Lev Raphael

Lev Raphael was born and raised in New York City, the son of Holocaust survivors. He received his MFA in Creative Writing and English at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He earned a Ph.D. in American Studies from Michigan State University. He taught English, creative writing, Holocaust studies, and other topics at the university level for 13 years before leaving teaching in 1988 to write and review full-time.