Lev Grossman is the author of the bestselling novels The Magicians and Codex. A well-known cultural commentator, he is the book critic for TIME magazine and has written for numerous other publications, including The New York Times, The Believer, The Wall Street Journal, The Village Voice, Salon, and Wired.
In 2011 Grossman won the John W. Campbell award for Best New Writer from the World Science Fiction Society.
His latest novel, The Magician King, is out from Viking now.