

Levinson studied creative writing at Columbia University and holds a MFA from The New School.[1][2][3]

His first novel, Antonia Lively Breaks the Silence, published by Algonquin Books, was released on June 4, 2013.[4][5][6]

His second novel, Tell Me How This Ends Well, was published in April 2017 by Hogarth,[7] an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group at Penguin Random House. The novel deals with the Jacobson family who gather together over Passover in L.A. The novel is set in a near-distant future, which is rife with anti-Semitism and terror.[8][9]

He has been nominated several times for the Pushcart Prize[citation needed] and has received multiple fellowships from Yaddo, the Jentel Foundation, Ledig House, the Santa Fe Arts Institute, and the Sewanee Writers’ Conference.[citation needed] In 2008 to 2009 he served as the Emerging Writer Lecturer at Gettysburg College.[citation needed] In 2011, he won the Marguerite & Lamar Smith Fellowship for Writers.[citation needed] From 2013 to 2015, he served as the Fellow in Fiction at Emory University.[10][11] He won an award for his fiction in The Atlantic Monthly[citation needed] and has published stories in slushpile, Prairie Schooner, The Brooklyn Review, Post Road, and West Branch.

  1. ^ "Prof. Spotlight: David Samuel Levinson | Former Creative Writing Fellow's Book Inspired by Emory". The Emory Wheel. 2017-08-30. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  2. ^ "Tell Me How This Ends Well: A Novel". Columbia Alumni. Archived from the original on 2019-06-23. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  3. ^ "West Branch Wired". x92383.xml. Retrieved 2020-12-01.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ ANTONIA LIVELY BREAKS THE SILENCE | Kirkus Reviews.
  5. ^ Pochoda, Ivy (6 October 2013). "An Elaborate Lie: David Samuel Levinson's Literary Hall of Mirrors". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
  6. ^ "Antonia Lively Breaks the Silence". EW.com. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
  7. ^ Kellman, Steven G. (2017-07-20). "'Tell Me How This Ends Well,' by David Samuel Levinson". SFGate. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
  8. ^ "Texas organizations launch virtual book club during pandemic". The Washington Times. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
  9. ^ Einav, Dan (21 April 2017). "Short review: Tell Me How This Ends Well by David Samuel Levinson". Financial Times. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
  10. ^ "Creative Writing Program Announces New Fellows in Fiction and Poetry". arts.emory.edu. Archived from the original on 2021-03-31. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  11. ^ "David Samuel Levinson". Los Angeles Review of Books. Archived from the original on 2021-02-25. Retrieved 2020-12-01.