Michael Graubart Levin

Levin graduated from Amherst College in 1980 with a B.A. in English and Ancient Greek. He earned a J.D. from Columbia Law School in 1985, where he published an article in the Columbia Law School Journal of Law and Social Problems. After graduating from Amherst, he studied for one year at Yeshivat HaMivtar in Jerusalem, Israel.

Levin began his career teaching writing classes in Boston's Back Bay. He has taught writing at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and New York University.

Forbes states that Levin's clients have utilized their books to build a $20 million consulting business from the ground up, manage substantial financial advisory assets, secure TED talks and other prestigious thought leadership opportunities, and obtain television and film deals with major entities such as Disney, HBO, ABC, Paramount, and Steven Soderbergh.{{Cite web |last=Gunderson |first=Garrett |title=Ghostwriter Michael Levin Says: When You're The Author, You're The Authority |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/garrettgunderson/2016/07/19/ghostwriter-michael-levin-says-when-youre-the-author-youre-the-authority/ |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=Forbes |language=en}} His books have been published by major publishers, including Simon & Schuster, Random House, and Penguin/Putnam.{{Cite web |last=Breen |first=Amanda |date=2024-09-23 |title=How to Start a Ghostwriting Business and Earn $100k Per Book |url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/starting-a-business/how-to-start-a-ghostwriting-business-and-earn-100k-per-book/480178 |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=Entrepreneur |language=en}}

On January 20, 2012, Michael appeared as a guest entrepreneur on the ABC Television show Shark Tank.[http://abc.go.com/watch/shark-tank/SH559076/VD55164942/week-1 ABC.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120124154840/http://abc.go.com/watch/shark-tank/SH559076/VD55164942/week-1 |date=2012-01-24 }} Link to "Shark Tank" Week 1. Retrieved on 30 January 2012. He started and sold the book writing firm BusinessGhost, Inc., and in 2018 started a new book ghostwriting firm, www.MeaningBooks.com.

In January 2024, he spoke at the “Gathering of the Ghosts” conference in New York City, where he was quoted in The Wall Street Journal offering advice to ghostwriters.{{Cite web |last=Shine |first=By Jacqui |title=Want to Earn Six Figures as a Writer? Try Ghostwriting. |url=https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/ghostwriters-conference-salaries-business-39e841e0 |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=WSJ |language=en-US}}

In an interview with Entrepreneur Magazine, Levin discussed the impact of artificial intelligence on ghostwriting. He stated that he “isn't concerned about the technology's potential to derail the ghostwriting business. Although he acknowledges that AI is ‘basically wiping out’ lower-tier ghostwriting services that don't attract customers prioritizing a premium product, AI can't do what he and other quality-obsessed writers can: listen for what someone's not saying and hear what they're almost verbalizing, or wish they could.

‘I could be talking with a client for an hour-long interview, and we're about 35 minutes into it, and all of a sudden the client says something, [and I'm like], “Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait a minute, what did you just say?”’ Levin explains. ‘I've written so many books in so many verticals that I know what people are saying in that field, and I know that I just heard something that no one else is saying. So now we're going to turn the chapter around and make the chapter about that idea, or we're going to make the whole book about that idea. The ability to listen for what the person is almost saying is not something that AI can do yet.’

As a co-writer, Michael has done books with:

• Baseball Hall of Famer Dave Winfield
• Football broadcasting legend Pat Summerall
• Hollywood publicist Howard Bragman
• Former Schwab CEO David Pottruck
• E-Myth creator Michael Gerber
• Three-time Super Bowl winner Chad Hennings of the Dallas Cowboys
• Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp founder David Fishof
• Fox Sports Broadcaster Chris Myers
• NBA star Doug Christie
• Angela Harrelson (George Floyd's aunt)
• FBI undercover agent Joaquin Garcia
• Marketing legend Jay Abraham
• NFL star running back Maurice Jones-Drew
• NFL star running back Benjamin Watson

