When Andrew Levkoff was a young boy, he told his father he was going to be a writer. Less than a week later, he received an envelope in the mail and inside was an article from the New York Times. The article stated that the average income of a professional writer in the United States was less than $5,000 a year and this was underlined. There was no note to accompany the article, but Andrew knew the source. The article and its advice were ignored.

45 years later, The Bow of Heaven, Book I: The Other Alexander was awarded a Gold medal at the 2011 e-Lit Book Awards in the Historical Fiction category. And in February 2012, the Historical Novel Society selected The Other Alexander as an Editor’s Choice.

Andrew began researching and writing The Bow of Heaven in 2004, and like many authors at that time, believed he had to find an agent and publisher in order to realize his dream. But as the years passed between rewrites, Andrew became aware of a changing environment where barriers had fallen and authors finally had a legitimate alternative—independence. 

Andrew published The Bow of Heaven, Book I: The Other Alexander in the fall of 2011 (in print and as an e-book) with an accompanying self-produced video book trailer. The Other Alexander is the first book in a proposed trilogy  narrated by Alexandros, a Greek slave to Marcus Licinius Crassus—the richest man in Rome during his time. History buffs will be familiar with the life of Crassus, but even though Levkoff stays true to the history of the time, The Other Alexander focusses more on the lives of those in the Crassus household. ForeWord Reviews says The Other Alexander is, "thoroughly researched, beautifully written, and cleverly staged.” The second book in the series, A Mixture of Madness,is due for release late 2012.

Andrew grew up on Long Island, New York and has a BA in English from Stanford. He now lives in Arizona with his wife and daughter.

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