Lev Raphael

Born: 05/19/1954   NY
Parents: Alex Steinberg, Helen Steinberg
Address(es):
4695 Chippewa Drive
Okemos , MI 48864
Contact Information:
Website : http://www.levraphael.com
Twitter : Twitter @LevRaphael
Website : http://www.bibliobuffet.com/

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Assault with a Deadly Lie : A Nick Hoffman Novel of Suspense
- Successful professor Nick Hoffman finds his secure, happy, college-town life changed forever after a nightmarish encounter with police. But even when that horrible night is over, life doesn't return to normal. Someone is clearly out to destroy him. Nick and his partner Stefan Borowski face an escalating series of threats that lead to a brutal and stunning confrontation.
Fiction , Michigan , Mystery Adult Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press 2014
Assault with a Deadly Lie : A Nick Hoffman Novel of Suspense
- Successful professor Nick Hoffman finds his secure, happy, college-town life changed forever after a nightmarish encounter with police. Someone is clearly out to destroy him. Nick and his partner Stefan Borowski face an escalating series of threats that lead to a brutal and stunning confrontation.
Fiction , Michigan , Mystery Adult Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press 2014
My Germany : A Jewish Writer Returns to the World His Parents Escaped Biography Adult Madison, WI : Terrace Books 2009
Hot Rocks : A Nick Hoffman Mystery Fiction , Michigan , Mystery Adult McKinleyville, CA : John Daniel & Co. 2007
Writing A Jewish Life: Memoirs Biography , Michigan Adult New York : Carroll & Graf Publishers 2006
Tropic of Murder: A Nick Hoffman Mystery Fiction , Michigan , Mystery Adult Palo Alto, A : John Danial and Co 2004
Burning Down the House Fiction , Michigan , Mystery Adult New York : Walker and Co. 2001
Little Miss Evil : A Nick Hoffman Mystery
- Things are never calm at the State University of Michigan: Nick's partner's career seems to be spiraling down and out of control; a new faculty member is causing a lot of nasty talk; and cryptic messages are showing up in Nick's mailbox.
Fiction , Michigan , Mystery Adult New York : Walker and Co. 2000
The Death of a Constant Lover: A Nick Hoffman Mystery
- At a Michigan university, sleuth Nick Hoffman, a homosexual professor, investigates the death of one of his students, killed in a religious dispute.
Fiction , Michigan , Mystery Adult New York : Walker and Co. 1999
The Edith Wharton murders : a Nick Hoffman mystery
- A woman accused of plagiarism is murdered at a literary conference in the University of Michigan. Academic sleuth Nick Hoffman checks out the suspects, including an incensed writer and a jealous lesbian.
Fiction , Michigan , Mystery Adult New York : St. Martin's Press 1998
Let's get criminal : an academic mystery
-  A tale of intrigue in academia involving homosexuals. It begins when a new man arrives at a university and obtains tenure despite lack of qualifications. When he is murdered, suspicion falls on a writer-in-residence on whom the man once did the dirty.
Fiction , Michigan , Mystery Adult New York : St. Martin's Press 1996
Winter Eyes : A Novel About Secrets Fiction Adult New York : St. Martin's Press 1992
Edith Wharton's Prisoners of Shame Non Fiction Adult New York : St. Martin's Press 1991
Stick Up for Yourself! : Every Kid's Guide to Personal Power and Positive Self-Esteem
- co-author
Non Fiction Children , Teen Minneapolis, MN : Free Spirit Pub. 1991
Dancing on Tisha B'Av Fiction Adult New York : St. Martin's Press 1990
Dynamics of Power : Building a Competent Self
- co-author
Non Fiction Adult Cambridge, Mass. : Schenkman Pub. Co. 1983
What is the aim or goal of your writing: "To build bridges between various communities. To keep the legacy of the Holocaust alive."

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: Yes

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Master of Arts (M. A.) University of Minnesota Minneapolis , MN 1941

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Full-time Writer 1988
Assistant Professor of American Thought and Language Michigan State University East Lansing , MI 1986 -1988
Reviewer
- Also reviewed for The Detroit Free Press, Jerusalem Report, Forward, The Washington Post, The Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, Boston Review and Lambda Book Report.
WKAR 90.5 FM East Lansing , MI
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