Levin's books have received positive reviews in The New York Times,[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/27/books/the-tenure-trap.html?scp=8&sq=The%20Socratic%20Method&st=cse NYTimes.com] Review of The Socratic Method by Scott Turow. Retrieved on 10-23-2011.Patrick, Vincent. Review of Alive and Kicking, by Michael Levin. "The Ill-Gotten Gaineses." The New York Times Book Review. March 21, 1993: 7. the Los Angeles Times,Stabiner, Karen. Review of Alive and Kicking, by Michael Levin. The Los Angeles Times (1993): 6. the New Yorker,Books, The New Yorker. March 7, 1988: p. 123. People Magazine,Kaufman, Joanne. Review of The Socratic Method, by Michael Levin. "Pages." People: Picks & Pans. March 3, 1988.Unknown. Review of The Socratic Method, by Michael Levin. People: Critics' Choice. May 23, 1988. the Washington Post,Mead, Chris. Review of The Socratic Method, by Michael Levin. The Washington Post. December 22, 1987: C4. The San Francisco Chronicle,Holt, Patricia. Review of The Socratic Method, by Michael Levin. "Clever Lampoon of Law School." The San Francisco Chronicle. December 24, 1987: E6. Library Journal,Smothers, Joyce. Review of Alive and Kicking, by Michael Levin. Library Journal. February 15, 1993: 193. the Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune,Polsby, Daniel D. Review of The Socratic Method, by Michael Levin. " 'The Socratic Method' raises questions about law school." The Chicago Tribune. December 13, 1987: 6. and other leading publications.

Levin has been featured on Good Morning America and BBC World News. He has contributed to Forbes.com, Jerusalem Post, the New York Daily News, HuffPost, and FoxNews.com, where some of his pieces have attracted more than one million readers.

He has also been a guest on multiple podcasts discussing books, publishing, and ghostwriting, including those hosted by Dan Jamal,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WArJ0lwrMEg |title=Unveiling the Art of Ghostwriting: Insights from Michael Levin, Seasoned Book Strategist – Part 1 |date=2024-02-12 |last=Write Your Book in a Flash with Dan Janal |access-date=2025-03-09 |via=YouTube}} Roger Knecht,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0oFSfpsymc |title=Write to Win: The Power of Ghostwriting and Self-Publishing w/ Michael Levin |date=2024-08-28 |last=Universal Accounting |access-date=2025-03-09 |via=YouTube}} Lori Brooks,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNeHtR325-g |title=Embracing Entrepreneurship and the Journey of a Ghostwriter with Michael Levin |date=2023-12-28 |last=Lori Brooks |access-date=2025-03-09 |via=YouTube}} Adam Koos,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02wxN4TQYGQ |title=Behind the Pages: Mastering Business Influence with Ghostwriter Extraordinaire, Michael Levin |date=2024-05-16 |last=Koos |first=Adam |access-date=2025-03-09 |via=YouTube}} Tom Corson-Knowles,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=eb1vgYEx7ZQ&t=720s |title=On Writing Bestselling Nonfiction Books with Ghostwriter Michael Levin {{!}} PPP76 |date=2016-05-18 |last=Tom Corson-Knowles |access-date=2025-03-09 |via=YouTube}} John Laurito,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uu5kOmil7E |title=#334 - The POPPY Principle With Ghostwriter Michael Levin |date=2022-11-22 |last=Tomorrow's Leader |access-date=2025-03-09 |via=YouTube}} and Lexi Ruffell. In the UK, he was interviewed by Jane Baylor.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nahoybyfiYg |title=Unlocking Your Authority: The Power of Publishing Your Own Book - With Michael Levin |date=2024-05-21 |last=Jane Bayler |access-date=2025-03-09 |via=YouTube}}

As the publisher of AdvisorGhost.com, Levin has authored more than 100 books for financial advisors, wealth managers, and hedge funds. He has contributed to Kitces.com on the topic of financial advisors publishing books.{{Cite web |last=Levin |first=Michael |date=2023-11-27 |title=How Financial Advisors Can Write And Publish Their Own Book |url=https://www.kitces.com/blog/financial-advisor-author-books-self-publishing-book-marketing/ |access-date=2025-03-09 |language=en-US}}

In 2025, Levin released an updated version of his online business book writing course, the Best Earning Author program. The six-hour, twenty-minute course offers guidance to business professionals on organizing, writing, publishing, marketing, and monetizing business books.{{Cite web |title=Best Earning Author – How To Write A Book For Your Business |url=https://bestearningauthor.com/ |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=bestearningauthor.com}}{{Cite web |last=Torres |first=Adam |date=2020-08-03 |title=Michael Levin Launches The Best Earning Author Program |url=https://missionmatters.com/michael-levin-launches-the-best-earning-author-program/ |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=Mission Matters |language=en-US}}

