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Ariel S. Leve
BornNew York, New York
OccupationJournalist, author
CitizenshipUnited States
GenreNon fiction, memoir
Notable worksAn Abbreviated Life
Website
www.ariel-leve.com

Ariel S. Leve (born January 24, 1968) is an American author and award-winning journalist.[1] She was a columnist for The Guardian and subsequently for the Sunday Times Magazine. Her memoir An Abbreviated Life was published by HarperCollins in 2016.

Early life

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Ariel Leve was born in New York City and grew up with her mother, Sandra Hochman, a poet, in Manhattan.[2] At age five she began traveling to Southeast Asia, where she spent part of the year living in Bangkok, Thailand, with her father.[3]

Career

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Leve was a senior writer for The London Sunday Times Magazine from 2003-2010. She has contributed frequently to The Guardian, and has written for The New York Times,[4] The New York Times Book Review,[5] Esquire Magazine, Vanity Fair Magazine, Men’s Journal, The Wall Street Journal Magazine, The Financial Times Magazine,[6][7] The Sunday Telegraph Magazine, The Sunday Times Style Magazine, Marie Claire, Elle, Psychologies, Vogue (U.K.), Granta and others.

Leve has written a number of profiles and cover stories, including the June 2016 Esquire Magazine cover story on the actor Liev Schreiber.[8] She has appeared as a guest on WTF with Marc Maron[9] and given a TED talk on gaslighting.[10]

From October 2005 to January 2010 Leve wrote the weekly humor column "Cassandra" for the Sunday Times Magazine. Prior to that, the column ran in The Guardian under the title "Half Empty".[11] From 2010 - 2012 Leve wrote a monthly food column for Guardian called The Fussy Eater.[12]

Books

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Leve's first book, titled It Could Be Worse, You Could Be Me in the US and The Cassandra Chronicles in the UK, was a collection of her "Cassandra” columns from The Sunday Times Magazine. It was published in August 2009. Leve's television pilot of "It Could Be Worse, You Could Be Me" was optioned by Cineflix Studios[13]

Her second book, 1963: The Year of the Revolution[14], co-authored by Robin Morgan recounts the story of the rise of the Youthquake movement in 1963. Leve and Morgan detail how young people became a significant commercial and cultural force for the first time. The book includes interviews with prominent figures from the movement, including Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman, Mary Quant, Patti Boyd, Andrew Loog Oldham, Neil Sedaka and Carly Simon.

Leve's third book, An Abbreviated Life, was published in June 2016. A memoir of her early years, it explores the psychological consequences of a traumatic childhood and the aftermath of survival. The memoir received positive reviews in The New York Times,[15] The Guardian,[16] The Spectator[17] and others.

Awards

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In 2005, she was nominated for the British Press Awards for Interviewer of the Year for 2004.[18][19]

In 2008, she was nominated for the British Press Awards for Feature Writer of the Year for 2007.[20]

In 2008, she won Feature Writer of the Year from the Magazine Design and Journalism Awards.[21][22][23][24]

In 2010, she was nominated for the British Press Awards for Interviewer of the year for 2009, and was "Highly Commended.[25][26]

References

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  1. ^ "Magazine Design and Journalism Awards: Winners list". Press Gazette. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  2. ^ "I wish you were never born". The Spectator. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Review: In 'An Abbreviated Life,' Ariel Leve Escapes Her Mommie Dearest". The New York Times. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  4. ^ Leve, Ariel (17 July 2019). "Bright Lights? Dimmer. Big City? More Distant". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  5. ^ Leve, Ariel (11 November 2016). "A Son Writes of His Mother's Painful Past". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  6. ^ Leve, Ariel (19 October 2011). "Interview: Richard Ford". Financial Times. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  7. ^ Leve, Ariel (26 January 2013). "Neuro Visions: Oliver Sacks". Financial Times. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Where Liev Schreiber and Ray Donovan Intersect". Esquire. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  9. ^ "Episode 819 - Ariel Leve / Wheeler Walker, Jr". WTF with Marc Maron Podcast. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  10. ^ Leve, Ariel. "How to deal with gaslighting". YouTube. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  11. ^ "Half Empty". the Guardian. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  12. ^ "The fussy eater | Life and style". the Guardian. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  13. ^ "Cineflix Studios Options "It Could Be Worse, You Could Be Me"". Multichannel. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  14. ^ Noble, Barnes &. "1963: The Year of the Revolution: How Youth Changed the World with Music, Art, and Fashion". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  15. ^ Senior, Jennifer (26 June 2016). "Review: In 'An Abbreviated Life,' Ariel Leve Escapes Her Mommie Dearest". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  16. ^ Sturges, Fiona (27 June 2016). "An Abbreviated Life by Ariel Leve review – memoir of a monstrous mother". the Guardian. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  17. ^ Brown, Helen R. (30 June 2016). "I wish you were never born". The Spectator. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  18. ^ "British Press Awards – first shortlists – Press Gazette". www.pressgazette.co.uk. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  19. ^ "Press Gazette - Journalism matters. Every week". 29 October 2005. Archived from the original on 29 October 2005. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  20. ^ "British Press Awards 2008: the shortlist – Press Gazette". www.pressgazette.co.uk. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  21. ^ "Magazine Design and Journalism Awards: Winners list – Press Gazette". www.pressgazette.co.uk. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  22. ^ "Press Gazette magazine awards shortlist revealed – Press Gazette". www.pressgazette.co.uk. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  23. ^ "Live blog: Magazine Design and Journalism Awards – Press Gazette". www.pressgazette.co.uk. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  24. ^ "Wallpaper wins three Press Gazette Magazine Awards – Press Gazette". www.pressgazette.co.uk. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  25. ^ "The British Press Awards – all the nominations – Press Gazette". www.pressgazette.co.uk. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  26. ^ Ltd, Magstar. "Press Awards". www.pressawards.org.uk. Archived from the original on 20 June 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
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