Biography of myron levoy

American children's and YA author (–)

Myron M. Levoy (January 30, – December 30, ) was an American author of children's and young adults literature. After graduating from Purdue University he worked as a chemical engineer and was involved in the field of space engineering before becoming a full-time author.

Early life

Myron Levoy was born January 30, ^[1] He grew up in the borough of Queens, New York City. His mother, Elsie Schwartz, was Hungarian, and his father, Bernard Levoy was a Jewish immigrant from Hanover.^[2] He grew up on 97th Street in Queens with his mother, father, and his older brother, Louis.^[3][4]

Levoy's exposure to the world of literature began early in his childhood. Writing about his youth, he talked about frequently being taken to the local library with his family, and strongly recalled the "smell and feel of books".^[5] While at junior high school, Levoy also took part in a choral spea

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Obituary: Myron Levoy

Author Myron Levoy, whose acclaimed YA novel Alan and Naomi, depicting the friendship between a teen boy and a French refugee of the Holocaust in New York City, was a National Book Award finalist, died on December 30, He was

Levoy was born on January 30, in New York, N.Y. where he recalled “from a very early age constant trips to the library,” according to his essay in Speaking for Ourselves: Autobiographical Sketches bygd Notable Authors of Books for ung Adults. He received his B.S. at New York’s City College and from Purdue University, and worked as a chemical and aviation engineer as a young man. He began writing in his spare time and wrote fem plays that were produced in New York in the late s and early s. Soon after that, he shifted gears and crafted a tale for his son and daughter as a Hanukkah gift. That story was expanded into Levoy’s first book for children, The Witch of Fourth Street

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Myron Levoy Biography

Myron Levoy's works range from the realism of the young adult novel Alan and Naomi to the surrealistic stories Penny Tunes and Princesses and The Witch of Fourth Street and Other Stories. All of them, however, share a common theme. In each instance, the story's protagonists have a choice to make-- whether to recognize their individuality or to submerge it. "In my work for children and adults," Levoy declares in Contemporary Authors, "my continuing concern has been for the 'outsider,' the loner." In each of his works, Levoy's protagonists "must come to terms with and face their own uniqueness," the writer continues in Contemporary Authors. "Their stories are open-ended; there are no pat solutions, but rather, growth and discovery, with more struggles ahead to be met, one hopes, with greater strength and insight."

"I was born and grew up in New York City," Levoy remembers in his

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