- Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume One, 1981-1985, pages 492-493. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998.
- American novelist and journalist, famous for his tautly-written work "Compulsion" (1956), based on the famous Leopold-Loeb murder case.
- Father: Joseph Levin; Mother: Golda Levin.
- Having gone on a European vacation with future actor Will Geer, he wasn't able to cover the court trial for Leopold & Loeb, for which he later based his bestseller, Compulsion.
- Even though his book 'Compulsion' helped get Nathan Leopold out of jail, Leopold wound up suing the book's publisher, making Levin have to take a trip to Leopold's home in Puerto Rico to take notes on what he found liable.
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