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Élisabeth Lévy
Élisabeth Lévy (born 16 February 1964) is a French journalist, polemicist, essayist and editor in chief of '' Causeur''. Biography She was born in Marseille, the daughter of a general practitioner and a pharmacist, both of whom were of Sephardic Jewish ancestry. She grew up in Épinay-sur-Seine and studied at Sciences Po. She worked for the Agence France-Presse (AFP) and for ''Jeune Afrique''. She later joined ''L’Événement du jeudi'', and ''Marianne'' and, after being dismissed by Jean-François Kahn in 1998, began writing for ''Le Figaro''. In 2005, ''Le Premier Pouvoir'', a programme she presented on France Culture devoted to media analysis, was cancelled. Guests had included Jean Baudrillard, and Peter Sloterdijk. In 2007 she co-founded ''Causeur'', a magazine whose annual losses are offset by support from far-right stakeholders like Gérald Penciolelli. Controversies Climate change denial During a heated discussion with Claire Nouvain on CNews, where Lévy is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Elizabeth Levy
Elizabeth Levy (born April 4, 1942) is an American author who has written over eighty children's books in a variety of genres. Born in Buffalo, New York, she is currently living in New York City. She has appeared as a contestant on ''Billy on the Street'' on TruTV. Her cousin is children's author Robie Harris. Writing career She has written a long-running series of mystery novels for youngsters under the ''Something Queer is Going On'' banner (''Something Queer at the Library, Something Queer at the Haunted School,'' etc.). She is also responsible for the ''Horrible Histories'' spin-off series ''America's Funny But True History''. Levy wrote several novelizations of the ''Star Wars'' episode ''Return of the Jedi''. Selected works *''Something Queer is Going On'', with Mordicai Gerstein (illustrator), (1973), Delacorte Press, – first in the ''Something Queer'' series *''Nice Little Girls'' (1974), Delacorte Press, *''The Computer That Said Steal Me'' (1983), Scholastic Corpo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |