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Lev Grossman

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Writer and Author at Freelance

#1 NYT bestselling writer of The Bright Sword, the Magicians trilogy, the Silver Arrow books etc. THIS IS FREE TRADER BEOWULF, CALLING ANYONE ...

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  • A Season in Hell: February 8-February 17, 2022

    3 weeks ago | levgrossman.substack.com | Lev Grossman

    A Season in Hell is a series of journal entries I wrote in 2022-23 chronicling the last few torturous months I spent working on my novel The Bright Sword. If you want to take it from the top, start here. February 8A maddening thing about novels is that once you’ve finally figured out how your novel works the answer seems like it was obvious all along. Of course Mrs. Dalloway would get the flowers herself. What else would she fucking do?! We all know Mrs. Dalloway. We know what she’s like.

  • A Season in Hell: January 27-February 4, 2022

    1 month ago | levgrossman.substack.com | Lev Grossman

    A Season in Hell is a series of journal entries I wrote in 2022-23 chronicling the last few torturous months I spent working on my novel The Bright Sword. If you want to take it from the top, start here. January 27I notice that I’ve stopped checking in with other writers’ books before I start writing for the day. I don’t need them anymore, I’ve reached the point in the project—only seven years in!—where I actually know what I want to say and how I want to say it.

  • A Season in Hell: January 10-21, 2022

    Mar 3, 2025 | levgrossman.substack.com | Lev Grossman

    A Season in Hell is a series of journal entries I wrote in 2022-23, chronicling the last few torturous months I spent working on my novel The Bright Sword. If you want to take it from the top, start here. January 10Question: early Christians referred to the Celts (and all the other polytheists) as pagans. But that was a derogatory term, along the lines of “filthy heathen.” I doubt the pagans used it to describe themselves. But then what word did they use?

  • The State of Play

    Feb 15, 2025 | levgrossman.substack.com | Lev Grossman

    I’ve seen other writers do this, where they post a kind of broad-spectrum update on where all their various projects are at, and I always find it voyeuristically fascinating. And also a bit envy-making, when I see all the stuff that other people have goin’ on.

  • On the Enchantress Nimue

    Jan 6, 2025 | levgrossman.substack.com | Lev Grossman

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Lev Grossman
Lev Grossman @leverus
21 May 25

Copies of the beautiful Grim Oak illustrated limited edition of The Magicians are now shipping! https://t.co/t6hBzUQMYo

Lev Grossman
Lev Grossman @leverus
14 May 25

Locus magazine does incredible work helping keep science fiction and fantasy vital and interesting. Please give to their fundraising campaign! I've donated a signed leatherbound (and gilded!) limited edition of THE BRIGHT SWORD as a perk https://t.co/fOEkTKRncl https://t.co/XFHRLvTj4g

Lev Grossman
Lev Grossman @leverus
14 May 25

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Queens Public Library
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QPL’s Culture Connection is delighted to host this conversation with bestselling fantasy author Lev Grossman! Watch our author talk on Wednesday, May 14 at 7PM EDT. https://t.co/a4p3aUW4VU https://t.co/8Q2z75ucwO https://t.co/OiaZWicrfG