- Lev Grossman
Lev Grossman (born
1969-06-26 ["Lev Grossman" in "Marquis' Who's Who on the Web" [database online] Marquis Who's Who LLC. Retrieved2007-03-05 .] ) is an American writer, notably the author of the novels "Codex" [http://www.harcourtbooks.com/authorinterviews/bookinterview_Grossman.asp] and "Warp." He also contributes regularly to "Time" as a book reviewer, although he sometimes explores more esoteric topics such as lolcatscite news
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url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1642897,00.html
title = Cashing in on Cute Cats
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work =Time Magazine ] and the godlessness of the Harry Potter series.cite news
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title = Who Dies in Harry Potter? God
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work =Time Magazine ]He has written for "
The New York Times ", "Salon.com ", "Lingua Franca", "Entertainment Weekly ", "Time Out New York", and "The Village Voice ".In writing for "Time", he has also covered the consumer electronics industry, interviewing
Bill Gates ,Steve Jobs , and reviewing videogames such as "Halo 2 ". He has interviewedTom Clancy ,Salman Rushdie ,Neil Gaiman ,Al Franken andJohnny Cash . A piece written by Grossman on the game "Halo 3 " was criticized for casting gamers in an "unfavorable light". [ [http://news.filefront.com/time-magazine-takes-shots-at-gamers-with-halo-3-article/ Time Magazine Takes Shots at Gamers with Halo 3 Article ] ]Grossman is the twin brother of
video game authorAustin Grossman , and brother of sculptorBathsheba Grossman . He is an alumnus of Lexington High School andHarvard College . Grossman attended aPh.D. program incomparative literature for three years, but left before completing hisdissertation . He lives in Brooklyn.External links
* [http://www.levgrossman.com/ Official Site]
* [http://time-blog.com/nerd_world/ Grossman's "Nerd World" Blog]References
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