Michael Graubart Levin


Michael Levin is an American author and ghostwriter whose work has appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list. He is known for his work in ghostwriting. Over a career of more than 35 years, Levin has written, edited, or co-written more than 1000 books.
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Early life and education

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

Career

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

Ghostwriting and Publishing

Forbes reported that some of Levin’s clients have used their books to support consulting businesses, manage financial advisory practices, secure speaking engagements, and obtain television and film opportunities with major media companies.
On January 20, 2012, Michael appeared as a guest entrepreneur on the ABC Television show Shark Tank.
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.

Speaking and publications

As a co-writer, Michael has done books with:
In the sports world, his clients own teams in Major League Baseball, the NFL, and the NBA, and his athlete clients have won the Super Bowl, the NBA Finals, and the World Series.
Levin's books have received positive reviews in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the New Yorker, People Magazine, the Washington Post, The San Francisco Chronicle, Library Journal, the Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, and other leading publications.

Media and podcast appearances

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, Roger Knecht, Lori Brooks, Adam Koos, Tom Corson-Knowles, John Laurito, and Lexi Ruffell. In the UK, he was interviewed by Jane Baylor.
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.

Stage works

Levin wrote and performed a one-man show, The Mom Show, first in Boston and then in New York City, between 2021 and 2024. NPR praised the show's songs as “gorgeous”.
In September 2025, Levin's original musical Sober Songs premiered Off-Broadway at Theatre Row in Times Square. Directed by Chris Mackin, the production follows six young adults in recovery and their sponsor, Cap. Levin wrote the music, book, and lyrics for the show, which features twenty-four songs across rock, folk, country, pop, jazz, and blues.
The production drew praise from several theatre outlets. TheaterScene.net described it as "a darkly comic, emotionally charged new musical that dares to traverse the jagged terrain of addiction and recovery with unflinching honesty and surprising warmth". The Front Row Center wrote, “If you have 12 steps to take, one of them should be into Theatre Row to see Sober Songs.” OffOffOnline highlighted the balance of “sharp humor and raw vulnerability” and Levin's versatility across musical styles.

Articles

Levin is a regular contributor to Worth.com on book ghostwriting. He has also written for The Boston Globe’s Ideas section and TheHill.com on political topics.