Adam Levin is an American fiction author. His short fiction has been published in places like Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern

Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern

Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern is a literary journal, first published in 1998, edited by Dave Eggers. The first issue featured only works rejected by other magazines, but thereafter the journal began to include pieces written with McSweeney's in mind. McSweeney’s has since published works by...

and Tin House

Tin House

Tin House is an American literary magazine and book publisher based in Portland, Oregon and New York City. The Tin House magazine was conceived in the summer of 1998 by Portland publisher Win McCormack. He envisioned a journal that would be graphically appealing and free of the stale substance...

. Currently, he resides in Chicago, where he teaches Creative Writing and Literature at the School of the Art Institute. His first novel, The Instructions, was published in 2010 by McSweeney's.

The Instructions

Levin's first novel gained a great deal of early buzz after being selected by Powell's Indiespensable Book Club and The Rumpus Book Club.

Early reviews have drawn comparisons between David Foster Wallace

David Foster Wallace

David Foster Wallace was an American author of novels, essays, and short stories, and a professor at Pomona College in Claremont, California...

and Levin. Many reviewers praise the dark humor, the depth of the setting, and the commentary on Jewish identity. Some reviewers criticize the book's length; others praise it. .

Hot Pink

Levin's next book Hot Pink is a collection of his short stories and is set to be released in 2011.