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Member Spotlight May 2012
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. |
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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.
Connect with Andrew on his website, his blog, Twitter, Facebook, Goodreads, and on most other social networks. |
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