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Lisa Levy

Lisa Levy
Lisa Levy is a columnist and contributing editor at LitHub and CrimeReads. She is the former EIC of crime fiction site The Life Sentence and the former Mystery/Noir editor at the LA Review of Books. She also has written about less nefarious topics for Pacific Standard, Dame, The Believer, Slate, Salon, and other publications.


The Books of Susan Sontag, Ranked

A Fickle Superfan’s Guide to the Dark Lady of Letters
October 4, 2019  By Lisa Levy
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Julia Dahl: Crime Fiction Among the Pious

Getting Tipsy with the Author of Conviction
March 28, 2017  By Lisa Levy
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5 Crime Must-Reads to Devour Coming This March

Lisa Levy Recommends Leah Carroll, Amy Engel, and Others
February 27, 2017  By Lisa Levy
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Crime and Murder Among the Mormons

Lisa Levy on the Unlikely Utah Noir of Mette Ivie Harrison
January 30, 2017  By Lisa Levy
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So Who Exactly is Bob Dylan, Newly Crowned Nobel Laureate?

The Poet vs. Songwriter vs. Showman Debate Rages On
October 13, 2016  By Lisa Levy
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More Big Literary Biographies of Women, Please

On Biography, Pathography, and Ruth Franklin's Life of Shirley Jackson
September 28, 2016  By Lisa Levy
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But Are You Sure You Want a Baby?

On a Side-by-Side Reading of Ian McEwan and Belle Boggs
September 23, 2016  By Lisa Levy
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Bouchercon 2016, New Orleans: An Oral History

Favorite Moments From This Year's Big Easy Crime Fiction Bash
September 23, 2016  By Lisa Levy
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Bouchercon: Five Events to See This Week in New Orleans

A preview of the Largest Mystery Fan Convention in the US
September 13, 2016  By Lisa Levy
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In Defense of Trash

Why Pleasures Should Never Be Guilty, From Valley of the Dolls to Bonkbusters
August 25, 2016  By Lisa Levy
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Women Crime Writers Are Not a Fad

And Megan Abbott is Here to Prove It
July 29, 2016  By Lisa Levy
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On the Pleasures of Pre-Internet Fandom

Lisa Levy Recalls the Intensity of Private Discovery
July 27, 2016  By Lisa Levy
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American Noir and the Outlaw Lit of James Sallis

In Praise of a Great American Crime Writer
June 17, 2016  By Lisa Levy
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We Need More First-Hand Books About Urban Poverty

Lisa Levy on Dreamland, Evicted, and The Cook Up
May 19, 2016  By Lisa Levy
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Live From the Edgars, Crime Writing’s Big Night

Lisa Levy Reports on Walter Mosley, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Speed-Eating While Live-Tweeting
May 2, 2016  By Lisa Levy
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Secrets and Lies: Why the Best Spies Are Married

On Chris Pavone's Finely Wrought Espionage Fiction
March 22, 2016  By Lisa Levy
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Adrian McKinty: Working-Class Hero of Irish Crime Fiction

Lisa Levy Profiles the Man Behind the Sean Duffy Series
March 17, 2016  By Lisa Levy
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The Fine Grim Line Between Love and Stalking

Lisa Levy On the Crime Fiction of Caroline Kepnes
February 17, 2016  By Lisa Levy
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