Levin has written and produced theatrical works, including Sober Songs, a musical showcased Off-Broadway in December 2024 and set for a full run in September 2025.{{Cite web |title=Sober Songs |url=https://bfany.org/theatre-row/shows/sober-songs/ |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=Building for the Arts |language=en}} He also wrote and performed a one-man show, The Mom Show (now titled Jenny Loves Me), first in Boston and then in New York City, between 2021 and 2024.{{Cite web |title=Jenny Loves Me! |url=https://mjhnyc.org/events/jennylovesme/ |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=Museum of Jewish Heritage — A Living Memorial to the Holocaust |language=en-US}} NPR praised the show’s songs as “gorgeous.”{{Cite web |date=2022-03-11 |title=In it Together |url=https://www.npr.org/podcasts/820618879/in-it-together |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=NPR |language=en}}

Levin is a regular contributor to Worth.com on book ghostwriting.{{Cite web |title=Michael Levin |url=https://worth.com/person/michael-levin/ |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=Worth |language=en-US}} He has also written for The Boston Globe’s Ideas section{{Cite web |title=On coming in (almost) last in the Boston Marathon - The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/04/19/opinion/boston-marathon-almost-last-place/ |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=BostonGlobe.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Beethoven’s Ninth as its composer intended - The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/02/24/opinion/beethovens-ninth-its-composer-intended/ |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=BostonGlobe.com |language=en-US}} and TheHill.com on political topics.{{Cite web |title=All Latest Michael Levin News |url=https://thehill.com/people/michael-levin/}}

Levin is married, the father of four, and a grandfather. He has run 11 Boston Marathons and eight New York City Marathons; in NYC he runs as a guide for runners with disabilities on behalf of Achilles International. He has completed more than 40 marathons, half marathons, and triathlons. He has performed with the Tanglewood Festival Chorus of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the 1980s and again in the late 2010s.Boston Symphony Orchestra 1985-86 program, p.59. April 10, 1986

