Award-winning author Lois Leveen dwells in the spaces where literature and history meet. A confirmed book geek, Lois earned degrees in history and literature from Harvard, the University of Southern California, and UCLA, and taught on the faculty of UCLA and of Reed College. Lois' work has appeared in the
New York Times, the
LA Review of Books, the
Chicago Tribune, the
Huffington Post, the
Wall Street Journal, the
Atlantic and on NPR, as well as in numerous literary and scholarly journals and in film and performing arts festivals. Lois gives talks about history and literature at libraries, bookstores, universities, museums, teacher training programs, and conferences throughout the United States and the world. She lives in a bright green house in Portland, Oregon, with two cats, one Canadian, and 120,000 honey bees.
You can learn more about her academic background by
downloading her CV.
Interviews with Lois Leveen
The State of Shakespeare with James Elliott and Gerritt VanderMeer
State of Wonder, Oregon Public Broadcasting
Dialogue with Marcia Franklin, Idaho Public Television
The Jefferson Exchange, Jefferson Public Radio
The Shakespeare Standard
Shakespeare magazine
Unabridged Chick
International Festival of Authors, Toronto, Canada
The Writer's Voice, broadcast on public radio throughout the US and Canada (Lois' interview begins roughly 30 minutes into the program)
"On Portland, Bikes, and Shakespeare" The Oregonian
Portland Monthly
Romance at Random
Bainbridge Island Review
Historical Novel Review
The John Batchelor Show, 77 WABC New York radio interview
AM Nothwest, KATU-TV television interview
The East Bay Express Perhaps the best opening paragraph for a book review and author interview ever!
LiveWire! Radio on NPR
Writer's Voice with Francesca Rheannon radio interview.
HearSay with Cathy Lewis on WHRV radio interview
The Craig Fahle show on WDET (Detroit NPR) radio interview.
Richmond Magazine
Author Magazine video interview
Book Club Girl podcast
International Business Times
Hodder & Stoughton
Rose City Reader
Kelly O'Connor McNees
Defenders Live 97.3 WRIR Richmond radio interview
Defenders Live 97.3 WRIR Richmond radio interview, part two
The Beck and Burns Show on KXL FM News 101