A. J. Levin was born in Winnipeg and lived in Montreal, Toronto, Mexico, and Oxford before retuning to his native soil in 2005. Besides being the author of Monks' Fruit, he has edited over 100 books, including Tim Lilburn's Kill-site; has worked for four magazines; regularly writes for the Winnipeg Free Press and the Globe and Mail; and contributed 24 entries to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

Awards
Monks' Fruit, shortlisted for Gerald Lampert Memorial Award, 2005

Selected Publications
Freak Show (chapbook, above/ground press, 2000)
Monks' Fruit (Nightwood Editions, 2004)
Restaurant Reviews (chapbook, Junction Books, 2001)

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