• {{cite book|author = Levin, Michael|title = Journey to Tradition: The Odyssey of a Born-Again Jew|publisher = Ktav Pub Inc.|location = Jersey City|year = 1985|pages = [https://archive.org/details/journeytotraditi00levi/page/352 352 pages]|isbn = 0-88125-093-7|url = https://archive.org/details/journeytotraditi00levi/page/352}}
• {{cite book|author = Levin, Michael|title =The Socratic Method|publisher = Ivy Books|location = New York City|year = 1988|pages = s|isbn = 0-8041-0376-3 }}
• {{cite book|author = Levin, Michael|title =Settling the Score|publisher = Ivy Books|location = New York City|year = 1990|pages = s|isbn = 0-8041-0632-0 }}
• {{cite book|author = Levin, Michael|title =Alive and Kicking|publisher = St. Martins Mass Market Paper|location = New York City|year = 1994|pages = s|isbn = 0-312-95305-4 }}
• {{cite book|author = Levin, Michael|title = What Every Jew Needs to Know About God|publisher = Ktav Pub Inc.|location = Jersey City|year = 1997|pages = [https://archive.org/details/whateveryjewneed00levi/page/148 148 pages]|isbn = 0-88125-537-8|url = https://archive.org/details/whateveryjewneed00levi/page/148}}
• {{cite book|author = Levin, Michael|title =Janine and Alex, Alex and Janine|publisher = Putnam/Berkley|location = New York City|year = 1997|pages =256 pages|isbn = 0-425-16042-4 }}
• {{cite book|author = Levin, Michael|title =Sam and Derek, Derek and Sam|publisher = Putnam/Berkley|location = New York City|year = 1997|pages =256 pages|isbn = 0-425-16041-6 }}
• {{cite book|author = Levin, Michael|title =Complete Idiot's Guide to Your Civil Liberties|publisher = Alpha|location = New York City|year = 2003|pages =352 pages|isbn = 0-02-864473-5 }}
• {{cite book|author = Levin, Michael|title =Gutenberg to Google: The Rise and Fall of Books|publisher = Brown Books|location = Dallas|year = 2011|pages = s}}
• {{cite book|author = Levin, Michael, Pannell, Jack|title = Lunch Money Can't Shoot|publisher = Morgan James Fiction|location = New York City|year = 2017|pages = 147|isbn = 978-1683501107 }}
• {{cite book|author = Levin, Michael, Neesly, Carey |title = Welcome Home Mama and Boris: How a Sister's Love Saved a Fallen Soldier's Beloved Dogs|publisher = Reader's Digest|location = New York City|year = 2013|pages = 224|isbn = 978-1621451150}}
• {{cite book|author = Levin, Michael, Druck, Ken |title = The Real Rules of Life: Balancing Life's Terms with Your Own|publisher = Hay House|location = Carlsbad|year = 2012|pages = 211|isbn = 978-1401939717}}
• {{cite book|author = Levin, Michael, Myers, Chris|title = NASCAR Nation: How Racing's Values Mirror America's|publisher = Random House|location = New York City|year = 2012|pages = 240|isbn = 978-0771061189}}
• {{cite book|author = Levin, Michael, Oliphant, David|title =When All Else Fails, Sell!: How Learning to Sell Can Change Your Life|publisher = Reader's Digest Books|location = New York City|year = 2012|pages = 160|isbn = 978-1606524299}}
• {{cite book|author = Levin, Michael, Summerall, Pat|title = Giants: What I Learned About Life from Vince Lombardi and Tom Landry|publisher = John Wiley & Sons|year = 2010|pages = 256 |isbn = 978-0470611593}}
• {{cite book|author = Levin, Michael, Hennings, Chad|title = Rules of Engagement: Finding Faith and Purpose in a Disconnected World|publisher = FaithWords|location = Nashville|year = 2010|pages = 208|isbn = 9780446545396}}
• {{cite book|author = Levin, Michael, Bragman, Howard|title = Wheres My Fifteen Minutes?: Get Your Company, Your Cause, Or Yourself The Recognition You Deserve|publisher = Penguin/Portfolio Books|location = New York City|year = 2009|pages = 268|isbn = 978-1591842361}}
• {{cite book|author = Levin, Michael, Abraham, Jay|title = The Sticking Point Solution: 9 Ways to Move Your Business from Stagnation to Stunning Growth In Tough Economic Times|publisher = Vanguard Press |location = New York City|year = 2009|pages = 272|isbn = 978-1593155100}}
• {{cite book|author = Levin, Michael, Garcia, Joaquin|title = Making Jack Falcone: An Undercover FBI Agent Takes Down a Mafia Family|publisher = Touchstone |location = New York City|year = 2008|pages = 272|isbn = 978-1416551638}}
• {{cite book|author = Levin, Michael, Winfield, Dave|title = Dropping the Ball: Baseball's Troubles and How We Can and Must Solve Them|publisher = Scribner|location = New York City|year = 2007|pages = 224|isbn = 978-1416534488}}
• {{cite book|author = Levin, Michael, Christie, Doug, Christie, Jackie|title = No Ordinary Love: A True Story of Marriage and Basketball!|publisher = Infinite Love Publishing|year = 2007|pages = 153|isbn = 978-0979482700}}
• {{cite book|author = Levin, Michael, Bryant, John|title = Banking on Our Future: A Program for Teaching You and Your Kids about Money|publisher = Beacon Press|location = Boston|year = 2002|pages = 168|isbn = 0807047171}}
• {{cite book|author = Levin, Michael, Harrelson, Angela|title = Lift Your Voice: How My Nephew George Floyd’s Murder Changed The World with Angela Harrelson (George Floyd’s aunt)|publisher = Post Hill Press|location = New York|year = 2022|pages = 208|isbn = 1637583370}}{{Cite web |title=Lift Your Voice: How My Nephew George Floyd’s Murder Changed The World |url=https://posthillpress.com/book/lift-your-voice-how-my-nephew-george-floyds-murder-changed-the-world |access-date=2025-03-09 |language=en}}
• {{cite book|author = Levin, Michael|title = The Meaning of Your Life: Writing a Book About What Matters Most to You|publisher = Meaning Company|location = New York|year = 2024|pages = 190|isbn = 9798990719903}}

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