Thanks for visiting. The buttons on the left will take you to the pages for my novels and poetry. I'm especially excited to have you learn about the newest entry in my Detroit Quartet, The Ghosts of Detroit.



About me . . .


An award-winning fiction writer and poet, I'm the author of seven Martin Preuss mysteries: In the House of Night (2020), Cold Dark Lies (2019), An Uncertain Accomplice (2018), The Forgotten Child (2017), Guilt in Hiding (2016), The Baker’s Men (2014), and Crimes of Love (2011).


My newest novels, Savage City (2021), The Arsenal of Deceit, and The Ghosts of Detroit (2024), blend history and fiction during 1932, 1941, and 1955 Detroit. 


I'm also the author of The House of Grins (1992), a novel; and three books of poetry, Are You Listening (2024), In Praise of Old Photographs (2005), and New Year’s Tangerine (2007). My poetry and fiction have appeared in numerous print and e-journals.


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​​​​DONALD LEVIN