Ariel S. Leve

Ariel S. Leve
Born (1968-01-24) January 24, 1968
New York, New York
Occupation Journalist, author
Citizenship United States
Genre Non fiction, memoir
Notable works An Abbreviated Life
Website
www.ariel-leve.com

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

Early Life

Ariel Leve was born in New York City and grew up with her mother, Sandra Hochman, a poet, in Manhattan. At age five she began traveling to Southeast Asia, where she spent part of the year living in Bangkok, Thailand, with her father. Her early life is the subject of An Abbreviated Life.

Journalism

Leve wrote for The London Sunday Times Magazine from 2003-2010. She has contributed frequently to The Guardian, and written for The New York Times Book Review,[2] Esquire Magazine, Men’s Journal, The Wall Street Journal Magazine, The Financial Times Magazine,[3] The Sunday Telegraph Magazine, The Sunday Times Style Magazine, Marie Claire, Elle, Psychologies, Vogue (U.K.), Granta and others.

Feature articles by Leve for The Sunday Times Magazine have covered the aftermath of the Virginia Tech shootings, women who guard the women on Death Row, and a series of features on veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Examples of other cover subjects include the Amish and how they discourage the younger generation from leaving the fold; the story of Iraq war veteran Tyler Ziegel and his wife Renee, one year after his return from Iraq, and the toll it took on their marriage; US Marines who have been wounded and the reconstructive surgery they are receiving; demystifying the Chelsea Hotel; a look at the anger management business; a polemic on the importance of listening; the love story of Steve McQueen and his widow, Barbara; what science can tell us about ourselves and how much we really want to know; a profile of Stan Brock, a penniless Brit who is working to solve the US health care crisis; and a cover story which examined what happens to unidentified bodies in Britain told through a six-month investigation tracing the identity of an unknown and unmourned man named Andrew Smith.

Leve has written a number of profiles and cover stories, including the June 2016 Esquire Magazine cover story on the actor Liev Schreiber.[4]

She has appeared as a guest on WTF with Marc Maron[5] and given a TED talk[6] on gaslighting.

Columns

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"

The Cassandra Chronicles was published in the UK in August 2009 by Portobello Books, and in the U.S. by HarperCollins[7] under the title "It Could Be Worse, You Could Be Me". Leve's television pilot of "It Could Be Worse, You Could Be Me" was optioned by Cineflix Studios[8].

In 2005 Leve wrote the weekly column "Half Empty” for G2 in The Guardian

From 2005 - 2010 in The London Sunday Times Magazine, Leve wrote the weekly column “Cassandra”

From 2010 - 2012 Leve wrote a monthly food column for Guardian called The Fussy Eater[9].

Awards

In 2005, she was nominated for the British Press Awards for Interviewer of the Year for 2004.[10][11]

In 2008, she was nominated for the British Press Awards for Feature Writer of the Year for 2007.[12]

In 2008, she won Feature Writer of the Year from the Magazine Design and Journalism Awards.[13][14][15][16]

In 2010, she was nominated for the British Press Awards for Interviewer of the year for 2009, and was "Highly Commended.[17][18]

Books

Leve's first book, It Could Be Worse, You Could Be Me, published in 2010, was a collection of her "Cassandra” columns from The Sunday Times Magazine, and offers a humorous bleak perspective of life.

Her second book, 1963: The Year of the Revolution[19], 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 has been widely praised by critics including in The Spectator, The Guardian, The Miami Herald, and The New York Times.[20]

Works and Publications

Non-fiction

  • Leve, Ariel (2014). It Could Be Worse, You Could Be Me. New York: Harper Perennial[21]
  • Leve, Ariel, Morgan, Robin ( 2014) 1963: The Year Of The Revolution. New York: Dey Street Books, HarperCollins[22]
  • Leve, Ariel (2016). An Abbreviated Life (A Memoir). New York: Harper[23]

References

  1. ↑ "Magazine Design and Journalism Awards: Winners list – Press Gazette". www.pressgazette.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  2. ↑ Leve, Ariel (2016-11-11). "A Son Writes of His Mother's Painful Past". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  3. ↑ "Subscribe to read". Financial Times. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  4. ↑ "Where Liev Schreiber and Ray Donovan Intersect". Esquire. 2016-06-29. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  5. ↑ "Episode 819 - Ariel Leve / Wheeler Walker, Jr". WTF with Marc Maron Podcast. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  6. ↑ How to deal with gaslighting | Ariel Leve, 2017-05-15, retrieved 2018-04-14
  7. ↑ Leve, Ariel. "It Could Be Worse, You Could Be Me - Ariel Leve - Paperback". HarperCollins US. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  8. ↑ "Cineflix Studios Options 'It Could Be Worse, You Could Be Me'". Multichannel. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  9. ↑ "The fussy eater | Life and style". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  10. ↑ "British Press Awards – first shortlists – Press Gazette". www.pressgazette.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  11. ↑ "Press Gazette - Journalism matters. Every week". 2005-10-29. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  12. ↑ "British Press Awards 2008: the shortlist – Press Gazette". www.pressgazette.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  13. ↑ "Magazine Design and Journalism Awards: Winners list – Press Gazette". www.pressgazette.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  14. ↑ "Press Gazette magazine awards shortlist revealed – Press Gazette". www.pressgazette.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  15. ↑ "Live blog: Magazine Design and Journalism Awards – Press Gazette". www.pressgazette.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  16. ↑ "Wallpaper wins three Press Gazette Magazine Awards – Press Gazette". www.pressgazette.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  17. ↑ "The British Press Awards – all the nominations – Press Gazette". www.pressgazette.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  18. ↑ Ltd, Magstar. "Press Awards". www.pressawards.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  19. ↑ Noble, Barnes &. "1963: The Year of the Revolution: How Youth Changed the World with Music, Art, and Fashion". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  20. ↑ Senior, Jennifer (2016-06-26). "Review: In 'An Abbreviated Life,' Ariel Leve Escapes Her Mommie Dearest". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  21. ↑ Leve, Ariel (2009). It could be worse, you could be me (1st U.S. ed.). New York: Harper Perennial. ISBN 9780061864599. OCLC 419851688.
  22. ↑ Morgan, Robin; Leve, Ariel. 1963, the year of the revolution : how youth changed the world with music, art, and fashion (First Dey Street books ed.). [New York]. ISBN 9780062120458. OCLC 892869054.
  23. ↑ Leve, Ariel. An abbreviated life : a memoir. New York, NY. ISBN 9780062269454. OCLC 936685054.
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